My son handed this in for me to look at as it was working
intermittently. I have discovered that even with full charge batteries
if I turn it on and wiggle the batteries it stops working. This makes me
think the metal terminals are not making good contact, however they
actually look ok.
Anyone else had a similar problem.

On 30/01/2019 21:54, ss wrote:
My son handed this in for me to look at as it was working
intermittently. I have discovered that even with full charge batteries
if I turn it on and wiggle the batteries it stops working. This makes me
think the metal terminals are not making good contact, however they
actually look ok.
Anyone else had a similar problem.


It's obviously a loose connection somewhere. Could be in the battery.
Have you tried a different one?

On 31/01/2019 08:56, Brian Gaff wrote:
Could it be a problem in the battery itself or maybe the motor brushes are
knackered?
Brian

Initially that was my thoughts, but if I hold the drill switch on, I can
turn the drill on and off just by wiggling the battery, with both batteries.
For the moment I dont want to open up the drill case to check the motor
brushes.

On 31/01/2019 22:07, ss wrote:
On 31/01/2019 19:43, ss wrote:
On 31/01/2019 08:56, Brian Gaff wrote:
Could it be a problem in the battery itself or maybe the motor
brushes are
knackered?
Â* Brian

Initially that was my thoughts, but if I hold the drill switch on, I
can turn the drill on and off just by wiggling the battery, with both
batteries.
For the moment I dont want to open up the drill case to check the
motor brushes.

Here is a video clip of what happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L85...ature=youtu.be

Link wasnt working try this one:

https://youtu.be/-L858emD9kk

On 31/01/2019 22:25, ss wrote:
On 31/01/2019 22:07, ss wrote:
On 31/01/2019 19:43, ss wrote:
On 31/01/2019 08:56, Brian Gaff wrote:
Could it be a problem in the battery itself or maybe the motor
brushes are
knackered?
Â* Brian

Initially that was my thoughts, but if I hold the drill switch on, I
can turn the drill on and off just by wiggling the battery, with both
batteries.
For the moment I dont want to open up the drill case to check the
motor brushes.

Here is a video clip of what happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L85...ature=youtu.be

Link wasnt working try this one:

https://youtu.be/-L858emD9kk

It looks likely that your original thought is correct, ie the connection
to the battery in the handle of the drill is faulty. As it's both
batteries, it's unlikely (but possible) it's the connections on those.

I see no option but to dismantle the drill to see what is going on. It
could just be the springy connections are out of place, or there might
be a solder joint problem.

On 31/01/2019 22:35, Martin Brown wrote:
On 31/01/2019 19:43, ss wrote:
On 31/01/2019 08:56, Brian Gaff wrote:
Could it be a problem in the battery itself or maybe the motor
brushes are
knackered?
Â* Brian

If the motor brushes fail or you get metallic swarf into the works then
the magic smoke tends to come out fairly promptly with some sparks too.

Initially that was my thoughts, but if I hold the drill switch on, I
can turn the drill on and off just by wiggling the battery, with both
batteries.
For the moment I dont want to open up the drill case to check the
motor brushes.

Which model is it? I had one from Screwfix a few years back that
developed a battery fault but it was more that it was intermittent
contact when in use as a hammer drill and that the catch mechanism also
failed (or it swelled) so that the battery had to be prized out.

I junked it eventually because it was too much of a PITA to use as
battery life also declined. I think it was the last of their NiCad
models. Came in a kit with extra battery, charger and a torch.

Well eventually I had to dig inside it, could not see anything wrong
but I bent the prongs out a bit in the base that the battery connects to
and so far it seems to have worked but not tested in a working
enviroment yet.

Certainly. All above told the truth. Let's discuss this question.