I have the sc18 LI charger and a SB18V LI battery one is bad or the drill bad how do I trouble shoot this combination?
1355856
I think you have the wrong charger. You need a SC118C-LI charger to charge this battery. This charger will charge SB18B-LI also a SB18A .
1048051
I thought I could, but quickly found you cannot. Ended up purchasing a new charger to go with my two new lithium batteries. You are better off to look for a kit or even a tool that comes with both. One good thing about the new charger is that it is "smarter" - you can leave the battery in the charger almost indefinitely without damaging it.
2179685
Had that problem once, I just spun the battery a little bit while it was still clamped in the charger and it worked fine. Might have been a slightly corroded contact. Never had a problem since.
1333881
All of your question didn't print out, but I had similar problem when looking for a DeWalt replacement battery. I have a DC727 drill with a DW9118 charger and replacement batteries fit the drill, but not the charger due to the center tab of the battery. I finally found a compatible replacement battery from Expert Battery for $16.55. ( 12V 1500mah) Hope this helps.
1405708
I also got the 26650 batteries and use them. I had to buy a different charger.
1943366
Did you go on line and verify this is the charger you actually need? There are two very different chargers out for the 18v b&d; - it depends on how old your drill/driver is
1083192
By that I guess you mean ones that this charger was not designed to work with right? Well, that is a little tricky based on what you are trying to charge. If it is a commercial battery for a drill, you can get something similar to this if you just type the drill's name or model. You don't have to worry about typing the specific battery model number or the specific charger model number and you will see a few results for just the charger mixed in with the results. I typed craftsman 19v and found this one. If you are trying to charge something else or another tool or battery by another manufacturer and you don't know exactly what you are doing, you are asking for trouble but I will give you a few tips. 1) Lithium ion batteries are ticking time bombs. They will explode if over charged with too much voltage or current. 2) LiPo will explode if wrong polarity is used. 3) Most of them have protections from the things that make them explode and some even have them per cell. Some of them though rely on the charger to be smart enough not to over charge and have odd terminals so you can't charge it in any other charger. 4) They all operate in series and some, like this one, even charge in series. Thus with a multimeter, find the polarity of the battery you want to charge and the approximate voltage (I.e. if you have a 24 volt battery and it has 4 terminals and per two terminals you find that they are 10 volts each when low on charge then one can assume that you have 2 sets of 12 volt batteries in a series) then just get some alligator clips and clip them to another power source or power adapter of the same voltage and then sawpt them between the series. One time I really needed a device and I forgot the charger and I did this by connecting the alligator clips to my car for 30 mins then I swapped them to the other terminals for 30 mins too and it got me out of trouble. Just be really careful not to overcharge. Hope this helps.
1638929
It needs a new batttery, or the charger is bad.Check the volt output on charger.
1243604
You try different batteries (that you know are good) in your charger. And your batteries in a different charger (that you know is good)
2039781
Nope. This might be a knock off styled battery charger, or the batter itself might be broke. Do you have any other batteries to try out to see if it's the charger itself or the battery? Someone you can borrow from? Do some testing to pin down what it is that isn't working here. Good luck.
490015
Are you sure the charger is working, I would check that first? If so, also suggest you might need to disassemble it to determine the battery model and type, then search online accordingly. Sorry - not a positive answer to your question.
1162596
The battery on this Drill/Driver isn't designed to be charged continuously, it will fail(go bad) if you do this. Which unfortunately sounds like what happened in this situation. It could also be the charger that failed. Either way, this does not sound like a cheap and easy fix. The batteries were cheaper 2 years ago, I did not need to buy a replacement battery for my drill/driver up to this point.
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The problem could be either the battery or the charger but is most likely the charger. If you have a second battery you can test. I had the same problem and ordered a new charger. It has worked great for the last year.
1422777
Drill is backwards compatible with 18 volt nicad batteries. It came with 2 lower capacity (not XRP) Li-ion DeWalt batteries. The charger works for NiCad and Li-Ion batteries. I like the lower weight of the drill and Li-ion battery, BUT I HATE the Li-Ion battery because it cuts off without warning and you cannot squeeze any more out until you recharge. They do it because they don't want a Li_ion battery to blow up with somebody so basically they have protective circuitry built in to monitor each battery cell. But it sucks when you are up on a ladder and have no warning that the battery will give out on the next screw.
687888
My battery works great, all day and I use it a lot. If you are sure that your battery charger is working, then you must have a bad battery. My battery came to me and had over half a charge when I got it. Exchange it and you will end up happy with the extended life battery.
1878943
What I have done in the past was to charge said batteries in another charger just to pump them up a little. Then I can use the LaCrosse charger to finish them up.
2156303
I think all the batt. have numbers on them, if it is the same it will work. Or you could just call the fractory #.