Lana 0 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 I bought a MILWAUKEE cordless hand drill, rechargeable battery, and I've had the battery pack on the charger but the lights are flashing green and red. The instruction book states faulty battery... So i took it back to home depot and got it replaced with same. Came home plugged it in, and the same thing; its flashing green and red! What the (#$&(&T%#!!!! Should I return this one also? Should I plug in over night? What drill should I purchase? Any recommendations? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Biggie 366 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 It seems strange that both would have a bad battery, as it's not a common thing for a new battery to be bad. Even though its annoying I would return it and although it's a bad first experience I still wouldn't shy away from milwaukee as they do make good tools and batteries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Monfils 41 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Could the charger be defective? Do you know anyone close by that has Milwaukee cordless tools that would let you put the battery in their charger? I have 13 batteries and 6 chargers, I have never had this problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HiltiWpg 740 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 It's a crapshoot, I have had 2 bad batteries and one bad charger (brand new). Best thing to do is take it right to a Milwaukee service Depot. They can test them onsite. Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Doody 3 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 I had the same problem and called Milwaukee tech support. He said there is a protective coating on the terminals and you have to "slam" them in several times to get a good connection the first time. then you should be fine. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgayman 0 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 I had a similar problem when I bought my M18 grease gun. It came with a battery and charger but since I already had a charger from a previous Milwaukee purchase I didn't bother to unpack the new charger. Anyway, when I placed the 1.5AH battery into my existing charger it just flashed Red/Green. I unpacked the new charger and inserted the battery and it started charging just fine. Now that it is charged it works fine on both my Milwaukee chargers. Weird, eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CrustyOldSailor 0 Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 Hats off to DAN DOODY for his post. New M18 battery inserted into new charger, RED/GREEN FLASHING LIGHTS. I did the INSTALL/REMOVE, INSTALL/REMOVE procedure several times to clean the contacts on battery and charger and I am GOOD TO GO!! DAN DOODY, you saved me a trip back to Home Depot, where some of the employees are currently not social distancing properly. I went in today to get the drill had the model on my phone, the guy reached out to hold my phone and reflexes kicked in. No harm, no foul, but come on, situational awareness much?? Thanks again for this forum and for Dan Doody's epic solution to my problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToolBane 172 Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 Did anyone ask for all that political nonsense? Pretty sure no one did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Estam 0 Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Pretty sure your right. Cheered me up no end, I have a compromised situation should I say good by now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reddawg60 16 Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Did anyone ask for all that political nonsense? Pretty sure no one did.No not really, but then again you didn't have to read it either... One man's so called (political garbage) is another man's point of view. Just saying... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T377A using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pinetop 0 Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 On March 30, 2020 at 9:18 PM, CrustyOldSailor said: Hats off to DAN DOODY for his post. New M18 battery inserted into new charger, RED/GREEN FLASHING LIGHTS. I did the INSTALL/REMOVE, INSTALL/REMOVE procedure several times to clean the contacts on battery and charger and I am GOOD TO GO!! DAN DOODY, you saved me a trip back to Home Depot, where some of the employees are currently not social distancing properly. I went in today to get the drill had the model on my phone, the guy reached out to hold my phone and reflexes kicked in. No harm, no foul, but come on, situational awareness much?? Thanks again for this forum and for Dan Doody's epic solution to my problem. I followed the same advice and still getting the green red alternating. Frustrating. It can flash like that all it wants but I refuse to get into the Xmas spirit! It's the end of May after all. So I unplugged the charger and let it sit for 20 minutes. Plugged it back in, put a battery in and solid red light! Back in business. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
june 0 Posted July 21 Report Share Posted July 21 dan doody u d man i did wat u ssid i took em bk twice anoying it wrked saved me a headech Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kishore 0 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 On 3/31/2020 at 7:03 AM, CrustyOldSailor said: Hats off to DAN DOODY for his post. New M18 battery inserted into new charger, RED/GREEN FLASHING LIGHTS. I did the INSTALL/REMOVE, INSTALL/REMOVE procedure several times to clean the contacts on battery and charger and I am GOOD TO GO!! DAN DOODY, you saved me a trip back to Home Depot, where some of the employees are currently not social distancing properly. I went in today to get the drill had the model on my phone, the guy reached out to hold my phone and reflexes kicked in. No harm, no foul, but come on, situational awareness much?? Thanks again for this forum and for Dan Doody's epic solution to my problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kishore 0 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 I had same problem of flashing lights on my new battery . I tried the jump start by joining with another charged 4 Ah battery for few minutes and it got warm . Then cleaned the terminals meant to connect with charger and then charged it . Problem solved . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geo501 0 Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 I had the dreaded flashing red/green light dilemma on a new battery and charger. I had initially plugged into an anti power surge type strip. After numerous unplugging and battery inserts, I plugged directly into an out let and it worked just fine. Must have something to do with the circuitry in the power source. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wkndwrnchr 0 Posted October 24 Report Share Posted October 24 Dan you're a life saver! I needed my my new impact wrench for a job tomorrow but I was super pissed when I got the red/green flashing. The charger and wrench are both brand new. Gave the battery one hard smack down and it clicked into place properly and started charging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PelleChevelle 0 Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 On 1/29/2020 at 2:14 PM, Dan Doody said: I had the same problem and called Milwaukee tech support. He said there is a protective coating on the terminals and you have to "slam" them in several times to get a good connection the first time. then you should be fine. Seems to have done the trick! Thanks! 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cermantrout 1 Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 I tried to fix mine by using a battery charger and putting the mode to charge... I then put the negative contact on the positive then tapping the negative on the battery 16 times arcing it out every time and it worked great. The battery is like brand new 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeoLion 0 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago On 1/29/2020 at 8:14 AM, Dan Doody said: I had the same problem and called Milwaukee tech support. He said there is a protective coating on the terminals and you have to "slam" them in several times to get a good connection the first time. then you should be fine. Thanks Dan Doody, I slammed it in a few times and now it seems to work great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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