Dewalt Battery Won't Charge / Charger Has No Lights Simple Fix

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • Dewalt 20v 60v Flex Volt Black Decker Ryobi

Komentáře • 240

  • @MWS67
    @MWS67 Před rokem +4

    WOW!!! I can't believe that worked. I got 2 dewalt 20v (2ah) batteries from a store that was throwing them away. The customer brought them back because they were dead. I put them on my charger and got nothing. Then I found this video. I used some wire to connect them to one of my battries for about 3 seconds each and now they are charging just fine.I learn something new every day. Thank you 😁😁

  • @TheKezzla
    @TheKezzla Před 3 lety +10

    THIS WORKED FOR ME!! I didn't have a battery jump starter and read in the comments here someone tried a regular 9v battery...like the kind that goes in a smoke detector... So I also tried a 9v battery with the razer blades and my dcb203 battery is now charging! I threw away at least 4 relatively new batteries recently with the same issue.. I bet all of them could have been jump started like this. THANK YOU !!!

  • @kylereichstein7578
    @kylereichstein7578 Před 2 lety +4

    Dude I am going to give this a go tomorrow. I’ve got about 12 - 60V batteries and 2 are dead. I’m sick of spending $200+ for these batteries just for them to bug up within a year. Dewalt needs to make some changes! Thanks for the tip man! 🔥

  • @chrisdarazsi6325
    @chrisdarazsi6325 Před 3 lety +6

    You're right, it's amazing that this needs to be done. Both my 20v batteries stopped charging, no light on the charger. I contacted Dewalt and, to their credit, they were easy to deal with and sent me a new charger. When that didn't work, it was clear to me that it was the battery that was the problem, not the charger. I had even gone to Lowe's and bought another charger, that I was able to return when it didn't help. Thanks for the vid. The batteries are charging right now!

  • @robbieanderson4674
    @robbieanderson4674 Před 3 lety +6

    Watched this and circumstances identical new battery, charger, and just wasn’t used yet. Just went thru very cold weather here in Texas and battery was in truck. Did not really think it would work didn’t seem logical to have to jump start it. Used dimes and IT WORKED - started charging and took a full charge. Totally impressed! Thank You!

    • @fixinstuff4374
      @fixinstuff4374  Před 3 lety +2

      No problem. Glad it worked for you. I have friends in Texas and their power was out due to the snow storm.

  • @YanooshGakagoosh
    @YanooshGakagoosh Před 26 dny

    Thanks a lot for sharing this information. Had a Dewalt battery fail on second charge. Jumped it with a 12v motorcycle battery as you showed. Sparked and is now charing on charger. Excellent! Thanks again!!

  • @MojoMagic977
    @MojoMagic977 Před 10 měsíci

    20v 5AH just worked for me using a spare charged dewalt same style battery. Used 14 AWG speaker wire, two razor blades and two sparks later, battery is now charging /blinking in the charger. U deserve an award.

  • @peterquaker9369
    @peterquaker9369 Před 3 lety +6

    just tried this with a 12v car battery charger and it works, my dewalt battery now charges. Thanks for the upload.

  • @justinzabel88
    @justinzabel88 Před 27 dny

    This worked for me…THANK YOU! 8 month old battery barely used. I suspect it does not like being completely drained, mine was powering the Dewalt inflator airing up an extremely low set of tires. Died while trying to air up the last one. I used my Schumacher battery charger set to 40a, just gave it a quick tap to get a tiny spark. Charging fine now.

  • @kevintregear2675
    @kevintregear2675 Před 16 dny

    This worked for me too! I used a jump pack, 12.8v. It sparked on the first touch, not so much on touch 2 & 3, but now it's charging! Thanks!

  • @GRIDMASTER6
    @GRIDMASTER6 Před 3 lety +7

    Wow, you've just saved me load of cash my friend. I jumped the battery using four blades, two in each of my batteries and it worked straight away. Thanks for the tip .

  • @MADDFAC3
    @MADDFAC3 Před 3 lety +3

    I can’t tell you how much this helped me. I just purchased a DeWalt cordless screwdriver for $100 bucks. It came with two batteries, a charger and tool bag so obviously a deal only problem is, the batteries wouldn’t charge.
    I brought it home and attempted to charge them for three hours and nothing. I found this video and tried it with a battery from a drill I have that does work and presto... the batteries are both now charging.
    You are a genius. Thank you. I’ll let you know if I get a full charge and a general update.

    • @MADDFAC3
      @MADDFAC3 Před 3 lety +3

      Quick update. I got both batteries fully charged and everything is working fine. Thanks again.

  • @garrettoliver4399
    @garrettoliver4399 Před 9 měsíci

    Never mind I read some of the other comments and took a stab at it hoping I didn’t fry my 250$ batteries. But it’s worked great. Finally some good info on CZcams that WORKS!!!! Nice thanks again.

  • @boone7913
    @boone7913 Před měsícem

    I had 5 batteries that would not charge and there was no light on the charger. I tried it and it worked perfectly, thank you

  • @Ireland831
    @Ireland831 Před 2 lety +1

    I tried a few other ways to fix my battery but none work. I used my battery trickle charger and the blades from my razor knife as you demonstrate here. Battery took a full charge and back in business. Thanks so much for your vid!!

  • @sa..0.0.7
    @sa..0.0.7 Před rokem +3

    Thank you for this video! You saved me a lot of headaches and troubleshooting. I bought a brand new battery and charger kit, used the battery a few times, and then when it came time to recharge the battery for the first time, I was getting no lights on my charger. I was a bit skeptical trying this out. I tried with a 9V battery as some folks said, but that didn't work for me - possibly the battery was just a bit low. I also tried with my portable booster, but that didn't work either for some reason. My final attempt was using booster cables with my car battery. I saw a couple of sparks as you mentioned in the video, brought the battery back in and put it into the charger, and it started charging! (Charger is currently flashing red, which indicates that it is charging). Great trick, thank you!

  • @user-yj2yo6lc1g
    @user-yj2yo6lc1g Před 11 měsíci

    Hello, thank you very much, because I regretted my $280 purchase because the battery does not charge. I followed your video and it worked. Great, thank you again

  • @markdewolfe9364
    @markdewolfe9364 Před 2 lety +1

    My DeWalt 20 V battery- the only 1 have- showed no lights in the charger. Followed this tip with a 6 volt lantern battery with no results. Got out my 12 V car charger and after a spark and 3 secs, all working perfectly. I too used the razor blades, they fit perfectly are eary to connect and readily available in your box knife. :)

  • @gerrytaylor1505
    @gerrytaylor1505 Před 11 měsíci

    I can 100% confirm that this works. I've just tried this on a DCB185 battery that would not charge and its now charging! I used two Stanley knife blades and a battery charger set to boost.

  • @lifer9883
    @lifer9883 Před 5 měsíci

    You're a lifesaver, my DeWalt charger would not light up, no led light on battery either, gave it a jumpstart with my portable AA charger, sorted 😊👍 battery now charging.

  • @richardstephens9912
    @richardstephens9912 Před rokem

    Cannot believe this worked, but it legit just fixed a 3 ah. I used a 4ah battery with razor blades to fix my 3ah. Thank you

  • @Callawayo
    @Callawayo Před 2 lety +3

    Fixed two 5h dewalt batteries with no light, thank you so much

  • @Creeds-Creations
    @Creeds-Creations Před 2 lety

    Thanks I had a dead 60v Dewalt battery and this worked. Light did not even turn on when checking battery level. Now it works! What I did is that I connected to portable car battery charger left it for 5 minutes and then I connected it the charger and it started charging.

  • @flunder203
    @flunder203 Před 3 lety +5

    You saved my battery. I followed this right down to the blades lol. Amazing. easy. Set the booster to 50 amps boost, touched the + three times and now life is perfecto. Thanks very much!

  • @barbarakavar4085
    @barbarakavar4085 Před 4 měsíci

    THanks so much! Your right, no one else is doing it with one battery. Very Appreciative!!

  • @walterzoomie
    @walterzoomie Před 3 měsíci

    I love you, man. Hooked my dead battery to my truck using jumper cables. Worked a treat! Thanks!

  • @JayTroful
    @JayTroful Před 3 lety +2

    Did this with a trickle charger, battery is on the charger and charging now. Thank you!

  • @gnicevids
    @gnicevids Před měsícem

    It worked great for me I use the battery charger/Maintenance with prong or the circle things and place them in the same locations as you and voila it work once I place it on the dewalt charger.

  • @brucevonk9033
    @brucevonk9033 Před 2 lety +2

    Jumped my 60volt with a 20 volt and it is now charging..thank you!

    • @ricardorodriguez2607
      @ricardorodriguez2607 Před 2 lety

      Hey bud! What cable did you use? Was it regular speaker wires? I’m trying to jump my flex volt with a 20V battery but I can’t get it to charge lol

    • @brucevonk9033
      @brucevonk9033 Před 2 lety

      I use 2 razor blades

    • @ricardorodriguez2607
      @ricardorodriguez2607 Před 2 lety +1

      Got it but what did you connect to the razors? Thanks!

  • @hybridaquatics7593
    @hybridaquatics7593 Před 3 lety +2

    I literally just had this exact scenario happen to me with a 20-volt battery. It's like if you were speaking to me directly. I only had one battery. It worked perfectly. Thank you for making this video!

  • @skeetlybeet2584
    @skeetlybeet2584 Před 6 měsíci

    Old video but I just used this to fix my 60v battery. I appreciate you dude!!! Thanks alot

  • @Madkalibyr
    @Madkalibyr Před 3 měsíci

    I have the same weed eater, the battery stopped charging (the charger works, just not the battery for this!) Ty for this video I can finally get to work on my crazily over grown yard

  • @havox112
    @havox112 Před 2 lety

    I did the utility blades and connected it to my battery tender and tapped the ground, took it back to the charger and it works. I bought a kit from ebay with no returns so this just saved me a good chunk of change.

  • @JFuentes0199
    @JFuentes0199 Před 10 měsíci

    I used this trick on a 20v 2ah and it worked! Thank you.

  • @donaldbarton3816
    @donaldbarton3816 Před měsícem

    Yup this work for me and I’m telling everyone of my friends about this !!

  • @charliemontiel6797
    @charliemontiel6797 Před 2 lety +1

    Used my car to jump start my battery, worked perfectly thank you!

  • @jasontheconner6120
    @jasontheconner6120 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, just wow! The 2 battery videos were all I could find too. Thank you!!!!

  • @johnathantaylor1513
    @johnathantaylor1513 Před 2 měsíci

    It does work with other DeWalt batteries. I literally just jumped a DBC203 using another DBC203 and spare wire I had laying around

  • @MosaicHomestead
    @MosaicHomestead Před 2 lety

    The charger didn't work but the second battery trick did, Thanks a lot.

  • @virginiaboyle6606
    @virginiaboyle6606 Před rokem

    Well SOB…it worked! Thank you. Btw: didn’t have jumper cables. Used 2 metal clips and let them touch once which created the spark.

  • @lichromah6968
    @lichromah6968 Před 2 lety +1

    You’re life saver. It will work any jump start from 6v-12v. Thanks for your video 🙏

  • @josholander3943
    @josholander3943 Před 3 lety +11

    Just curious, what amp setting did you set the car battery charger to?

  • @USAFreedom4Ever
    @USAFreedom4Ever Před 2 lety

    I've tried on older craftsman battery without luck and then just tried with larger 40v Dewalt. It worked this time but be careful to only do for a few seconds. I had smaller gauge wires connected like this guy and seen wires start to droop after about 8 seconds so I could tell heating up and they were very warm.

  • @richarddavid6957
    @richarddavid6957 Před 3 lety +27

    Somewhat helpful but where did you tooked the power from your just showed to cables was it a car battery? Thanks for trying to help.

    • @ricardorodriguez2607
      @ricardorodriguez2607 Před 2 lety +5

      Yea I was wondering the same thing? Did he hook it up to the car battery?

    • @DrengrMike
      @DrengrMike Před 2 lety +2

      I did it with 3 steak knives, no power source, just stick 2 in the slots according to the video and connect them with the third, it smokes a tiny bit and my knives did a little microscopic weld, then put it back on the charger and it worked like a charm, no longer than 2 seconds connected or else it might mess something up.

    • @zay8452
      @zay8452 Před 2 lety +2

      It works with another battery u can use speaker wire use a full 20v battery and put a wire in negative and positive then do same for the one that won’t work but only tap the negative wire to the not working one for like 3 seconds then put it on charger

    • @fixinstuff4374
      @fixinstuff4374  Před rokem +8

      Hi. Sorry for the confusion. I hooked it up to a 12 volt battery charger like a duralast.

    • @rickfreeman9530
      @rickfreeman9530 Před rokem

      @@DrengrMike I

  • @evanshones7833
    @evanshones7833 Před 3 lety

    I didn’t think it would actually work until I tried it and holy shit it worked!!

  • @DarrenMcGovIRL
    @DarrenMcGovIRL Před 5 dny

    Top drawer my man. Thank you so much from 🇮🇪

  • @rfgf-tv
    @rfgf-tv Před rokem

    Hey I just tried it with a walmart battery charger and it worked. Friggin sweet man. a 20v 5ah and a 60v 6ah.

  • @greggtrunnell9859
    @greggtrunnell9859 Před rokem

    Worked exactly like you said.. THANK YOU !!! -- I used my portable booster. Worked great.

  • @goldman7267
    @goldman7267 Před rokem

    Wow it worked. I almost threw one away and was going to buy new ones. I used a 12v battery jump starter for about 5 seconds

  • @Rc1n4ever
    @Rc1n4ever Před rokem

    Wow 👏 dude awesome trick it saves my battery. I used a Duralast battery charger instead of a jumper starter. After a couple of sparks it was back to the life

  • @danielcuellar400
    @danielcuellar400 Před 3 lety

    It work 9.0 dewalt battery wasn't charging i use another dewalt battery and it work just put positive with positive and negative with negative thanks for the video it help alot 👍

  • @bayareadoghouse
    @bayareadoghouse Před rokem

    2 minute job that worked. Thank you!

  • @joaquinmendoza1127
    @joaquinmendoza1127 Před rokem

    Thanks for this video, it helped a lot, i knew about the wire jump from other batteries but all 4 of mine are dead. I used my portable battery car booster to bring the batteries to life, and i wish i knew this last year when i just threw out my 6 batteries which i could have saved.

  • @mainelywoodstone7968
    @mainelywoodstone7968 Před 2 lety

    IT WORKS.
    I was sceptical... But it works! Thank you!

  • @nickduba
    @nickduba Před 2 lety

    I used the same method with a 9v battery and it worked!

  • @joncarbone
    @joncarbone Před 3 lety

    It works! Just did it. We all owe you a round. 🍻

  • @pauls826
    @pauls826 Před 3 lety +1

    Every dewalt I’ve ever bought flexvolt
    Come with the super fast charger especially the FLEXVOLT s

  • @davidf1877
    @davidf1877 Před rokem +1

    Great video showing what to do if you can’t jump start from another battery. My FLEXVOLT has a partial charge and works on tools, but when put in charger, light briefly comes on and then goes off. I’ve tried cleaning the terminals, but makes no difference.
    Even though the battery still has a charge, would a jump start result in a ‘reset’ which might allow it to charge?

  • @tomcatmcgillicutty6913
    @tomcatmcgillicutty6913 Před 2 lety +2

    I will NEVER but another Dewalt tool,,,Got a 500 tool sitting and they can't build a damn battery and charger that's works right,,,,WTFUCKKKKK...Extremely aggrivated

  • @danielpritchard1465
    @danielpritchard1465 Před 5 měsíci

    Bro you just saved me, worked like a charm

  • @hearishhassan8198
    @hearishhassan8198 Před rokem

    You saved me £120 battery 🔋 many thanks .

  • @LoneWolfnumber1
    @LoneWolfnumber1 Před rokem

    Your saved me good amount of cash bless you brother 😊

  • @Jman3teen
    @Jman3teen Před dnem

    Soooo I tried this and there were sparks everwhere and I welded the blades to a drywall knife i bridged it with 😂battery still works but still wont charge... Do I try it 2 more times?

  • @EireFirst2024
    @EireFirst2024 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Can I just put the other end of the blades into the donor battery?

  • @stickfigure9662
    @stickfigure9662 Před 4 měsíci

    Tried a 12volt battery tender charger and 2 razor blades but got no spark. Put the blades in between another porter cable 20v and the Dewalt 20v and got spark. Back in business and working now.

  • @Xerom
    @Xerom Před rokem

    This worked for me! Thanks for posting this I really appreciate it!

  • @4321mookie
    @4321mookie Před rokem

    100% WORKS!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!

  • @JOHNPALMER64
    @JOHNPALMER64 Před 3 lety

    Great video worked like perfect on my DeWalt 12v that I almost chucked. Thanks!

  • @JamesFrancis01
    @JamesFrancis01 Před měsícem

    Worked for me. Used a 12v car battery charger and sparked it a few times. Fyi
    ...initially I tried it at 2 volts but it didn't work. Wonder what the science behind this is?

  • @elspender
    @elspender Před 3 lety

    Thank you! I Did it and it worked. You are the man💯

  • @bartvankan5439
    @bartvankan5439 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you. You saved my battery!

  • @sportsfamilynorton8132
    @sportsfamilynorton8132 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for the advice - it worked great!

  • @tonymanchester9898
    @tonymanchester9898 Před 10 měsíci

    It's crazy how much this works I have a 20v 6ah only used it about twice and it stopped working did this but I tapped it 3 times didint work tried charging it tried it again but this time I just held it on there till no more spark now it charging

  • @josevillanueva6992
    @josevillanueva6992 Před 3 lety

    Nice that idea is new to me. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.

  • @sonnydavis4691
    @sonnydavis4691 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this video, it helped a lot and saved me a lot of money....

  • @button-jeff
    @button-jeff Před 6 měsíci

    Holy cow. It worked.

  • @paullloyd-jones3282
    @paullloyd-jones3282 Před 6 měsíci

    It worked! Thank you so much!

  • @Arbutuscoveretreat
    @Arbutuscoveretreat Před rokem

    Thanks! Sounds great….I get the flashing charging light for a few minutes and then a solid light. Can’t charge past 1 bar….

    • @fixinstuff4374
      @fixinstuff4374  Před rokem

      Your battery is bad. Only one cell is good . Your charger is charging the one cell.

  • @IANFRANCISRubert-yi3ix
    @IANFRANCISRubert-yi3ix Před 11 měsíci

    Thanks for this as I was getting frustrated-great tip that worked well, just wondering why DeWalt don’t suggest a way to do this? Or even sell a gadget to send the 3 quick charging voltage into it.

  • @user-lb8rt5dy1d
    @user-lb8rt5dy1d Před rokem

    Yeah. It actually work. Thanks bro.

  • @garrettoliver4399
    @garrettoliver4399 Před 9 měsíci

    What are your leads connected to and what voltage did you tap the battery with? I’m having the same problem you describe but I don’t wanna assume it’s a battery charger and if it is what setting is your box on. Thank you

  • @jeremiahwhisler766
    @jeremiahwhisler766 Před rokem

    you dont need the box or receipt for warranty return through DeWalt. For future reference if the battery is less than 3 years old just get DeWalt to replace it.

    • @TP42-sc6x
      @TP42-sc6x Před rokem

      The power stack battery doesn’t work with the battery jumper trick , completely dead , won’t charge.

  • @VitorAlvimBarroso
    @VitorAlvimBarroso Před 2 lety +1

    Are these cables connected in another power supply?

  • @TheKing-nu4fk
    @TheKing-nu4fk Před 2 lety

    Thanks alot brother it brought mine back. Cheers!

  • @beegrichard165
    @beegrichard165 Před 3 lety +1

    THIS WORKED.......THANK YOU

  • @joseibarra5787
    @joseibarra5787 Před 2 měsíci

    Can i use my car batter and tap it like this or will it be to kuch power?

  • @bobby_au
    @bobby_au Před rokem

    saved me 100's ty saved 4 battery's

  • @georgebarnes2112
    @georgebarnes2112 Před 3 lety

    Worked on mine, Thank you so much!!

  • @leroybeaman1848
    @leroybeaman1848 Před 3 lety +4

    Be Advised that these Flexvolt batteries have to be pushed all the way in before they will charge. I have had dewalt 20V for years and just recently got the FlexVolt 9AH batteries. They will charge on a regular 20 volt charger. However the 20 volt batteries have one click to start charging. The Flexvolts have to be pushed on until there is a click and the light starts blinking.

    • @MrRobertqi
      @MrRobertqi Před 3 lety

      Thanks a lot for this. This solved my problem.

    • @ksimurderous1917
      @ksimurderous1917 Před 3 lety

      Uh all DeWalt batters have to be pushed in til clicked

    • @northbridge2298
      @northbridge2298 Před 3 lety

      Thanks. This solved the problem with my brand new Dewalt batteries that were not charging. It seems strange that their manual doesn't explicitly mention the need for the second click.

  • @michaelchan1998
    @michaelchan1998 Před 2 lety

    Ok so ive done this and the battery still won't charge. I even used another fully charged battery to battery with wires and it charged it with 2 green lights. Put it back on charger but still wont charge, any suggestions would be appreciated, cheers

  • @Isaiiahii
    @Isaiiahii Před 3 lety +4

    What did you have the jumper cables hooked to? Maybe I missed when you said it.
    I'm in the same boat as you, I only have one DeWalt battery, but mine is the 60v 6amp Flexvolt.
    I have Bosch, Makita, and Ridgid batteries, but do not know if hooking to any of those would work; I'm assuming it would.
    I don't have a portable car battery charger. I have jumper cables though. Could I hook them to my car engine and jump the battery?

    • @fixinstuff4374
      @fixinstuff4374  Před 3 lety +3

      No. Don't do that. I didn't have jumper cables, it was a battery charger I was using. If you have other batteries (like makita) you can jump one battery to the other with speaker wire.

    • @Isaiiahii
      @Isaiiahii Před 3 lety +1

      @@fixinstuff4374 Okay, thanks for the reply. I'll try it out. I have 5 Makita batteries, so I'll try it out with one of those.

    • @fixinstuff4374
      @fixinstuff4374  Před 3 lety +2

      @@Isaiiahii just make sure to connect positive to positive negative to negative and just give it a tap. If you see a spark, you know you're getting good connection.

    • @Isaiiahii
      @Isaiiahii Před 3 lety +2

      @@fixinstuff4374 Unfortunately this didn't work for me. It actually broke my Makita battery. I knew that was a risk going into it. This makes me never want to buy DeWalt again. I have a flexvolt skillsaw and flexvolt grinder that are useless unless DeWalt will replace the battery for me. I haven't heard back from them yet. I don't want to buy a new battery because it seems DeWalt has tons of issues with their batteries. I have 8 year old Bosch batteries that still work.

    • @fixinstuff4374
      @fixinstuff4374  Před 3 lety

      This shouldn't have broke your Makita unless you accidentally mixed up your pos/neg. But yes you shouldn't have to do this, and many Dewalt fans have swapped to Milwaukee.

  • @webbtunes9557
    @webbtunes9557 Před 2 lety

    You just saved my butt! Thank you 😎👍

  • @thesin2120
    @thesin2120 Před rokem

    Thank you this was very helpful !!!!

  • @peterhan2785
    @peterhan2785 Před 3 lety

    It worked !!
    Thank you very much.!!

  • @MrDreadneck
    @MrDreadneck Před 2 lety

    after trying this my battery charging light on the charger flickers only and then goes out. I believe the battery is still good, last year before I saw this video it would in fact still take a charge. however the check battery button on the battery itself will not light so I never know how much power is remaining. does this trick fix this issue and am I doing something wrong or not holding it on long enough. please help.

  • @sgiron3
    @sgiron3 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you works for me

  • @RandyHulin
    @RandyHulin Před 5 měsíci

    What was the other end of the cables hooked to?

  • @mcg1909
    @mcg1909 Před 3 lety

    Strange but works who would have thought shorting it would make it charge but whatever easy fix

  • @dee.f88
    @dee.f88 Před 3 lety

    Worked for me! Thanks man.

  • @kevinchamberlain7928
    @kevinchamberlain7928 Před 2 lety

    Just tried this and my flexvolt is now charging!!!! We'll se tomorrow if it works but it is definitely charging and refused to before.