If I let my drill battery charge for 1hr or so it works really well.
If I leave it in the charger over night and use it the next day, its
junk, with barely a charge.
You would think the thing would do a fast charge and then go to
a functioning trickle charge so you could keep in on there for
ever and use it when you need it.
It has done this since new
Same thing happened to a friend of mine. They are getting him a new
charger and battery. They say it was recalled. His was one year old.
Mike_in_SD wrote:
> If I let my drill battery charge for 1hr or so it works really well.
>
> If I leave it in the charger over night and use it the next day, its
> junk, with barely a charge.
>
> You would think the thing would do a fast charge and then go to
> a functioning trickle charge so you could keep in on there for
> ever and use it when you need it.
>
> It has done this since new
>
>
>
>
>
[email protected] (Prometheus) wrote in
<[email protected]>:
>On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:13:44 GMT, [email protected] (Mike_in_SD)
>
>Does it have a yellow button on the top of it? Mine has one that will
>cause the charger to go into "maintenance mode"- which will charge up
>the battery, then completely discharge and recharge it. If that
naw .. no button ...
I took it up to the dewalt service center and moaned .. and they
sold me a newer one (charger) for half price.
the battery has been in it for a day and a half and when I pull it
out and use it .. it has a nice charge ..
so .. must have been a bad charger ..
thanks for replying
mike
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:13:44 GMT, [email protected] (Mike_in_SD)
wrote:
>
>If I let my drill battery charge for 1hr or so it works really well.
>
>If I leave it in the charger over night and use it the next day, its
>junk, with barely a charge.
>
>You would think the thing would do a fast charge and then go to
>a functioning trickle charge so you could keep in on there for
>ever and use it when you need it.
>
>It has done this since new
Does it have a yellow button on the top of it? Mine has one that will
cause the charger to go into "maintenance mode"- which will charge up
the battery, then completely discharge and recharge it. If that
sucker is stuck, you might be catching it when it's near the end of a
discharge cycle.
> I took it up to the dewalt service center and moaned .. and they
> sold me a newer one (charger) for half price.
How many volts ? How much $$
My 6 yo DeWalt 12V batteries bit the dust. They wanted about 50 bucks each
everywhere for replacements.
Then, I found the whole Kit/drill/charger 2 batts on sale for 89.00 with a
$ 30.00 rebate..That worked for me.
It came with a charger for 7.2 V to 14.4 V but the charger I already have
works fine..and I now have another new DeWalt drill (I dont need right now)
No wonder I bought the 18V Ryobi outfit lately:
3 spd hammer drill $ 49.97
Charger $ 19.97
2 Batteries $ 39.97
The whole set up for $ 110.00 Thats the price of 2 Dewalt 18V batteries