Thanks for the video and hack. I had a 5Ah stop working altogether -- no lights at all -- after 2.5 years and EGO customer service sent me a new one. What I've learned since is (1) don't leave on charger after charging or on a device when not in use (2) store for extended intervals by itself 60 - 80°F (3) do not store fully charged for extended intervals. So I'm hoping if I follow these guidelines, the new one will last more than 2.5 years. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Thanks for the advice. I would also advise as others did to just use the fast charger when needed. It is always better to slow charge lithium ion batteries slow. And don't make a habit of running them all the way down. This will extend the life of lithium cells. Also it helps longevity if you charge to 90% or so instead of 100%.
I have the opposite, I bought the latest model ego and the batteries are depleted really fast but I give them a minute and they are right back to full bars and the cycle repeats. Any advice
Had my 5 year ego battery go completely dead today. My fault for that. Put it on the charger and it would show 25% for a second then go to 100% and not charge battery at all. Tried it on a different charger and same thing. I looked in the battery Manuel that came with the mower and it mentioned that if it’s too HOT it will not charge until temp comes down. Very warm here in Florida. So I put the battery in our fridge for about an hour, took it out and put it on the charger….. and it worked. It’s now charging!
I had a situation where it was just holding red on the first square but your video made me at least take it on and off the charger a few times, back in the lawn mower, started it up, and once I put back on the charger, the lights were green again and left it on for the full charge. Thanks!
You are right this helped. I put it on the charger a few times and i also plugged it up while on the charger and finally got it to start charging. I got my mower back in 2014 and it’s been going strong. I’m going to make sure i charge it right away for now on.
This happened to me. I found an alternative and simpler way accidentally- plug your battery on charging cradle and keep the red fuel button pressed for about 20-30 sec. It should start to charge on it own. Alternatively, you have to take it out and place it back on. Tried on two of my batteries flashing red and it worked!!!
Worked great to get my battery charging again. Thanks for the info! Battery was pretty new so knew it should still be OK, simple reset procedure I guess.
I had a battery that would show one bar on the charger , then go to full immediately. I found a reset for the battery where you hold the button in and it starts blinking for a few seconds then turns solid green again. I had to try it few times and put it on the charger a few times after, but it eventually started charging. I also try to cycle my batteries and make sure they get used at least once a month and recharged. The capacity seems better if they are used frequently. Ego batteries will self discharge after a certain period of time to around 30% to lengthen the life
So....on charger for a bit...take off...wait a bit...put on....wait a bit...(repeat 10-15 times)....put on mower....put on charger...put on mower....put on charger....repeat... when mower starts put it on charger. Right?
@John T - I have my choice of a gas or battery product for every outdoor job except for a snowthrower. This includes Ryobi’s new battery Zero Turn lawn product. I know you said that battery units are fine for smaller products but not ready for larger ones like a snowthrower but I would argue that Ryobi’s new Zero Turn lawn unit is significantly more sophisticated than a snowthrower. And the Zero Turn has been flawless so far and will literally outperform my garden tractor in every task I have compared including hauling two yard carts latched together full of tree limbs and yard waste. Here’s the bottom line for me. The reason the Stihl trimmer wouldn’t start the other day is because I always use the Ego so the Stihl just sits in the shed and the gas and spark plug needed to be replaced. The same goes for the Stihl chain saw and all the other gas equipment like leaf blowers, pole saws and hedge trimmers. Given a choice of which product to use I always choose the battery product. They are just so much easier to use while providing the same or superior performance. So when it’s time to replace my snow thrower I will undoubtedly choose a battery unit. I will however consider your experiences when selecting a vendor.
Store them like potatoes. Cool dry location. The battery charge controller is not a sophisticated as a car's but works in the same principle. Keep it cool before trying to charge or it will close the connection to keep from overheating.
Good grief, at $450 bucks, you would think they could do better. I love my mower, but I am discusted with this battery issue and price. Have to give this a try.
mine did this and i put it back in the mower and ran it until it died...probably 3-4 minutes...then for some reason it took the full charge...i had 3 different chargers and they all went 25% to 100% so i knew it wasn't the charger...i just totally drained it and it took the charge...I will try your way next time
That work for me as well. When I would initially plug it in and it would blink red after about 10 seconds. I kept taking it off and putting it back on and eventually it held. It is now in charging mode.
I did this for a battery that was actually fully charged, but yet indicated "low battery" when attempting to use it. Sure enough after so many tries...it actually started to work in the leaf blower. I ran it down and recharged it. We'll see if and when it happens again.
It is the BMS doesn’t have a shut off protection and let’s it drain below the threshold by plugging in bunch of time, acts like a triggle charged it enough, you get voltage above threshold and then when you plug into mower you wake the bms up and then it will charge you can also open up and measure all the cells and check if they are balanced
25 to 100% immediately means the internal resistance of the battery is increasing. Basically the batteries are toast. Yes, fast charging reduces the life of batteries.
Slow charger. The fast charger is doing this because constant fast charging damages the cell so using slow charge will drastically improve life. Why the light weight tools chargers are important
When you are connecting it to the smart charger 10, 15, 20 times, it's getting a small charge from the smart charger, which is then shutting down because the battery's just too depleted. Do that enough times and eventually the battery will be charged enough for the smart charger. You need a dumber battery charger. The smart chargers simply won't charge a battery that's too depleted. If you don't have a dumb charger, you can connect it to a car battery for 20 mins to bring the level up above the threshold--and then charge it with your smart charger as normal.
Hooking a depleted 56V battery to a 12V car battery mat deplete/damage the 56V battery even further as the 56V battery is depleted around 40V. You need at least a 48V source to charge it ‘dumbly’ and preferable more.
@@jrherita I work with solar battery configurations of 12/24.36 and 48 volts using a 12 volt battery charger to charge each of these configurations it takes longer but it still works and will not damage the batteries... The only time you have to worry about damaging your cells is by fast charging or using too high voltage which will burn your cells up
Well, this actually worked. I picked up a mower and two batteries ($180) that I wanted to use for bagging leaves ( have a robotic mower for mowing the lawn). When I tried charging the battery when I got home it only gave a red light. Putting in the charger gave a green, orange, red sequence and it would not charge. I tried it in the original fast charger. The fast charger that came with my snowblower. And a slow charger. Same result. I inserted it a few times in the original fast charger until I heard the fan stay on. I took it off the next morning and the charger's gauge showed it was charged but if I pressed the button on the battery it had a red light. I used the battery with my 650 cfm leafblower for about 5-10 minutes (it was a small job and I only pulsed the turbo button a few times). I put the battery back on the charger. The charger just started charging without any complaints. I took it off the fast charger after work and hit the gauge button. Now I had a green light and a charged battery. I'll try it with the leafblower and see how well it holds up.
I have used my leaf blower to do the same. However even after being charged the battery has reduced tun time. I think it tricks the bms into turning back on. And then it will charge
I have a smaller battery for the trimmer and when you press the button on the battery, it flashes red for about 10 second, put is on the charger and it is 100% and it does not work. what should I do?
Take it to EGO headquarters and beat someone down with the battery until they admit they have faulty batteries. Then wait for them to give you 2 new batteries.
Aww bullshit. Maybe it worked for you and who cares. Recharging and switching to pluging in back in the mower, blower what ever. You forced it. Its going to die again, dont be a cheap ass, its telling you theres a weekness, its the first sign, the battery needs service or replacement. Its NOT AI, cmon....Its a sensor. not magic. Pull the battery, take it apart, replace the any one or two of the 14 cells you can buy online. All you need is a torx bit and a soldering iron at most...
All 3 of my Ego batteries have failed. Two of them are similar but different from what this video describes. Mine doesn't rejuvenate the way they say. However, I hook my charger to a coffee timer set to go on/of every other tab (15 minutes). It just sits there 24/7. It's always charged enough to mow my lawn. It never charges 25/50/75/100. It only ever goes 25-100. But by having the charger kick on every half hour, it eventually gets spurts of charge enough to charge it up and mow my small yard.
My Ego is 7 years old, mow the grass every week, year round, 52 weeks a year. last week after 7 years use my battery died. Never kept the battery or charger inside the house, 120 degrees to 24 degrees. Stored out of the sun. Buying a new battery, I'll try the hack until the new battery arives.
you should not have to go threw this ego batteries are very expensive They must not be any good. Ihave a 7.5 amp stop charging I am not going to spend 350 dollars on another one only 3 years old I love the tools but not the batteries. To bad.
Thanks for the video and hack. I had a 5Ah stop working altogether -- no lights at all -- after 2.5 years and EGO customer service sent me a new one. What I've learned since is (1) don't leave on charger after charging or on a device when not in use (2) store for extended intervals by itself 60 - 80°F (3) do not store fully charged for extended intervals. So I'm hoping if I follow these guidelines, the new one will last more than 2.5 years. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Thanks for the advice. I would also advise as others did to just use the fast charger when needed. It is always better to slow charge lithium ion batteries slow. And don't make a habit of running them all the way down. This will extend the life of lithium cells. Also it helps longevity if you charge to 90% or so instead of 100%.
I have the opposite, I bought the latest model ego and the batteries are depleted really fast but I give them a minute and they are right back to full bars and the cycle repeats. Any advice
@@viperstrike7139 I would say that seems like a warranty issue. Call EGO
Had my 5 year ego battery go completely dead today. My fault for that. Put it on the charger and it would show 25% for a second then go to 100% and not charge battery at all. Tried it on a different charger and same thing. I looked in the battery Manuel that came with the mower and it mentioned that if it’s too HOT it will not charge until temp comes down. Very warm here in Florida. So I put the battery in our fridge for about an hour, took it out and put it on the charger….. and it worked. It’s now charging!
I was gonna say this. His method is kinda dumb. Just throw it in the fridge, always works for me with all the ego batteries.
I've read elsewhere there are thermistor's within these units that can be reset by putting in a refrigerator (not freezer) as the post suggests.
I had a situation where it was just holding red on the first square but your video made me at least take it on and off the charger a few times, back in the lawn mower, started it up, and once I put back on the charger, the lights were green again and left it on for the full charge. Thanks!
Worked! Back and forth between the mower and the charger 7-10 times and it’s now charging. Thank you!
You sound like Kevin from The Office. Thanks for the video.
I wonder if he plays drums in a police tribute band?
You are right this helped. I put it on the charger a few times and i also plugged it up while on the charger and finally got it to start charging. I got my mower back in 2014 and it’s been going strong. I’m going to make sure i charge it right away for now on.
Battery POWER is looking great compared to the $4 / gallon & rising petrol prices ...
Put in in the fridge for about an hour then recharge it. Place it back in the fridge for another hour then use it.
New Ego Z6 0 ride on lawn mowers actually come with 5 year battery warranty.
This happened to me. I found an alternative and simpler way accidentally- plug your battery on charging cradle and keep the red fuel button pressed for about 20-30 sec. It should start to charge on it own. Alternatively, you have to take it out and place it back on. Tried on two of my batteries flashing red and it worked!!!
I can't believe this worked! Thank you so much for this tip!
Worked great to get my battery charging again. Thanks for the info! Battery was pretty new so knew it should still be OK, simple reset procedure I guess.
I had a battery that would show one bar on the charger , then go to full immediately.
I found a reset for the battery where you hold the button in and it starts blinking for a few seconds then turns solid green again. I had to try it few times and put it on the charger a few times after, but it eventually started charging.
I also try to cycle my batteries and make sure they get used at least once a month and recharged.
The capacity seems better if they are used frequently.
Ego batteries will self discharge after a certain period of time to around 30% to lengthen the life
So....on charger for a bit...take off...wait a bit...put on....wait a bit...(repeat 10-15 times)....put on mower....put on charger...put on mower....put on charger....repeat... when mower starts put it on charger.
Right?
@John T - I have my choice of a gas or battery product for every outdoor job except for a snowthrower. This includes Ryobi’s new battery Zero Turn lawn product. I know you said that battery units are fine for smaller products but not ready for larger ones like a snowthrower but I would argue that Ryobi’s new Zero Turn lawn unit is significantly more sophisticated than a snowthrower. And the Zero Turn has been flawless so far and will literally outperform my garden tractor in every task I have compared including hauling two yard carts latched together full of tree limbs and yard waste. Here’s the bottom line for me. The reason the Stihl trimmer wouldn’t start the other day is because I always use the Ego so the Stihl just sits in the shed and the gas and spark plug needed to be replaced. The same goes for the Stihl chain saw and all the other gas equipment like leaf blowers, pole saws and hedge trimmers. Given a choice of which product to use I always choose the battery product. They are just so much easier to use while providing the same or superior performance. So when it’s time to replace my snow thrower I will undoubtedly choose a battery unit. I will however consider your experiences when selecting a vendor.
Run it dry and put your chainsaw away with ethanol-free TruFuel premix.
Game changer.
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Store them like potatoes. Cool dry location. The battery charge controller is not a sophisticated as a car's but works in the same principle. Keep it cool before trying to charge or it will close the connection to keep from overheating.
Good grief, at $450 bucks, you would think they could do better. I love my mower, but I am discusted with this battery issue and price. Have to give this a try.
I wonder if the newer batteries are having the same issue
mine did this and i put it back in the mower and ran it until it died...probably 3-4 minutes...then for some reason it took the full charge...i had 3 different chargers and they all went 25% to 100% so i knew it wasn't the charger...i just totally drained it and it took the charge...I will try your way next time
This worked for me! Thanks, man!
That work for me as well. When I would initially plug it in and it would blink red after about 10 seconds. I kept taking it off and putting it back on and eventually it held. It is now in charging mode.
I did this for a battery that was actually fully charged, but yet indicated "low battery" when attempting to use it. Sure enough after so many tries...it actually started to work in the leaf blower. I ran it down and recharged it. We'll see if and when it happens again.
I put mine in the freezer. Then recharge it. It works!
Hi, long did you leave in freezer, and how long after you took out of freezer before you put back on charger? Thanks.
It is the BMS doesn’t have a shut off protection and let’s it drain below the threshold
by plugging in bunch of time, acts like a triggle charged it enough, you get voltage above threshold and then when you plug into mower
you wake the bms up and then it will charge
you can also open up and measure all the cells and check if they are balanced
Thank you for that information it worked on mine just perfect you saved me some money i was abouto to go buy a new battery 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
25 to 100% immediately means the internal resistance of the battery is increasing. Basically the batteries are toast. Yes, fast charging reduces the life of batteries.
Slow charger. The fast charger is doing this because constant fast charging damages the cell so using slow charge will drastically improve life. Why the light weight tools chargers are important
Thank you for this video ! It really helped me .... a lot ! Thank you ... Thank you !
_Alot_ is a town in India. _A lot_ is more than one of something; multiples of.
@@coloradostrong thanks ... just made the correction.
Yay this worked for my blower. It wasn't detecting the battery and not charging.
When you are connecting it to the smart charger 10, 15, 20 times, it's getting a small charge from the smart charger, which is then shutting down because the battery's just too depleted. Do that enough times and eventually the battery will be charged enough for the smart charger. You need a dumber battery charger. The smart chargers simply won't charge a battery that's too depleted. If you don't have a dumb charger, you can connect it to a car battery for 20 mins to bring the level up above the threshold--and then charge it with your smart charger as normal.
Hooking a depleted 56V battery to a 12V car battery mat deplete/damage the 56V battery even further as the 56V battery is depleted around 40V. You need at least a 48V source to charge it ‘dumbly’ and preferable more.
@@jrherita I work with solar battery configurations of 12/24.36 and 48 volts using a 12 volt battery charger to charge each of these configurations it takes longer but it still works and will not damage the batteries...
The only time you have to worry about damaging your cells is by fast charging or using too high voltage which will burn your cells up
Well, this actually worked. I picked up a mower and two batteries ($180) that I wanted to use for bagging leaves ( have a robotic mower for mowing the lawn).
When I tried charging the battery when I got home it only gave a red light. Putting in the charger gave a green, orange, red sequence and it would not charge. I tried it in the original fast charger. The fast charger that came with my snowblower. And a slow charger. Same result.
I inserted it a few times in the original fast charger until I heard the fan stay on. I took it off the next morning and the charger's gauge showed it was charged but if I pressed the button on the battery it had a red light. I used the battery with my 650 cfm leafblower for about 5-10 minutes (it was a small job and I only pulsed the turbo button a few times).
I put the battery back on the charger. The charger just started charging without any complaints. I took it off the fast charger after work and hit the gauge button. Now I had a green light and a charged battery.
I'll try it with the leafblower and see how well it holds up.
I have used my leaf blower to do the same. However even after being charged the battery has reduced tun time. I think it tricks the bms into turning back on. And then it will charge
Fuck yeah! You crazy, but I appreciate you all the more for it. No boring normal shmuc would have figured this out.
Just get a 60v power supply just need to raise the voltage high enough that the smart charger will charge it...
I really want to but I have no idea how to understand this guy's explanation. It's confusing. Sounds like a good idea but needs a clearer explanation.
Don't bother. Just put the battery in the fridge for 15 minutes, problem solved.
I have a smaller battery for the trimmer and when you press the button on the battery, it flashes red for about 10 second, put is on the charger and it is 100% and it does not work. what should I do?
Take it to EGO headquarters and beat someone down with the battery until they admit they have faulty batteries. Then wait for them to give you 2 new batteries.
This worked for me! Thanks! 3:09
This really worked!
Thanks, and I'll have to give that a try
Most of the problems with batteries videos I've seen are with lawnmowers. Maybe they are surging and damaging the batteries
I have two batteries bad and this didn't work on either...
Just bang the battery onto a hard surface (preferably the ground) 10 - 12 times and put it ok the charger, voilà
THANKS work fine
I just dropped my string trimmer batter from 2019 and it started charging again
Try cleaning the contacts first
Why are you saying everything twice?
Aww bullshit. Maybe it worked for you and who cares. Recharging and switching to pluging in back in the mower, blower what ever. You forced it. Its going to die again, dont be a cheap ass, its telling you theres a weekness, its the first sign, the battery needs service or replacement. Its NOT AI, cmon....Its a sensor. not magic. Pull the battery, take it apart, replace the any one or two of the 14 cells you can buy online. All you need is a torx bit and a soldering iron at most...
EGO products- and batteries- are such junk. I took a chance on it. Now I know better. Garbage
the amount of gasoline i saved with this battery
Ebay, you can get these batteries, used, for $50-60. Get a year out of them.. Repeat and rinse.
Batteries at that prices are usually "FOR PARTS"
@@kpkp42 mine have been fine. Both of them. Ego batteries.
Ego batteries just don't last. They are a convenient but very expensive way of maintaining your garden
All 3 of my Ego batteries have failed. Two of them are similar but different from what this video describes. Mine doesn't rejuvenate the way they say. However, I hook my charger to a coffee timer set to go on/of every other tab (15 minutes). It just sits there 24/7. It's always charged enough to mow my lawn. It never charges 25/50/75/100. It only ever goes 25-100. But by having the charger kick on every half hour, it eventually gets spurts of charge enough to charge it up and mow my small yard.
My Ego is 7 years old, mow the grass every week, year round, 52 weeks a year. last week after 7 years use my battery died. Never kept the battery or charger inside the house, 120 degrees to 24 degrees. Stored out of the sun. Buying a new battery, I'll try the hack until the new battery arives.
you should not have to go threw this ego batteries are very expensive They must not be any good. Ihave a 7.5 amp stop charging I am not going to spend 350 dollars on another one only 3 years old I love the tools but not the batteries. To bad.
or you could just have a gas powered lawnmower not have a battery problem
Ummmm or you can just buy a new one... helps with having to go back and forth for 20 minutes.
You do know that the battery is like $400. I think some people want to hold on to the one they have for that reason.
$429.00 for a new battery every three years is an absolute waste. EGO is not the best option for a lawn mower or any power tool really.