Workzone 18v charger.

[david W.]

Hi I'm looking for some help.
About a year ago I bought a pair of cordless drills with charger from Aldi.
They have worked surprisingly well but the charger has stopped working-It has power as the normally bright indicator light pulses very dimly. Input my multimeter on it and it is putting out about 2 volts.
I've tried everywhere to get a replacement but no joy.
The Austrian supplier says that a combination of Covid and sanctions against China have prevented re stocking.
I have 2 perfectly good drills and batteries but no power.
Any ideas ??

 

[Martaine2005]

Can you open the charger and take some clear, close photos of the PCBs?.
It might be an obvious easy fix.

Martin

 

[ivak245]

Do they still use Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in these drills?

 

[david W.]

The battery is marked ly770-Li-18v-f
Also-18v---2000mAh
LI-ION Battery.
I hope this helps.

 

[david W.]

Can you open the charger and take some clear, close photos of the PCBs?.
It might be an obvious easy fix.

Martin

Thanks Martin,I've taken the photos on my phone but struggling to post them-will keep trying.

 

[Harald Kapp]

Make them < 300 kB. larger photos are rejected.

 

[david W.]

Unfortunately this forum doesn't cater for the less tech savvy folks-Thanks to everyone who tried to help-Think i'll send it off to Big Clive-should make a decent video-Cheerio.

 

[Harald Kapp]

Unfortunately this forum doesn't cater for the less tech savvy folks

We do.
Come on, resizing a few photos isn't that difficult, is it? I told you how to in your other post.

 

[david W.]

We do.
Come on, resizing a few photos isn't that difficult, is it? I told you how to in your other post.

Clearly it is that difficult for me otherwise I would have done it You don't really do empathy do you?

 

[Janrocks1]

Hi I also have the same issue with my charger here are the images of the board inside the charger do you have any ideas as I can use a soldering iron but have no idea about electronics.
Many thanks in advance guys!
Jan

 

[david W.]

I wonder if there's a company or an individual out there who fixes these things.

 

[david W.]

Hi I also have the same issue with my charger here are the images of the board inside the charger do you have any ideas as I can use a soldering iron but have no idea about electronics.
Many thanks in advance guys!
Jan

I went on u tube and found whttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjEZ2_9ho0_8vyoVjfVHAE Looks like I have a faulty capacitor.
Good luck with yours.

 

[nigeldodd]

This may be too late but I had a resolution for this same problem. I contacted Aldi. Through a very circuitous root I tracked down the manufacturer who eventually supplied a replacement. The problem is with a burnt out resistor in the circuit board. It is either not of sufficient current rating or is too close to other components, in any case it burnt out. Since the components are surface mounted they are difficult to replace. I will probably avoid cheap brands in the future.