My second battery charger died today.
I had just finished the work I was doing and went to recharge the batteries before I packed up.
But the normal red flashy light, no flashy..
It no light up at all, no go flashy flashy.

Now, I don't buy cheap stuff for high use tools.
Drills, circular saws, angle grinder, impact driver, torque driver are all Dewalt.
And it's the Dewalt charger that has died twice.
Sure, they replace them without argument or problem, but it's the inconvenience.

I have a couple of other cheaper low use tools and that charger has been going strong for years.

Apparently, the Dewalt is susceptible to surges.
And a storm this afternoon may have contributed to it's demise.
So now, I have to treat the charger, a supposedly robust and industrial tool, with kid gloves and be sure it's always unplugged.

May have to try Makita or Milwaukee tools next.
I simply want reliability.
I gave up on Ryobi and Bosch as unreliable.

Surprisingly, Ozito are quite robust, but not all that accurate.
They also struggle a bit under load.
You have to modify or replace the plastic parts with metal parts to make them better.

The Dewalt are definitely stronger and more accurate tools.
If only their bloody chargers were better.
I bought a spare charger, just in case.

I have an old Bunning special drill.
Don't even know what it is, cost me 19 bucks 5 years ago.
It's a piece of crap, I bought it to drill a couple of holes rather than drive home to get my good drill.
It did the job, and I have grabbed it for dirty jobs where I know the drill is gonna cop a bad time.
The reverse function no longer works and there is a dead spot on the trigger.
It smokes and smells of burning plastic when you push it and it gets hot really quickly.
I only use it connected through a power board ( don't trust it)
But it's copped a flogging and still goes.
I keep it for the hell of it, it outlasted my Ryobi which burnt out the motor in less than 3 months.
I also have my old man's ancient Makita, it still runs quite well, but it's more a keepsake than a functional tool.

Anything
The old tools.

John Smith wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 7:40pm:


That's the way Mr smiffy.
No direct insults, just innuendo, it's an improvement.

But not quite there yet.
You have to try harder if you are to achieve "niceness"

Remember
Repeat to yourself.

I am a worthwhile member of the human race
I can be a normal contributor and nice person.

We will get you over this.

Valkie wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 8:20pm:



so that's a yes then ....

I'd say it's your old age but in your case I'm not so sure. Much more likely to be your stupidity shining through again.

Valkie wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 6:41pm:



there is no effort required to highlight your stupidity. You do it all for me.

Johnnie wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 7:51pm:


flick the switch on your power point to the 'on' position

John Smith wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 9:03pm:


As a matter of fact smiffy.
The fix is usually an internal fuse or a capacitor.

There are obviously issues with these chargers when people post fixes for them.

But you are getting better, still a little sarcastic, but far less derogoratory remarks.

your therapy is obviously working, keep it up.

remember.

Repeat to yourself.

I can be a worthwhile member of the human race
I can be a normal contributor and nice person.
I don't have to insult everyone, just because I'm afraid they might see my true character.

We will get you over this.

John Smith wrote on Oct 13^th, 2021 at 5:32pm:


Ahhhhh.

A little relapse from mr smiffy.

Thats ok, we can work you through it, you just have to try harder.

Im here for you buddy, Im tough enough to weather your insults and abuse because I know you are in emotional pain.

Life must be hard for you to be so jaded and horrible to people, but we will work at getting you over the hump.

Remember

Repeat to yourself.

I can be a worthwhile member of the human race
I can be a normal contributor and nice person.
I don't have to insult everyone, just because I'm afraid they might see my true character.

We will get you over this.

Johnnie wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 6:00pm:



don't assume everyone else here is a toddler like you