Just put it to charge and
The red light on the battery charger goes red as soon as i put the battery in, and within 3-4 sec it stops lighting. Now, the battery gets some charge during those 3 sec but that is it.
Any ideas?
Right, I got a Halfrauds cordless vacuum and buffin from ebay.
Just put it to charge and
The red light on the battery charger goes red as soon as i put the battery in, and within 3-4 sec it stops lighting. Now, the battery gets some charge
during those 3 sec but that is it.
Any ideas?
Yup... take it (along with the receipt) back to Halfords! 
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Originally posted by scootz
Yup... take it (along with the receipt) back to Halfords!
sounds like the batteries are sha**ed
edit: have you pulled it apart to see what the batteries are? you can usually buy tagged replacement rechargeables and install them yourself
[Edited on 4/2/10 by mookaloid]
Lodge a complaint with the seller that it is not as described - i'm presuming it was not described as being bolloxed!
If they get funny just claim your money back through paypal.
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Originally posted by l0rd
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Yup... take it (along with the receipt) back to Halfords!
got it from ebay
contact the ebayer and get him to sort it
opps, to slow again
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Originally posted by l0rd
Right, I got a Halfrauds cordless vacuum and buffin from ebay.
the thingy that polishes the car when you wax it.
Right, I left it on the mains for 10 min now.
I guess it did charge it. Not 100% but quite a lot.
I put it back to charge, the red light was on for about 20 seconds before it went off again.
That reminds me of a Wankel engine
ah a bit like a square drill
Wankel engine... have to admit that never occurred to me - I was thinking more along the lines of one of them strange Mazda engines that have the
triangular shaped bit in the middle!
Im guessing it has NiMH batteries.
My new bike light has 'em and the manual says that from new you gotta keep unplugging and then replugging for quite a while since NiMH batteries
are funny like that (stop me if I get too technical).
Id keep replugging over and over - I had to charge mine over several days like that until it would accept any more charge.
Worth a try for nowt before you kick off with the seller?
Geoff
[Edited on 4/2/10 by jambojeef]
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Originally posted by jambojeef
Im guessing it has NiMH batteries.
My new bike light has 'em and the manual says that from new you gotta keep unplugging and then replugging for quite a while since NiMH batteries are funny like that (stop me if I get too technical).
Id keep replugging over and over - I had to charge mine over several days like that until it would accept any more charge.
Worth a try for nowt before you kick off with the seller?
Geoff
[Edited on 4/2/10 by jambojeef]
Sorry bud,
Just a thought
Geoff
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Originally posted by jambojeef
Sorry bud,
Just a thought
Geoff
Rule of thumb 101.
You can almost always guarantee that anything second-hand powered by a rechargable battery,the battery will be shagged! 
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Originally posted by Fatgadget
Rule of thumb 101.
You can almost always guarantee that anything second-hand powered by a rechargable battery,the battery will be shagged!
the local store is selling off a load of their stuff 14 v drills were a tenner last week
cheap batteries?
Damn halfrauds, fraudulant bastards...
How dare they, one day sell their product to a kind person who has the intention of selling it on, on ebay in absolute perfect condition, no doubt
with the simple reason of benevolence to another human being, and no doubt at a loss to themselves...
How dare they... Theiving, robbing unscrupulous scum... halfrauds...
On a similar topoic, it's a real travesty and I hate the fact that their name is so close sounding to the company Halfords, where if you bought
something from them and it did eventually turn out to be malfunctioning, you would take it right back with your receipt and no doubt swap it. Like
most non-fraudulant stores in the UK...
If it's NiCd or NiMH, it will suffer from "memory effect" - over time, if the batteries are discharged by the same amount before being
recharged, this becomes the time it takes them to go from completely charged to flat.
To fix it? Try completely powering them up repeatedly, until you can't flatten them any more - a torch / 12v bulb is best for this. Then leave
them off for a bit and flatten them some more. Keep doing this until the item/bulb doesn't even flicker, and then charge them fully. You should
notice it takes a good bit longer to charge them. You might not get full power out of them, but this should sort them out unless they're
completely knack'd... Did this loads of times with old laptop batteries. 
Just don't do it with Li-Ion batteries, as they don't like it at all, and they're a bit expensive to replace...
Decided to use my 18V Hitachi batteries.
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Originally posted by mediabloke
If it's NiCd or NiMH, it will suffer from "memory effect" - over time, if the batteries are discharged by the same amount before being recharged, this becomes the time it takes them to go from completely charged to flat.
To fix it? Try completely powering them up repeatedly, until you can't flatten them any more - a torch / 12v bulb is best for this. Then leave them off for a bit and flatten them some more. Keep doing this until the item/bulb doesn't even flicker, and then charge them fully. You should notice it takes a good bit longer to charge them. You might not get full power out of them, but this should sort them out unless they're completely knack'd... Did this loads of times with old laptop batteries.
Just don't do it with Li-Ion batteries, as they don't like it at all, and they're a bit expensive to replace...