Power Tool Perverts

[leeds2592]

I’ve always left my mil walk eee or eee or battery in my Ryobi leaf blower with an adaptor and never had any issues. Guess I should disconnect it from now on?

 

[dann2707]

It's likely below the under volt threshold Dan. If you charge it with a power supply for a little while then put it back in the Milwaukee charger it should charge.

Dont hook it up and forget, it will explode. Do you have a bench power supply by any chance?

That's interesting to know! Thank you. What sort of voltage should I run it at on the bench do you reckon?

I will have access to one at 8am tomorrow morning 😁

 

[dann2707]

I’ve always left my mil walk eee or eee or battery in my Ryobi leaf blower with an adaptor and never had any issues. Guess I should disconnect it from now on?

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Maybe the battery is just goosed then? I think it's one of my originals and I can peel it apart like a banana 😂 but I've never had an issue with it previously despite it's blemishes and only now since I've left it in that adapter has its brain gone all wally on me

 

[Flob]

Measure the voltage of the battery with a multimeter, then set bench supply to between 15v and 18v and current to between 200mA and 500mA. Charge until voltage is over 13v then try to charge it using the proper charger again.

Don't walk away and leave it though, over charging will make smoke.

Some people 'bump' start them from another battery but that's really hard on the cells.

This explains why it's happened with the adapter too:

 

[dann2707]

Measure the voltage of the battery with a multimeter, then set bench supply to between 15v and 18v and current to between 200mA and 500mA. Charge until voltage is over 13v then try to charge it using the proper charger again.

Don't walk away and leave it though, over charging will make smoke.

Some people 'bump' start them from another battery but that's really hard on the cells.

This explains why it's happened with the adapter too:

Amazing mate, thank you very much for this. I shall update you tomorrow when we're all stood outside by the smoking shelter doing the fire register

 

[Clart]

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[Flob]

Amazing mate, thank you very much for this. I shall update you tomorrow when we're all stood outside by the smoking shelter doing the fire register

 

[Krarl]

Posting this incase it helps someone as I think I've knackered one of my m18 batteries!

I used it in an adapter for a ryobi tool and left it in it stupidly! In all fairness I completely forgot I did and wondered where my 6th m18 battery was and found it in the garden box in the ryobi tool.

I think the adapter connected to the ryobi tool has killed the battery sadly, maybe because the tool isn't designed for it so it's allowed the battery to fully drain?

The battery won't charge when thrown on the charger, it just flashes red and green and when pressing the battery indicator on the battery itself, nothing lights up at all.

Not bad going to say I've had milwaukee stuff for 9 years and this is my only problem, which, in turn is due to me being a berk.

I did something similar with my 12Ah big b*****d battery. Flattened it and then left it in the garage during winter which just killed it

Luckily I could get a new one under warranty. Apparently you can still get them to take a charge but you need to bypass the charge controller

 

[dann2707]

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Absolutely love titanic especially when they're doing the hanky panky in the back of the rover metro

 

[Louis]

You need to rub the battery really fast and hard like a genie is going to come out. This heat energy gives enough power to get over the threshold and it will then take a fast charge.

3 to 5 hours of rubbing should suffice.

 

[dann2707]

Rob I owe you a pint! It charging woop

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

Posting this incase it helps someone as I think I've knackered one of my m18 batteries!

I used it in an adapter for a ryobi tool and left it in it stupidly! In all fairness I completely forgot I did and wondered where my 6th m18 battery was and found it in the garden box in the ryobi tool.

I think the adapter connected to the ryobi tool has killed the battery sadly, maybe because the tool isn't designed for it so it's allowed the battery to fully drain?

The battery won't charge when thrown on the charger, it just flashes red and green and when pressing the battery indicator on the battery itself, nothing lights up at all.

Not bad going to say I've had milwaukee stuff for 9 years and this is my only problem, which, in turn is due to me being a berk.

I’ve always left my mil walk eee or eee or battery in my Ryobi leaf blower with an adaptor and never had any issues. Guess I should disconnect it from now on?

 

[Matt Cup]

Measure the voltage of the battery with a multimeter, then set bench supply to between 15v and 18v and current to between 200mA and 500mA. Charge until voltage is over 13v then try to charge it using the proper charger again.

Don't walk away and leave it though, over charging will make smoke.

Some people 'bump' start them from another battery but that's really hard on the cells.

This explains why it's happened with the adapter too:

I tried bumping my dead m12 6ah, didn’t do a thing. I might need to invest in a bench supply and put some charge into the dead cells instead.

But (probably a daft question) as they are all spot welded together would trying to put voltage into the duff ones also over charge the ok cells too?

 

[leeds2592]

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I know I know. I’ve had it for yonks and only use it to dry off my wheels when I’ve washed the car 😂

 

[Flob]

I tried bumping my dead m12 6ah, didn’t do a thing. I might need to invest in a bench supply and put some charge into the dead cells instead.

But (probably a daft question) as they are all spot welded together would trying to put voltage into the duff ones also over charge the ok cells too?

Because the cells are all connected they generally all go flat together, put a multimeter across it and see what voltage its at. The bench supply is only giving them a little charge so you won't over charge anything, you just need to get the battery above a threshold voltage for the proper charger to take over. If the battery has been flat for a long time theres a good chance its dead dead.

 

[Krarl]

Rob I owe you a pint! It charging woop

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I don't have a power supply that I can adjust... I think I might buy one🤣