Exactly... If you get a year...it doesn't owe you anything. -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Old TV Man" <mebonnell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:50 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Charging Circuit--Riobi 14.5 drill Charger > 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/