If running into a battery that won't charge because it is drained too low to get the charger to turn on, try this.... Put the battery into your drill, pull the trigger, and MANUALLY turn the drill. The drill motor is now a generator. Make sure the drill is switched to the correct direction of rotation. I haven't had to do this with my current Lithium batteries, but did it frequently with the older NiCad batteries. It put a small charge back into the battery where the charger could now read something there.
All the Amish businesses I have been in use Dewalt cordless. Not wanting to get into religion does anyone know why one brand.
The first cordless powerdrill i bought around 8 years ago were a Dewalt, I still got it and use it, it has seen much wear and tear but still works amazing. One of the 2 batteries following the machine now lackning power but I think 8 years is quite good. This summer i bought a Dewalt cordless impact wrench its got very impressive power, havent found anything yet it cant bust loose. I also got an Dewalt grinder (cord) soft start no vibrations and very strong. On my work we got some Milwaukee stuff, theyre really good, but here they are priced almost the double as the Dewalt machines and I can tell they are not twice as good.
I use the big three at work makita,milwaukee and Dewalt the Makita hands down last the longer faster charges but will drain your pocket book. Milwaukee is best user friendly of them can get any bear tool you want. Dwalt battery's have a smaller run time and charges slower .
Once they are charged you are supposed to disconnect them from the charger too. Not leave them plugged in all weekend like they did when I worked.
'Cause they're made with BDellium (B&D tools, the parent company), referred to in the Old Testament (Genesis 2:12).
Pure craziness ain't it? In the fire service we've switched just about all of our tools to battery power, which makes things more convenient, and seeing as how a chainsaw won't run in an oxygen depleted environment full of thick smoke and particulates, it makes perfect sense. But our rescue tools use Milwaukee 28v batteries, and as they've started to go bad, we found that the replacement cost is in the $500 range. That's criminal. We tried a couple of the Chinese $75 knock offs, but they aren't worth a damn.
There used to be a website that explained how to repair all brands of batteries. I haven't looked for it lately but it should be there.
I rebuilt an off brand one recently, using cells that had tabs already spot welded to them. It's surprisingly time consuming, and confusing to keep the tabs in the proper orientation as you flip the battery pack upside down and upright again to solder each tab. Also the new cells come pre-charged so be prepared for the occasional nasty spark when the wrong things touch the soldering gun.
I bought some Ryobi tools as well, a drill and a driver about 5 years ago. I was in one of those big box stores and they were on sale. I didn’t know one brand from another. So far they’ve held up great. Their drill bits on the other hand are crap. The screw and bolt driver bit haven’t broken or dulled much. I don’t know how well their other tools last.
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