GWAYGWAY
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This unit has a Bosch 36volt 6 amp battery to power it, these are from the Bosch professional series power tools.
I bought a couple of these NEW, EXPENSIVE batteries to use in it and a New charger to suit them. first time charging the batteries got hot and the charger would not recharge them again without the warning lights coming on. Sent the batteries back to seller got replacements from the seller, tried to charge those and same thing. I sent the charger back and it was replaced the batteries would not take a charge except at a very low rate, bought another battery that also went tits up using the same 2nd charger. Sent that went back to the local dealer and it was replaced. I dare not try charging the replacement on that charger, so borrowed an old type charger and that worked fine on the newest battery but not the second pair of batteries. made do with the old charger and new battery, to get me going on the bike. I contacted Bosch and was told the red light was because they were too cold ( 0 degrees C). or too hot, (over 50C). I went back to them saying these were all new and in my study. So they were sent back to Bosch HQ along with the new charger. Today I received two new replacement batteries and supposedly my charger with a note saying it was fine (however it looked very new to me). These all now charge up just fine, and I have three batteries for the bike and my big drill, which I got as a bare unit. So success with the batteries now.
What do you think the odds of either 6 new batteries, or two new chargers from the same stock going tits up???? or even the whole load of them being faulty.
Bosch was very quick to replace everything.
However. Now I read somewhere that these chargers are sensitive to wave variation and I was wondering about charging them when away using my inverter to charge these batteries. it is a standard inverter which is square-wave output. All my attempts were in the house so it wasn't the inverter causing problems.
I think I will charge the lot up at home and restrict the bike use when away unless on hook up to recharge them.
Any ideas about my course of action? These damned batteries were £175 each at discount or £245 full price. I am rather scared to do anything else that might damage either them or the charger at £75. Nobody seems to know about inverters and chargers.
I bought a couple of these NEW, EXPENSIVE batteries to use in it and a New charger to suit them. first time charging the batteries got hot and the charger would not recharge them again without the warning lights coming on. Sent the batteries back to seller got replacements from the seller, tried to charge those and same thing. I sent the charger back and it was replaced the batteries would not take a charge except at a very low rate, bought another battery that also went tits up using the same 2nd charger. Sent that went back to the local dealer and it was replaced. I dare not try charging the replacement on that charger, so borrowed an old type charger and that worked fine on the newest battery but not the second pair of batteries. made do with the old charger and new battery, to get me going on the bike. I contacted Bosch and was told the red light was because they were too cold ( 0 degrees C). or too hot, (over 50C). I went back to them saying these were all new and in my study. So they were sent back to Bosch HQ along with the new charger. Today I received two new replacement batteries and supposedly my charger with a note saying it was fine (however it looked very new to me). These all now charge up just fine, and I have three batteries for the bike and my big drill, which I got as a bare unit. So success with the batteries now.
What do you think the odds of either 6 new batteries, or two new chargers from the same stock going tits up???? or even the whole load of them being faulty.
Bosch was very quick to replace everything.
However. Now I read somewhere that these chargers are sensitive to wave variation and I was wondering about charging them when away using my inverter to charge these batteries. it is a standard inverter which is square-wave output. All my attempts were in the house so it wasn't the inverter causing problems.
I think I will charge the lot up at home and restrict the bike use when away unless on hook up to recharge them.
Any ideas about my course of action? These damned batteries were £175 each at discount or £245 full price. I am rather scared to do anything else that might damage either them or the charger at £75. Nobody seems to know about inverters and chargers.
