Drill Battery fail !! (Red Flashing lights) (Stanley FatMax 18V)

[john25]

Alright guys so the Story, Just finished a job today so got all my tools home & went to charge my Drill Batts ready to start another Job tomorrow but The Charger starts Flashing red on one of the Batteries after a few secs , theres no damage to it (not been dropped or anything) Just The Chargers flashes a red light Which is surprising as The Drill is less than a year old & all I have basically used The drill for is Hole sawing through Plaster Board & Stud & used it to tighten Hilti rod fixings in the Ceilings & the Pipe Fitters have used it to reem out some pipes on VC Boxes nothing too harsh like drilling through Steel all The Time.

So im basically asking is there anyway to Fix The Battery as Im sure Argos don't replace Consumables only the Units themselves ??

 

[robsparky1975]

Must still be under warranty,take it back and ask for a replacement,what drill?

 

[robsparky1975]

Sorry just seen your header post,stanley fatmax drill,if i were to buy a drill it would be best to get a lithium-ion.

 

[john25]

Must still be under warranty,take it back and ask for a replacement,what drill?

Sry fella it's a Stanley FatMax 18 volter .yea The Drill is under Warranty but i'll check with Argos 2morro but im sure I read that there warranty doesn't cover consumables (I'e Batteries just the Drill itself) luckily it came with 2 LI-ON batts so I can still use it like ,but you really need 2 Batteries to use when on the Job (Nothing worse than being held up by Dead batteries on Jobs )

 

[robsparky1975]

Just googled this drill and the reviews were not bad,but it may be diyers rating it,makita or dewalt from or if budget allows milwaukee(will treat myself to one of those one day).

 

[robsparky1975]

You have consumer rights,if it was me id take the receipt with everything back in its box,request a complete replacement or refund,if you get no joy ask for the manager,you have only used it for the job its designed to do so if its faulty its not your fault.

 

[john25]

Just googled this drill and the reviews were not bad,but it may be diyers rating it,makita or dewalt from or if budget allows milwaukee(will treat myself to one of those one day).

nah trust me this Drill is a beast (well except that the Chuck needs an extra tightnen & after a week of either sitting in my pop ups or on top of my Tool bag ,it looked like it had just come back from 2 tours of Vietnam) but in terms of Performance anyone who used it commented about it (even had a Shopfitter say it drilled better than the 24 Volter he was using ( Didn't ask him what the 24 volter was but being in the Commercial game I doubt it would have been a Ryobi/Supatool ) but yea it's a solid drill other wise im just really gutted 1 of the Batteries is Failing.

 

[john25]

You have consumer rights,if it was me id take the receipt with everything back in its box,request a complete replacement or refund,if you get no joy ask for the manager,you have only used it for the job its designed to do so if its faulty its not your fault.

yea im gonna try that ,I'll just say a family member was renovating her home & I was using it to install the Electrics ,Hopefully that works

 

[robsparky1975]

Let us know how you get on.

 

[john25]

Let us know how you get on.

Will do mate deffo, like I said earlier I got 2 Batts ,but as im sure you know yourself out in the Game you gotta have 2 Batteries to work with nothing worse than being held up cause you got no drill to work with.

 

[dan86]

take everything back to the shop with proof of purchase. state the fault. you will probably get some ****e from them about it not being policy. at that point, ask for the manager, explain it again. you may also get the same ****e from them. at that point, start to tell the the sale of goods act 1979. you will likely get what you want shortly after

http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/sale-of-goods-act/#link-3

 

[telectrix]

i get similar with a AEG. charger flashes faulty batt. but still charges it. try running batt. dead flat then see if it charges up. ignore the flashing light/s.

 

[john25]

take everything back to the shop with proof of purchase. state the fault. you will probably get some ****e from them about it not being policy. at that point, ask for the manager, explain it again. you may also get the same ****e from them. at that point, start to tell the the sale of goods act 1979. you will likely get what you want shortly after

Sale of Goods Act - Which? Consumer Rights

Thanks buddy yea I know about the Sales of Goods Act will try that As the Drill even though under 3yr Domestic Warranty by Stanley ,never had Domestic use only when I purchased it

i get similar with a AEG. charger flashes faulty batt. but still charges it. try running batt. dead flat then see if it charges up. ignore the flashing light/s.

yea it charges but just not to 100% like my other batt you know what I mean doesn't have thaty high pitch sound but after Testing it for a min straight still going strong

 

[Amp David]

Stanley or not, Argos for power tools, come on!

 

[Kamikaze]

I know it’s too late for john25 battery as it has already kicked the bucket, but here is a little guide on Lithium-ion battery care.
They call them batteries when they leave china, we call them bombs when they arrive in the UK. Since lithium-ion batteries are so energetic, they get very hot. The heat causes the battery to vent the organic solvent used as an electrolyte. If the battery gets hot enough to caused an internal short, it could ignite the electrolyte and you’re going to get a fire or they can explode. Once that happens inside one of the cells, the heat cascades to the other cells and the whole pack goes up in smoke. It is important to note that fires are very rare though. Lithium-ion battery packs are expensive, so if you want to make them last longer, you’ll have to keep a few things in mind. Lithium-ion chemistry prefers partial discharge to deep discharge. So it's best to avoid taking the battery all the way down to zero. Since lithium-ion chemistry does not have a memory, you won’t harm the battery pack with a partial discharge. If the voltage of a lithium-ion cell drops below a certain level, it's ruined. On average they only last two to three years, even if they are just sitting on a shelf unused. Also, if you’re buying a new battery pack, you want to make sure it really is new. Manufacturing dates are important. If its been sitting on a shelf for a year, it won't last very long. Battery packs usually have one or more temperature sensors to monitor the battery temperature, a voltage converter and regulator circuit to maintain safe levels of voltage and current, a battery charge state monitor, which is a small computer that handles the whole charging process to make sure the batteries charge as quickly and fully as possible and a voltage tap which monitors the energy capacity of individual cells within the battery pack. If the battery pack gets too hot during charging or use, the computer will shut down the flow of power to try to cool things down. One of the cells is used to monitor the system which is why batteries lose 5 percent of their power every month when sitting idle. If this cell ever becomes completely discharged, the battery pack is ruined even though the rest of the pack will be fine. The charger monitor will from then on refuse to charge the pack. Which is what probably happened to john25 battery pack.