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

[mayfair]

Tool Snob

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

 

[dan86]

I kind of agree with that! don't really care where I buy the tool from. If its the one I want, I'll go where's cheapest or most convenient. that just makes good sense

 

[Amp David]

Tool Snob

Not really mate. Just have always bought stuff that's built for prolonged pro use as these tools are what earn us money.

 

[Amp David]

I kind of agree with that! don't really care where I buy the tool from. If its the one I want, I'll go where's cheapest or most convenient. that just makes good sense

I too will always find the cheapest. But reckon for what you paid for that hunk of crap you could of got better. Now its going to cost you to try a find a battery for a brand that probably clearly states DIY use

 

[dan86]

eh? I haven't bought anything cheap or crxp!

 

[john25]

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

Doesn't matter where you buy your tools from as long as it's the tool you want plus Argos is fairly close to where I live

Not really mate. Just have always bought stuff that's built for prolonged pro use as these tools are what earn us money.

Pro tool brands also fail alot too at times you can find countless threads on DeWalts/Makita,Blue bosch etc tool failures on here (They just tend to have a lesser Fail rate % compared to less known brands)

also Stanley also comes under the same umbrella company as DeWalt

I too will always find the cheapest. But reckon for what you paid for that hunk of crap you could of got better. Now its going to cost you to try a find a battery for a brand that probably clearly states DIY use

There is nothing wrong with the Drill itself it is just 1 of the Batteries failing also it was only 100 quid & was bought after a few people recommended it on here & also at that price at the time The only other decent drills I could find where DeWalt which only came with 1 Ni-Cad battery ( The so called Big companies hadn't released their Mid range drills yet)

 

[Jay Sparks]

Try zapping the battery with a welder. As long as you get the terminals the right way, it should bring it back to life. I have done this a few times to my Dewalt 12v and Bosch 24v. Only works so many times though but ive done it 4 times now on a knacked battery over the last few years and its worked. There's plenty of links on YouTube that show you how to do it.



Jay

 

[Amp David]

I too will always find the cheapest. But reckon for what you paid for that hunk of crap you could of got better. Now its going to cost you to try a find a battery for a brand that probably clearly states DIY use

I'm sure you mentioned you'd go wheres cheapest, maybe i miss read that:joker:

Post wasn't aimed at you for buying, but reading it again makes it sound like that, i do apologise.

 

[john25]

Just an update to say that Argos replaced The Drill straight away!! no questions asked which is great as I hate having to chase around borrowing Drills on site .