Hey Kyle just to add something to your video. First take a heat gun and heat the whole battery pack evenly all the way around top and bottom sides. Make it hot to touch like almost to hot but dont deform the plastic hot. Then take the screws out and the battery will come apart without any tools in the contacts. Great video.
Bro you are the man for making this video. I just repaired 3 of mine and 4 more of other tech’s batteries in the shop. Sorry about your luck mr. snap on tool man 🤣
I've have the same problem and did everything you said but pulled the battery apart. That was my next step. I thought there might be a cracked solder joint because I tightened my terminals without taking it apart. Fixed a few that way but some just won't. Now to take those apart and inspect. Great video.
You wouldn’t have such a hard time getting the case off if you used a little hear from a heat gun to loosen the glue. Also you should put a little dielectric grease on the pins so they’re less likely to stick and spread out.
Have a new GEN 14 for bat today. My rep told me that it was a couple of months out of warranty one year he was telling me to jump it. Apparently there are two cells two banks on each side of a 14 four and you were to energize the other one from the One that has significant voltage. Otherwise, the charger will not recognize it any advice. I believe the instructions on the battery say to completely discharge it before charging it for longest life. Honestly, I left it in the snap on speaker overnight speaker on.
I have 2 batteries that do this exact thing. Do the faulty batteries also have a difficult time recharging, as well? The red led blinks almost all the time and I'm having to pull the battery out and try again until it starts to blink green for recharge. It's frustrating.
@@ThatsSoKyle my 2 batteries have finally quit charging correctly. I just took the 2 batteries apart. I found one has 2 loose solder connections and the other has 1 loose solder connection. I will have to resolder these connections and see what happens.
@@ThatsSoKyle update: 1 battery started charging after resoldering the loose terminal(s) but started blinking red after 3 bars. I used it until the tool started showing red on the led. Stuck it on the charger and the battery now full charged all the way up to 4 bars. The second battery never wanted to charge after reconnecting the loose solder joint(s). I found this video: ruclips.net/video/EhnvOqSPWE0/видео.html It shows how to jump start a battery when it's been too far discharged by jumping the 4 terminals together with another fully charged battery. I did this a few times. The final attempt I left both batteries connected around 10 minutes. Stuck it in the charger and it showed 3 bars and started taking a charge. Started blinking red again just like the first battery. Started using it until I saw red on the led. Stuck it on there charger and it recharged to the full 4 bars. Now I don't have to throw away 2 batteries. You and that other guy just saved me 200+ bucks!
@@ThatsSoKyle the 2 batteries mentioned above are still work fine. I stuck them on under hood light duty ever since the repair. In a pinch they still work flawlessly in my other 14.4 power tools. Recently a newer 14.4 battery has started flashing red on the charger. Looks like I have another battery repair to do.
Hey Kyle just to add something to your video. First take a heat gun and heat the whole battery pack evenly all the way around top and bottom sides. Make it hot to touch like almost to hot but dont deform the plastic hot. Then take the screws out and the battery will come apart without any tools in the contacts. Great video.
Thank you! That is a great suggestion! If I have to take another battery pack apart, I will definitely have to use that technique!
Got the Sam e problem, been trying to fix it, this helped a ton thank you!
Bro you are the man for making this video. I just repaired 3 of mine and 4 more of other tech’s batteries in the shop. Sorry about your luck mr. snap on tool man 🤣
I’m glad you guys were able to save some money!
Thanks for the vid saved me a lot of time brand new battery out of the box that had this problem
I've have the same problem and did everything you said but pulled the battery apart. That was my next step. I thought there might be a cracked solder joint because I tightened my terminals without taking it apart. Fixed a few that way but some just won't. Now to take those apart and inspect. Great video.
Let me know how it goes.
You wouldn’t have such a hard time getting the case off if you used a little hear from a heat gun to loosen the glue. Also you should put a little dielectric grease on the pins so they’re less likely to stick and spread out.
Can the battery cells can be replaced? I have a 14.4 V model CTB314 that held little charge.
Thanks
I have not tried, but I'm sure if the battery is of the same size (physical shape and volt/amp), it could be done.
Have a new GEN 14 for bat today. My rep told me that it was a couple of months out of warranty one year he was telling me to jump it. Apparently there are two cells two banks on each side of a 14 four and you were to energize the other one from the One that has significant voltage. Otherwise, the charger will not recognize it any advice. I believe the instructions on the battery say to completely discharge it before charging it for longest life. Honestly, I left it in the snap on speaker overnight speaker on.
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Gonna give this a try. I have two batteries that only work when tilted at a certain angle. Hopefully the issue is obvious.
Thanks!
Did you get a chance to see if this fixed your batteries?
Worked for me too! Heated the battery case and the battery pack slid right out!
Same junk here, thx for the info
I have 2 batteries that do this exact thing. Do the faulty batteries also have a difficult time recharging, as well? The red led blinks almost all the time and I'm having to pull the battery out and try again until it starts to blink green for recharge. It's frustrating.
I’ve noticed, I have to set the battery on the charger, then moderately pound it with a closed fist to make sure it seats fully on the charger.
@@ThatsSoKyle my 2 batteries have finally quit charging correctly. I just took the 2 batteries apart. I found one has 2 loose solder connections and the other has 1 loose solder connection. I will have to resolder these connections and see what happens.
@@ThatsSoKyle update:
1 battery started charging after resoldering the loose terminal(s) but started blinking red after 3 bars. I used it until the tool started showing red on the led. Stuck it on the charger and the battery now full charged all the way up to 4 bars.
The second battery never wanted to charge after reconnecting the loose solder joint(s). I found this video:
ruclips.net/video/EhnvOqSPWE0/видео.html
It shows how to jump start a battery when it's been too far discharged by jumping the 4 terminals together with another fully charged battery.
I did this a few times. The final attempt I left both batteries connected around 10 minutes. Stuck it in the charger and it showed 3 bars and started taking a charge.
Started blinking red again just like the first battery. Started using it until I saw red on the led. Stuck it on there charger and it recharged to the full 4 bars.
Now I don't have to throw away 2 batteries. You and that other guy just saved me 200+ bucks!
@@ThatsSoKyle the 2 batteries mentioned above are still work fine. I stuck them on under hood light duty ever since the repair. In a pinch they still work flawlessly in my other 14.4 power tools.
Recently a newer 14.4 battery has started flashing red on the charger. Looks like I have another battery repair to do.
Thank you
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DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Thanks bro!
All that money you pay for it and it dont last that long.. lmao might aswell but dewalt and milwaukee
Honestly, there's nothing incorrect about your statement. However, I'll still end up buying Snap-on lol