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My WS-50 Stopped Working

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Our WS-50 stopped powering on. 

It was working fine. Then it suddenly stopped powering up when stepped on. 

Changing the batteries doesn’t seem to help. 

I don’t see any sort of re-set switch or a way to further troubleshoot the problem. 

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    deanna

    Same. 

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    ralphlcrawford

    Ditto. Installed new batteries. also noted in dark room the back-light is dimly on.

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    telkins1

    ditto

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    dalibor.tatyrek

    the same

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    olliewonder

    Same here.

     

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    olliewonder

    Last time it happened, I cleaned the battery contacts as suggested and it worked for about a month, but then stopped again.

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    shrewd99

    any resolution? mine stopped working today, new battery didn't help.

     

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    sell_lee

    Ok I am seeing a trend for this scale just randomly stop working for no reason.  Mine has also just quit.  I don’t see any solutions or suggestions on how to fix the issue, if it’s even fixable.  Anyone else figure it out.

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    cdreyer

    Definitely a pattern emerging - mine went MIA today. Planned obsolescence? 

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    taracelectronics
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    Mine quit taking measurements today.  Unit is 3 years old.  The display shows a right side down arrow indicating I need to place weight on right bottom corner. Sensor failure?

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    pheinzma

    My WD-50 stopped now.

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    mikkokari

    Mine stopped working as well last week. Less than 3 years old...

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    menerso
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    i just figured mine out.  there was one of the battery contacts that was corroded.   I scraped it clean to the metal and it started working again.  I am guessing it was getting enough power to lightly flicker the screen but not enough for anything else.

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    larry

    same. two new sets of batteries, scale does not go on.

    please advise.

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    tmoftx

    My unit went out too!  Same as the comments above.  I've tried everything except taking it apart.  I don't see any comments from Withings here.  Has anyone figured out why they suddenly stopped working?

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    morey000

    mine is going crazy.  reported weight not stable, and varies by 100's of pounds.  changed batteries 3 times.  

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    prabackar

    My weight is reduced by half. :-o

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