This is Why Your Dewalt 20V Batteries Will Not Charge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
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The answer though is simple, there is nothing wrong with the batteries or the charger you are simply using it wrong.
More fitting title: I'm gonna make you feel like an idiot. 😂😂😂
Thank you, saved me a drive back to the store
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I was about to post something very similar to that. Thank you for... making me feel like an idiot, but solving my battery problem at the same time.
Wwwwtttfff!! I feel so stupid yet humbled by my stupidity lmao
Dewalt is garbage. Also, don't buy tools from HD or Lowes. There are different grades and qualities of what seems like the same tools.
@VidarrKerr LOL this is the stupidest comment I've seen in a while, and that's saying something.
2024 - 7 years later and still helping people! You saved this gal from having to buy a new battery or a second one to reset it. Thank you!
Thank you - you have solved the issue I was having in literally seconds. I love it when there is a concise video on TH-cam exactly tailored to the issue in question. Thanks for making this!
4 years later and this is still relevant! 🍻🍻🍻
Yes, seriously!
7 years later, and it made me feel like an idiot, so it's definitely evergreen!
The angels in heaven are praising your name my good friend hahahah thank you for this video 👍💯
I feel the same way 💯💖🕊
Thank you,
God bless u
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Helped me as well! Happy holidays to all and God Bless!
Thank you, I’ve had DeWalt for years. I just bought the Drill/impact combo kit. Both batteries were giving me a steady (indicating fully charged) red light.
Yet both batteries were obviously powerless.
A quick video from you, has saved me countless hours of messing around and embarrassment.
I am very grateful you took the time to explain, this simple yet (possible costly) oversight.
Have a Great Day!
Wow dude, unbelievable. So simple yet many of us could never figure it out. You have no idea how many people you have helped, thanks a bunch.
Really… you guys thought you were charging a house phone or something lol 😂
@@fidelgarcia5683 Yup lol
Yeah it's Dec. 2023 here and I just got my new drill/driver combo and was like what is up with these batteries/charger? The manual says nothing about this lol. Good thing were now trained to go right to the internet and/or youtube.
@@fidelgarcia5683 guys that talk shit on TH-cam, when you check their channels it always says and I mean always says "This channel doesn't have any content"
You posted this years ago and it’s still helping your fellow man. Thank you.
OMG! THANK YOU so much! This is my very first cordless drill and I did the same simple mistake. It was plugged in for over 2 hours and I didn't know what's wrong (since it was a solid red light). Now I replugged it properly and it is blinking and charging correctly.
Thank you again. You are a lifesaver, my friend. :)
You probably saved me a return, thank you! The instructions that come with this thing do not mention the "click".
me too😁
.......and me :)
Saved me too. I can't understand why Dewalt doesn't just add this information to the label on the charger.
Same here thank you 😊
Same here! I was also looking for locations to get it fixed. I'm so glad to find this video
the best 1:14 I've spent on TH-cam. I was one of the ppl who need to learn how to use charger.
This saved me from buying a new charger. I thought mine has been bad from the beginning because it would sometimes charge and sometimes not.
I was literally on Amazon about to purchase and read a review that mentioned your video and how it had to click. I quickly went to the garage and gave it a firm push and voila, solid light and seems to be charging!
Thank you for the video!
I feel so dumb right now! Can't believe this worked LMAO
Short and quick to the point. Basically one of the best how to videos I've ever seen. perfect description of the problem and solutions.
I just bought my first Dewalt product and this video just saved me a trip to the store for a return. It felt like there was too much play between the battery and charger but it also felt like i had pushed it down far enough; I guess not. Thanks so much for the video!!!
Me too I bought a dewalt combo pack and I put the battery on the charger and it was blinking red I thought it was charging and I looked on here how to charge a dewalt battery I think this video helped me out the red light is not blinking red anymore
You probably saved me hours of frustration and possibly a return. THANK YOU!!
You're a wizard and an angel. I was going crazy wondering why the damn thing wasn't charging. Something so simple yet obviously easy to mess up. Thank you!
Your video was a lifesaver, my husband thought it was damaged and was about to return it. Thanks a lot.
Amazing. I was pulling my hair out for two days over this. What a dope I am! Thanks for the quick fix. Now back to work Making sawdust in my garage.
I aint gonna lie. You just saved me a lot of heartache. Just had it sitting in there the wrong way for an hour and discovered your video. Appreciate you.
Thank you! Something so simple and important yet left out of the instructions. Just bought my first cordless drill and was feeling very stupid not being able to charge it.
Thank you, I just upgraded to 20V Lithium batteries and I didn't realize what I was doing wrong when trying to charge the batteries but your simple explanation helped me out. Again Thank You.
Hey thanks for this. I went to my retailer who supplied a new charger. Strangely I found the same problem! I thought I was losing the plot until I saw this video! Thanks for helping me out...kit now works as it should! God bless. 👍😀
Thank you for answering my question... 4 years ago. Way to be ahead of the game, sir.
Omg i feel like an idiot. I never remembered that there was a click
The only thing the DeWalt instructions say is "...,making sure the battery pack is fully seated in the charger." It doesn't mention a click. How many things have you and I broken by trying to force something a little too hard. Poor instructions.
Same
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FLIPPIN' REVELATION!!!!!!!! There are not enough words to express how grateful I am that you made this video, thank you sooo much!!! What really had me convinced it was the battery at fault was because one of my batteries would charge fine while just resting in there in the incorrect, not clicked in, position (a 4ah battery I have) it was only my 5ah that was giving me a problem. Sometimes it would briefly show the orange temperature problem light and solid red, sometimes it would have the red charging light blink once or twice, then go solid red.
The thing is I had watched about 4 or 5 other videos about DeWalt batteries not charging before I saw this video, none of them mentioned this simple point, I was all prepared to take my battery pack apart and start messing about with it in a very dodgy fashion, no need!!!!!!
I've prattled on about this so much now that I've probably spent three times as long typing as your video took to explain the fix, but I don't mind, it's worth it, you sir are worthy of all the time I could possibly spend singing your praises!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!! Was about to send this charger on a quick trip across the room and buy new gear. It's working perfectly now🤘
This is by far the most helpful video I've watched on TH-cam 😅
I just unboxed a brand new Dewalt Drill and thought that the battery/charger was faulty.
Haha! Thank-you. Just bought one of these and it charges for a few seconds then says it's fully charged when it's obviously not. Didn't think to push it down further!
You saved me from throwing my drill kit in the trash. Thank you so much.
Sir, your "The Boss!" I just bought this set up and I definitely wondered what was wrong... Thank you so much.
Oh my gosh!! Thank goodness for TH-cam and You!!! It would have been really embarrassing to return this charger to Home Depot and discovered it was just "pilot error".
I bought brand new 6 amp hour battery and I was having the same issue as soon as you said it wasn't clicked in all the way I clicked it and are charging like normal thank you very much for the video
This was a video not only saved me from buying another battery. But kept me from throwing it out the window. Thanks for taking the time for this video.
Omg this is the reason youtube exists. Thanks brother.
4 years later and the instructions do not mention making sure the battery is seated all the way down in the charger. It worked fine for 3 months and I was about to go get a new charger. Thank you!
Yeah , because I didn't know that they had to be clicked into place , the light came on , I figured it was charging, but it would'nt flash.I took mine back to where I bought it , the salesman there was annoyed with me that I didn't know how to use the charger right , he took my drill and impact into the back room with him , I think he jacked them up somehow because they didn't work right after that , they would work some of the time , then not work at all other times. I was on a job out of town , needed these tools , didn't have power where I was working , these tools barely did the job.I had to take the set back again to get a whole new one.
All because some pencil pusher at Dewalt failed to mention in the instructions how to charge the battery proper.
Please return your tool for a refund. Or support your local ER Doc. Your choice.
THANK YOU! My charger was double-blinking, yet wasn’t ever charging the battery. As soon as I watched your video, I walked over to the charger and pushed the battery in harder and all of a sudden “CLICK”. And the light was now a singular-blink and is charging. Much appreciated!
OMG! I am such a dumb ass! Thank you for the 2x4 upside the head 🙋🏻♂️
I've watched several videos trying to figure out why my charger wouldn't work, and then your video. Thank you sir, you saved me $75.00 and a trip to Lowes.
Thank you so much. I was getting so frustrated. I was like you. I am doing something simple wrong. So you tube here I come!!!!
Amazing! Got mine yesterday and thought it was odd that it was barely grabbing a charge with it sitting so loose in the dock. Thanks for the firmly planted advice!
i just received my brand new Dewalt and was wondering why it won't charge. thank you very much for the video, totally solved my problem. Dewalt needs to do a better job at their manuals on the charger.
These short little videos....
by average JOE'S is what makes TH-cam *PRICELESS!!!!!*
Just got off the phone with customer service, thaought I had a defected product. THANKS!!!!!
almost returned mine today cuz I didn't push a fraction harder. haha. Thx for posting this. Dewalt should thank you too.
Please return your tool for a refund. Or support your local ER Doc. Your choice.
Thanks for the tip. Just purchased the pack with 20v lithium and the adapter to use with my 18v drill. Was wondering why the batteries wont charge. Snapped them in until the click, charging ok now. Thanks again.
I feel so dumb that i didn’t realize this but i was two minutes from returning my drills, thank you so much
Thank you just got one today and waited hours for it to charge and it didn’t. Thought something was wrong and saw this awesome video.
Please return your tool for a refund. Or support your local ER Doc. Your choice.
Wow. I searched everywhere for information about the charger and I can't believe my problem was something so simple. Now i have 4 batteries thinking each time that it was the batteries. LOL!! Thank you so much for this video. DeWalt should pay you for your this video.
Thanks man battery was @ 2 bars for the past hour with that red light.... didn't know the red light was supposed to be blinking lmao!
Nick M so blinking red means that it is charging
Seriously bro I just let my battery on the charger for 12 hours just to run back and pull it off to make it click so now it's charging. Why you are the only person that knows this you are a God send. Thank you
not the problem, already checked that... newer charger (10 charges) newer batteries 5 charges each... no lights removed and replaced the batteries
If you look this helped 90% of the people here, may be you actually have a bad charger, I am sure it happens. That is a problem to take to DeWalt.
same, was hopeful, but not the case. Is it the charger or the packs going bad quickly? hard to tell without replacing them all
I just had the same... knew when I bought it (2 plus years ago) about seating the batteries, however, mine too has failed to charge... If I figure this out, I'll post a solution.
th-cam.com/video/7OXOn6YTTiU/w-d-xo.html
Tap on this link ^
This guy has a fix I'll check tomorrow
You're not supposed to open these as they explode
That's why I haven't
This video has aged like fine wine. Thank you!
Haha i had the same problem!! Thinking i got ripped off but i was just being a bit pansy handed. Thanks for the video!!!!
Andy Wenz Personally I didn't want to brute Force anything with pins into it's base. And the charging light is really misleading.
You should be given some sort of medal! Thank you! And Dewalt, maybe a little tip for the manual: "put it in the charger all the way... but wait, there's more)"
No way!!! I was already filing a warranty claim with dewalt.... Thanks
Maaan, you made my day. I just bought 2x 20v DeWalt batteries and when I was putting them on the charger, a solid light would shine, saying “it’s fully charged”, when the LED display just showed one light lit up. I tried it a few times, same thing. Then I watched your vide. I reseated the battery, putting emphasis on how I was seating it and I slammed the battery into the charger and then finally … the light started flashing, telling me “it’s charging “. DeWalt should look at this problem, their parts should fit together like a “no-brainer”, we shouldn’t have to concentrate on sliding a battery into a charger. Servicemen/women and tradesmen have tight schedules to make money. DeWalt should really fire the designer and get one with a brain. Cheers, thanks bro !
Wow that's was my problem... Thank you
THANK YOU!!! I just got 2 5ah batteries for Christmas, worked great but wouldn't charge, I was like there has GOT to be a reason something I'm doing wrong... sure enough! THANK YOU for this video!
Just blew my mind man.
I'm new to DeWalt and had that same issue. Without the click I was getting it to charge some times, but had issues probably 75% of the time. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you for the video, feel like a moron for not seating my battery correctly. Thanks again
Please return your tool for a refund. Or, support your local ER Doc. Your choice.
Hi and thank you for this great video! So when it’s done charging does it stay solid red? Or does it turn green at any point?
That was it! Thanks!!
Thanks. My drill arrived last night. Instructions were no help. Making sure the battery clicked into the charger was the answer.
Wow.. dude thank you.. I thought I was going crazy. Lol. Thank you!!
Drove 4 hours up to my cottage and I was pretty excited about charging the Dewalt Battery the night before for my “More than I wanted to spend leaf blower. I had great expectations“!
Well I got ready to blow off some lawn furniture, 3 porches and about 60 ft of driveway. What a disappointment when I got the furniture blown off and the battery went dead!!
Well after heading into the cottage I didn’t bother with the Dewalt website I went straight to TH-cam on my iPad and got lucky viewing the second video I came across....Thanks for putting a “Keep it simple stupid” info video on here!
Gotta go.....my battery’s charging,
Well damn lol that worked.
Thank you for this video! I was just about to box it back up and drive an hour to my nearest Home Depot to return. It saved me a lot of time and hassle!!
😒 I knew that. Lol.
Thank you, i was having trouble but you saved me from returning it.
Thanks for the tip! The manual said not to force the battery into the charger, so I didn't. I actually called Dewalt first and they never asked if I was getting a click. My 12V batteries click in without forcing them but I assumed the new 20V batteries were different in that regard. But they required more force.
As an aside, I've never seen a TH-cam video with as many comments as this one! You really hit the nail on the head, if I can use a tool pun ;-)
That's exactly what was happening to me. I wasn't pushing the battery pack in until it clicked. Now my battery is charging perfectly! Thank you Jack..
Just checked your video after I saw my 4ah 20v battery wasn’t charging. Thanks for this video it saved me some frustration!!
jeez its that simple? this has been driving me nuts. thanks man!
Jack, thank you so much for saving me the hassle of having to return my drill kit. I recently received a brand new DCD999T1. The battery shows only 1 bar. But when I put in on the charger, the charger shows fully charged. This morning I tried again making certain to fully seat the battery into the charger and voila! the charger is now flashing and charging the battery.
6 yr old video and I found the answer! Straight and to the point. Thanks!!!!!!
Just got my first dewalt 20v setup for xmas from my family. Been using pneumatics and plugins, never felt the need to untether before. But i tried charging my new batteries and couldnt figure out why it would show an empty battery was fully charged on the charger. Saved me an exchange! Thanks!
Cannot thank you enough for this video. I had already called in a warranty on one of my dcb 609 9ah batteries and was looking at doing another.
Thank you! Was about to return my new blower because I thought the battery was defective. How do they not add this to the instructions?
even in 2020 this worked. i had a battery on my charger with the solid red light and the label next to it seemed to me that if the light was illuminated, it was charging. so i had my battery on the charger for almost three days. plugged it into my drill, it spun for a second then crapped out. thanks for the tip, you're the man
Still relevant in 2021. Been wondering why my battery won't charge for the last 24hours. Thanks man
Oh my.... Man I consider myself pretty handy but after returning a set of new batteries and about to do the same with these 6ah. Here you are pouring fourth knowledge and wisdom only a patient man would obtain. Many thanks for I am not a patient man.
thank you so much for this video! I got a Dewalt for christmas from my dad and the entire time I was just sitting the battery on there like you first showed without seating it in the charger! Now I got a blinking light that its charging!
The simplest thing, but was exactly the problem I had. I had returned charger, gotten new batteries from DeWalt, everything ! Thanks much.
Thank you so much! Saved me from buying another drill thinking the charger or batteries are defective
i treated myself to a new dewalt impact gun on black friday and was upset because i couldnt get the batteries to charge. this 100% solved my issue thank you so much for making this video
awesome thanks, I have a question is a solid red light mean its charging or does a green light come on when its fully charged
I was preparing to return the tool; now I won’t need to.🤗 ‘THANK YOU’ to the ‘ENTH’ degree! Much appreciated.👍👍
Thanks for this video. Ive been struggling big time getting my batteries to charge really though i had an issue with the charger/ batteries. Did as you said and its now working. 👍
So glad this video is here. 3 years later, some of us are still getting our first DCB115 and wondering what it won't charge the batteries. Thanks!
I took my first one back and got a replacement before I realised the battery had to click into place. Glad someone made a video to let people know.
Thanks buddy! Your a life saver! Had the exact same issue and the the manual doesn't explain that the battery has to click in place to get a proper charge like you have shown us in your video.👍🙂
Haha it was that simple. I was just about to take it back to the shop and let them know it wasn't working and thought I would Google it first. Your video was the first one to show up. Thank you so much you have saved me a wasted trip 🙂
Just saved me from the hassle of sending the battery back thank you for sharing your knowledge great video
2021 and u just saved my life!!!! Thanks bud!
Thank you for this video. I was ready to take mine back to store but you saved the day.
I just got a new flexvolt advantage drill yesterday and had my wife plug it in before I got home from work. It was flashing red and yellow and I was a little miffed by that. Thanks lol. I didn’t know about the click. They do charge without the click but not properly.
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I had read the whole dumb manual looking for what I was doing wrong, called DeWalt tech support they instructed me to return it back to Amazon due to charger failure, you save my day Thanks
I couldn't understand why one battery would charge, but the other wouldn't. This was the solution I was looking for. Thanks.
Thank you. Fixed my (none) broken 🔋. That click made all the difference.