While I was constructing a folding outfeed table about a week ago, I found my
14V Dewalt drill was running out of oomph way too early. I switched batteries
only to find the other one was crapped out. I was able to complete the job with
my Makita 9.6V drill while I waited for the Dewalt batteries to recharge.
I started thinking about it and looked into the price of new batteries... about
$60 each at the borg. Damn. For that kind of money, it'd be worth my while to
take this opportunity to upgrade. After a little research on the net, I ordered
a Milwaukee 1/2" 18V hammer drill (0624-24). It showed up today.
Yowsuh! This is very nice. I can plug the battery in frontwards or backwards
depending on how much clearance I need. It packs 495 in-lb of torque so I
expect I'll break my wrist before I run out of torque. It came with a nice
case, rapid charger and two batteries which I promptly plugged in and topped
off.
When I die, I'm loading up a trailer and taking all this stuff with me. And I
don't want to hear any suggestions on where to stick the trailer hitch....
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
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http://www.mortimerschnerd.com
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
> While I was constructing a folding outfeed table about a week ago, I found my
> 14V Dewalt drill was running out of oomph way too early. I switched batteries
> only to find the other one was crapped out. I was able to complete the job with
> my Makita 9.6V drill while I waited for the Dewalt batteries to recharge.
I was in the DeWalt repair shop last week to pick up a belt for my DW733 planer.
The counter person was on the phone when I arrived talking to someone with a similar
problem. From what she said I guess it's a common problem. One battery will go bad
and it then damages the charger. The bad charger then damages the remaining good
battery.
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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Isn't DeWalt jst a Black & Decker in a yellow package?
Re: New Toy
Group: rec.woodworking Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2004, 10:01pm From:
[email protected] (Nova)
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
While I was constructing a folding outfeed table about a week ago, I
found my 14V Dewalt drill was running out of oomph way too early. I
switched batteries only to find the other one was crapped out. I was
able to complete the job with my Makita 9.6V drill while I waited for
the Dewalt batteries to recharge.
I was in the DeWalt repair shop last week to pick up a belt for my DW733
planer. The counter person was on the phone when I arrived talking to
someone with a similar problem. From what she said I guess it's a common
problem. One battery will go bad and it then damages the charger. The
bad charger then damages the remaining good battery.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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Jack, that might explain why a new rebuilt battery shows an indication of it being a
bad battery while on another charger it charges and works well. I guess its time to
throw out the first charger. Thanks, JG
Nova wrote:
> "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
>
> > While I was constructing a folding outfeed table about a week ago, I found my
> > 14V Dewalt drill was running out of oomph way too early. I switched batteries
> > only to find the other one was crapped out. I was able to complete the job with
> > my Makita 9.6V drill while I waited for the Dewalt batteries to recharge.
>
> I was in the DeWalt repair shop last week to pick up a belt for my DW733 planer.
> The counter person was on the phone when I arrived talking to someone with a similar
> problem. From what she said I guess it's a common problem. One battery will go bad
> and it then damages the charger. The bad charger then damages the remaining good
> battery.
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
> JGS wrote:
> > Jack, that might explain why a new rebuilt battery shows an indication of it
> > being a bad battery while on another charger it charges and works well. I
> > guess its time to throw out the first charger. Thanks, JG
>
> That's an interesting thought. My charger will charge the batteries; they just
> don't seem to last very long now. Is there any way to test the
> charger/batteries before I arbitrarily assign them to the trash bin?
According to the DeWalt counter person having batteries that don't last very long is
the end result. I don't know how you could test the batteries without risk to a
known working charger. the suggestion given to the person on the phone was to buy
two new batteries and a charger for "X" number of dollars or buy a whole new drill
with batteries and a charger for about $20 more than the batteries/charge alone.
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Nova" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
>
> > While I was constructing a folding outfeed table about a week ago, I
found my
> > 14V Dewalt drill was running out of oomph way too early. I switched
batteries
> > only to find the other one was crapped out. I was able to complete the
job with
> > my Makita 9.6V drill while I waited for the Dewalt batteries to
recharge.
>
> I was in the DeWalt repair shop last week to pick up a belt for my DW733
planer.
> The counter person was on the phone when I arrived talking to someone with
a similar
> problem. From what she said I guess it's a common problem. One battery
will go bad
> and it then damages the charger. The bad charger then damages the
remaining good
> battery.
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA
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>
> I had a similar problem with a Black & Decker 18V drill, took the charger
back to Dewalt, replaced the charger & tested the batteries, same problem a
month later, paid the extra for the heavy-duty charger, 2 months later,
problem is back, got really mad & took the whole mess back to the Dewalt/B-D
shop with the intention of stuffing the drill up someone's nostril. The
lady at the counter saw me come in, didn't blink, exchanged the 2 batteries
and charger. Haven't had a problem since - - maybe they've improved the
charger ????
JGS wrote:
> Jack, that might explain why a new rebuilt battery shows an indication of it
> being a bad battery while on another charger it charges and works well. I
> guess its time to throw out the first charger. Thanks, JG
That's an interesting thought. My charger will charge the batteries; they just
don't seem to last very long now. Is there any way to test the
charger/batteries before I arbitrarily assign them to the trash bin?
At this point I'm torn as to whether I should hang onto the Dewalt drill or not;
it still looks brand new and has served well in the past. The fact that I had
hung onto my old Makita 9.6V drill saved me on the last project when my Dewalt
ran out of energy... good thing I kept that one (I've used it as a driver
exclusively since I upgraded to the Dewalt).
Is three drills more than I can justify? Or should I put the Dewalt on Ebay?
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
[email protected]
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com