On Tue, 24 May 2011 11:35:26 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Mon, 23 May 2011 15:54:46 -0500, Puddin' Man
wrote:

I've a Skil Mod 2375 3/8" cordless drill (9.6v) thats nearly an antique.

The charger was involved in a safety recall. I have a similar model
with the same problem. The xformer will overheat when trying to
charge a dead battery. If you call the 800 number, you might get a
free charger.
http://www.all-cordless.com/skilrecalls.html
However, if it's a later replacement, then all you did is blow the
thermal fuse inside the charger. You can crack it open and replace
it, but my guess(tm) is you also have some very dead batteries.

Thanks. That was worth checking into.

They have no replacement parts for the 2375. They say that they'll
send paperwork so, if I send 'em the charger, they'll
send more paperwork so, if I buy a new Skil drill, they'll refund
$25 or somesuch -if- I send 'em the UPC code -and- the orig.
receipt, etc, etc ad nauseum. I don't think they really wanna
honor the recall.

Are there any guidelines for substituting these things? I'd like to keep the drill,
but can hardly afford to burn the house down. :-)

Not without knowing where the charge controller (probably just a
resistor) is located. If it's inside the wall wart, you'll need to
add an identical resistor. If it's inside the drill, you can probably
get away with your 12VDC substitute. Measure the current drain at the
charger output.

Lost me there. Measure the *drain* at the charger output? But I'm
pretty sure it is inside the buggered charger.

My guess(tm) is you should have a mess of AA size
NiCd batteries inside the drill, which are usually rated at 750ma-hr.
Using the 0.1C rule, that would be a charging current of about 75ma
max.

It's evidently all original: charger is 92950, power pack is 92955,
and is a *sealed* unit. I see no way to take it apart.

Am I missing something here?

Thx,
P

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