Calling big-all

[r896neo]

Calling big-all the ryobi king.

I have one of the big one plus Li-ion batteries and it has been intermittantly working recently and has now stopped. It charges fine and the 'fuel tank indicator' shows green but when inserted the tools don;t work, i assume it a connections issue, any advice what to do/ try first?

 

[merlin50]

should have bought a Bosch

 

[r896neo]

cheers On a more serious note I just can't face spending 300 quid on a combi impact driver kit that will spend most of its life abused dropped and covered in dirt and rain as 95 percent of my work is outside.

Also i have yet to meet an impact driver as powerful as my ryobi 18v

 

[gregers]

Also i have yet to meet an impact driver as powerful as my ryobi 18v

as said sholdve got a bosch

 

[r896neo]

i have tried the bosch, and makita 18v drivers smarty pants

 

[big-all]

Calling big-all the ryobi king.

I have one of the big one plus Li-ion batteries and it has been intermittantly working recently and has now stopped. It charges fine and the 'fuel tank indicator' shows green but when inserted the tools don;t work, i assume it a connections issue, any advice what to do/ try first?

afraid i dont know if its showing full i would assume a loose connection
the battery actually charges via the 2 contacts at the base off the stem on the top between the ryobi oneplus symbol and the part charged symbols so charge and discharge are different routes

i personally would try it on a different tool or a different battery on that tool to rule out the tool and blame the battery
i would then check for bad contact externally on the marked - and+ terminals at the top and ignore the the third one it does not do anything in use

then i would have an internal look after checking the +and- terminals with a meter

 

[gregers]

i have tried the bosch, and makita 18v drivers smarty pants

we didnt say try we said get

seriously my impact driver is the best thing ive ever owned,so versitile light but packs an almighty punch.

wish they had these things around years ago.

 

[r896neo]

I love my imapct driver but I tried mine the 18v bosch blue and the makita lxt side by side on the same fixing, a 7 inch timberlok into a sleeper and the ryobi was the best of the three. Plus the fact that it is a third of the price, and therefore i don't worry so much if it gets wet, muddy or knocked about a bit.

Thanks for the help big-all, tried other tolls etc its definately just this battery. Just wanted to try and save it as its the bigger more useful one, if it was a 1.4 i might be less bothered.

 

[^woody^]

should have bought a Bosch

What nonsense. The Bosch batteries don't fit Ryobi tools

 

[^woody^]

It charges fine and the 'fuel tank indicator' shows green but when inserted the tools don;t work,

When Li-ion batteries fail, they indicate full, but then loose the charge very quickly - almost instantly in use

But by all means take it apart and check connections or individual cell voltage first though

 

[big-all]

It charges fine and the 'fuel tank indicator' shows green but when inserted the tools don;t work,

When Li-ion batteries fail, they indicate full, but then loose the charge very quickly - almost instantly in use

But by all means take it apart and check connections or individual cell voltage first though

new one on me lol
not in a negative way as i simply don't know more in a great something else to learn

would assume if this is the case the charge light would go out within a few mins if that wast the case or at least well before the usual 40 mins on charging

 

[gregers]

should have bought a Bosch

What nonsense. The Bosch batteries don't fit Ryobi tools

they do if you use a hammer.