Sorry the drill cost was $29. Bruce. Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Charging Circuit--Riobi 14.5 drill Charger > Hi Warren, > I don't want to drag this on. I understand the challenge to fix the unit. I > have a name brand Dewalt 9 volt drill. One of the batteries went dead and I > threw it away and realized afterwards could have fixed it. Any way the > replacement battery was $50 which I did not buy. Name brand is not what it > used to be! Two weeks ago I bought a 12 volt drill with two batteries at > Canadian Tire in Sarnia. (not kidding). What would that work out to in U.S > dollars! Almost as good a deal as Max. > It works great still can't get over the price. > Bruce. > > B&T Electronics > 139 Margaret St > Sarnia Ontario > Canada > N7T 2Y3 > 519 344 1850 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Warren C." <warrenca@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:22 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Charging Circuit--Riobi 14.5 drill Charger > > > > Max > > Your new drill will not be a Riobi. A Riobi does deserve some attempt to > fix it. > > You may have found a great deal there though but for us it's in US$$$$ > > I like the challenge of trying to fix things like this. I don't like it > when > > companies take the numbers off parts. > > Do they think that their attempts help them sell all that many more > products??? > > or that I'm going to steal their > > circuit?? > > I wonder? > > Perhaps they just like to fill, land fill sites with lots of equipment > with very > > little wrong it. > > > > Thanks Max I think that Ed is just kidding around. > > > > WC > > > > Old TV Man wrote: > > > > > I just bought a 14.4 drill with charger and several accessories for > > > $29.99 and am getting a $10.00 rebate. www.heartlandamerica.com > > > > > > Max Bonnell > > > Bonnell TV > > > Robinson, IL > > > > > > Sender: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx From: > > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx(Tel-Tek=A0Electronics) Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2004, > > > 1:08pm (CDT+1) To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: > > > Charging Circuit--Riobi 14.4 drill Charger Reply=A0to: > > > techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Same thing goes for you...you cheap bugger. With your money...go out and > > > buy a new one. If he lets you dump your Garbage in his bin....you have a > > > good starting point. > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0I sort of kid about this stuff, but you are all > > > starting to realize, it's really not a worthwhile effort, unless your > > > own time is written off. > > > But an answer to Secondary would be at least 25 to 30 volts. > > > > > > -Ed- > > > Ed Gaidies > > > Tel-Tek Electronics > > > Ontario-Canada > > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:27 AM > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Charging Circuit--Riobi 14.4 drill Charger > > > > > > Speaking of drill chargers, I have one here that I need to replace the > > > power transformer in it. The primary is open and no thermo fuse. The > > > drill is a Mastercraft (Canadian Tire, ED- your favourite :) ). How do I > > > know what secondary voltage to use? The drill is a 14.4V. Off hand, I > > > would think that around 18V to 20V winding would be about right. The > > > filter cap on the circuit board is rated 35V. Any ideas? > > > > > > Now to satisfy the "pitch it and buy new theory", this drill belongs to > > > a guy who lets me throw all my scrap electronics into his garbage bin in > > > return for repairing a few things he brings in. I at least need to put > > > in an effort on these items. In this case I do have a number of power > > > transformers sitting around doing nothing so parting with one is not a > > > big deal and it woulf keep me in good company with the bin. > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > McCartney Electronics > > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > > Est. 1984 > > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > Edward Gaidies wrote: > > > > > > Warren; > > > Depending on the Charger, I would presume you have 12.2V from white to > > > red, and 12.2V from white red. The white is normally fed back to the > > > charger to determine when to go into trickle charge mode. The > > > question.....why are you pissing around with this, when you can go to > > > Canadian Tire, and buy a Drill with 2 Batteries and a Charger for > > > $79.95?:-) > > > Reason these Solid State Components have no part numbers on them, is > > > because they are not meant to be repaired, and even if there was a part > > > number, you don't expect to find a Parts Department for this > > > company....do you???? > > > Come on...Get with the program;-) > > > I was using a B&D drill for 7 years, Had Internal NI-CAD battery packs > > > (2). When I wanted to replace the battery packs, they were $47 each. The > > > new version of this drill was $49 Retail. You must have a Birthday > > > coming up, or an Anniversary...Treat yourself...and if you can't find > > > your favourite color.....Paint it. HEHE. Typical Canadian. > > > -Ed- > > > ********************************************** > > > Ed Gaidies > > > Tel-Tek Electronics > > > Ontario-Canada > > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > On 23-Sep-04, at 7:59 AM, Warren C. wrote: > > > Are you suggesting that this three legged device in the charger is a > > > protector of > > > some kind? > > > A white wire leads to it. The other two wires are red and black of > > > course. > > > When you test for vlotage at the battery itself to this third connector > > > one finds > > > that it is almost at > > > ground potential. It's so stupid when companys take the numbers off > > > parts!! This > > > ticks me off!! > > > > > > Warren C. > > > > > > Roger G wrote: > > > Third connector usually goes to a thermal protector or some kind of > > > protector > > > > > > Roger G. > > > Mr. Fix-It > > > Harrisburg, PA 17110 =A0 WebSite- http://mrfixit.netfirms.com > > > rogerfixit@xxxxxxxx > > > FAX 510-740-3641; Tel: 717-763-7098 (shop) 717-652-1703(home) > > > At 11:19 PM 9/22/2004, you wrote: > > > > > > I hope no one minds this question. > > > Does anyone have a circuit diagram of this charging unit. The fast > > > charge light does not come on , only the other two lights. > > > I also would like to know what the third connector on the battery is > > > for. When you follow this wire into the charger you come to an output > > > devise (transistor??) that has no numbers on it. (figures eah) > > > My theory is that this devise may be bad and the drill batteries are > > > fine. > > > BTW the main (-) and (+) connections to the battery are on the left > > > and > > > right side and they connect fine. > > > When you test for voltage in the charger at these two points you get a > > > reading of 24.6 V > > > Can you help??? > > > TIA > > > > > > Warren Campbell > > > Campbell's TV & Appliances > > > Cannington ON > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > -------- > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > > Lost Password: > > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > > Email Archives: > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". 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