Well it’s just to get enough charge to get the battery to recognise the battery is good and will let it charge but sometimes depends, the battery will always get hot that’s why the charger has a fan built in
Not with Mikita , this Makita is more advance than that . Inside this particular battery is a chip that lock 🔒 electronics inside and that’s it . You can squeeze more power from battery adding balance cables and charge safe with a hobby charger .
Hello, yesterday i had the same problem with a BL1430 battery that i used a few hours ago. During the charging with one red led on the charger the battery becomes hot after a few minutes . I try the batt on my makita and it works fine. But i dont trust the situation and i put the battery outside in the garden on a flat stone surface to cool down. After five minutes in the garden, suddently the pack catch fire. I trow the pack in a bucket full of water. Never let charge a battery with no sight on it. For the same price my house burned down.
Agreed not a good way to charge. That’s why I just bought new batteries. Not worth losing my house or family. Thank you for adding to the comments. Definitely a good eye opener for others to learn from.
The makita rapid charger usually charges the battery too fast with too much current (about 9A), but it can be easily modified to charge it with a lower current (for example 2A) so that no heating will occur and it's lifespan will be longer
you need to trickle charge the batteries 1-2 mA @ 12-14v then after the battery reaches 10v you can bump the current to 125mA @ 12-14v til battery is fully charged @ 19-21v
Correction “there going for $150 each at Home Depot! So your better off buying a new drill with a battery runs bout the same now .. crazy how over night 2 of my batteries went from full charging to not charging at all ?
Doing that will charge the dead battery but can burn out the good one, the makita charger will never charge it again as the chip tells the charger not to charge it ever again. what you did will work with a dewalt battery
Buy a Makita tool for use in every season, lawn mower, leaf blower, that way you always use the battery and make Makita more sales. LOL, nice marketing strategy.
Funny you say that. I bought a Makita lawnmower super cheap to flip and make money. The batteries to the mower would not fit my power tools. Go figure.
2 batteries for $100 well I've got 5 battery packs barely used them they lost voltage by just sitting and now they won't charge so I'm looking at $250 for replacing barely used batteries thanks Makita. Wouldn't it be nice if Makita used circuitry in their charger that could see the difference between a bad cell and just a low voltage state...but then they wouldn't be selling as many battery packs. EDIT: apparently Makita batteries have a chip in them and if voltage drops below a certain voltage the chip locks the battery preventing charge, there are Chinese companies that sell a new chip that has to be installed but I've read it's not easy to do and doesn't guarantee it will work.
harry berry - one way to replace your batteries is to look on these apps like offer up or letgo. I have found two packs of Maritsa for 80 bucks. Sometimes I wish I would have went dewalt. Those batteries can be refurbished at a cheaper price. Thanks for looking
Actually $150 each bro I just went to Home Depot few days ago and had a fit. And not that I’m complaining but that is some bullshitt ! Apparently the batteries are more expensive then the tool !! I’m a have to figure sum out cuz I have 3 drills and 3 batteries “I’m on my last battery!! Any MacGyver’s out there ?
My 18v drill got broken by a pickup and the battery got fucked 1 month later the other one died When the driller got fucked the batt was out so to see if it was wirking i inserted th batt in my broken driller to find out When i got home i inserted the batt in my compact to see if the batg was ok (it wasnt) Anyways both of the batt got really hot 1 kept working untill today? I basically only have 1 compact driller now...
Well it’s just to get enough charge to get the battery to recognise the battery is good and will let it charge but sometimes depends, the battery will always get hot that’s why the charger has a fan built in
Not with Mikita , this Makita is more advance than that . Inside this particular battery is a chip that lock 🔒 electronics inside and that’s it . You can squeeze more power from battery adding balance cables and charge safe with a hobby charger .
Hello, yesterday i had the same problem with a BL1430 battery that i used a few hours ago. During the charging with one red led on the charger the battery becomes hot after a few minutes . I try the batt on my makita and it works fine. But i dont trust the situation and i put the battery outside in the garden on a flat stone surface to cool down. After five minutes in the garden, suddently the pack catch fire. I trow the pack in a bucket full of water. Never let charge a battery with no sight on it. For the same price my house burned down.
Agreed not a good way to charge. That’s why I just bought new batteries. Not worth losing my house or family. Thank you for adding to the comments. Definitely a good eye opener for others to learn from.
The makita rapid charger usually charges the battery too fast with too much current (about 9A), but it can be easily modified to charge it with a lower current (for example 2A) so that no heating will occur and it's lifespan will be longer
Well what do you do if you dont have a good battery?
That I really don’t know. Sorry I couldn’t help
going to try 2 x 9v D type batteries in series see if it will give enough of a bump
So the hack is to buy new batteries?
I would agree.
Rocket science at its finest!! 😂
😂😂
you need to trickle charge the batteries 1-2 mA @ 12-14v then after the battery reaches 10v you can bump the current to 125mA @ 12-14v til battery is fully charged @ 19-21v
That would be a great how to video to watch. $100 for two batteries that I hardly use with my hedger seems like a lot of money.
Ty
Correction “there going for $150 each at Home Depot! So your better off buying a new drill with a battery runs bout the same now .. crazy how over night 2 of my batteries went from full charging to not charging at all ?
We should have purchased ryobi. Haha
Doing that will charge the dead battery but can burn out the good one, the makita charger will never charge it again as the chip tells the charger not to charge it ever again.
what you did will work with a dewalt battery
Buy a Makita tool for use in every season, lawn mower, leaf blower, that way you always use the battery and make Makita more sales. LOL, nice marketing strategy.
Funny you say that. I bought a Makita lawnmower super cheap to flip and make money. The batteries to the mower would not fit my power tools. Go figure.
2021 and they are £90 for a 5 ah
Yes
Can I have your bad batteries?! 😉😁😁
Szabolcs Keri -I wish. They got tossed a long time ago. Thanks for watching. CQ
2 batteries for $100 well I've got 5 battery packs barely used them they lost voltage by just sitting and now they won't charge so I'm looking at $250 for replacing barely used batteries thanks Makita.
Wouldn't it be nice if Makita used circuitry in their charger that could see the difference between a bad cell and just a low voltage state...but then they wouldn't be selling as many battery packs.
EDIT: apparently Makita batteries have a chip in them and if voltage drops below a certain voltage the chip locks the battery preventing charge, there are Chinese companies that sell a new chip that has to be installed but I've read it's not easy to do and doesn't guarantee it will work.
harry berry they know they got you. I didn’t use mine much and they died. I guess we should stick to dewalt. Haha. Take care and thanks for viewing.
harry berry - one way to replace your batteries is to look on these apps like offer up or letgo. I have found two packs of Maritsa for 80 bucks. Sometimes I wish I would have went dewalt. Those batteries can be refurbished at a cheaper price. Thanks for looking
Planned obsolescence it’s called. Been happening since about 1936 started with light bulbs.
Does warranties cover this?
Actually $150 each bro I just went to Home Depot few days ago and had a fit. And not that I’m complaining but that is some bullshitt ! Apparently the batteries are more expensive then the tool !! I’m a have to figure sum out cuz I have 3 drills and 3 batteries “I’m on my last battery!! Any MacGyver’s out there ?
Lolz i was alwqys worried about ruining my good battery too...
This is not a hack. Just a scardy cat
Oh snap we have a Keyboard Commando in the house. Bruh, go waste someone else’s time.
Necesito un cargador de batería de driel Makita
puede encontrar un cargador de mercado secundario en Walmart.com o consultar sus aplicaciones de oferta. incluso Lowe’s o Home Depot. buena suerte.
My 18v drill got broken by a pickup and the battery got fucked 1 month later the other one died
When the driller got fucked the batt was out so to see if it was wirking i inserted th batt in my broken driller to find out
When i got home i inserted the batt in my compact to see if the batg was ok (it wasnt)
Anyways both of the batt got really hot 1 kept working untill today? I basically only have 1 compact driller now...
What about warranty? 2 years
Alessio Witte- think I was beyond my warranty. Thanks for responding
More money than sence
Set my house 🏠 on fire doing this
Told you so. Not worth it. I hope you’re really joking about your house. Happy New Years
The best solution is to buy DeWalt. Makita is a pile of shit these days.
Scared little girl