Makita Cordless Drill - anyone got one?

[rebel.ranter]

Hi, the battery on my Makita drill has died & the charger is blinking red & green meaning that it thinks the battery is no longer useful.
I bought 2 more on EBay, new ones, they even look new. However these won't charge either.
There is a memory chip in the battery that is run off the first cell incide the batteyr case. Apparently if the batteries are not charged then this cell will drain down & the memory chip is no longer powered. After three attempts to charge I have read that it just shuts down tha ability to charge the battery.
I would like to double check that it is not my charger.
If anyone has this drill with these batteries & could help me provie it out it would be great (Cork or Dublin)



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[Lucifer]

Think rob had these mark?


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[TheRev]

There's a few places around that repair batteries, might be able to get the three done, hop on the Google

[Moses]

Sorry I do not have a Makita drill only Ryobi.

[Gar]

If you can send the battery's back for a refund these were on sale in b&q the other day 18v €120 promotion runs till 20th july iirc they had makita and dewalt both at very good money

[rebel.ranter]

A bit of research showed that my charger was faulty but it was acting as if the batteries were faulty!
There are two small fuses internally winthin the charger. I did a buzz test on both & found one of them to be blown. I soldered in a 5A car fuse (to replace the 5A fuse that was there). Hey presto, it all works now & Ihave three working batteries!
Thanks for the replies.