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I have run RYOBI printing presses for the last 30 years and I bought a RYOBI rechargeable drill and rechargeable garden tool. I am disgusted by how cheap they were and how the batteries just gave up. I have heard about bumping a battery by running a good battery thru it. It was suppose recondition the battery, however I got two ruined battery for that.
If you have your receipt, check with Ryobi to see if it is still under warranty. It comes with either a 2 or 3 year warranty, depending on when it was purchased. If it is still covered, get it replaced/repaired. If it is not, buy the P117 charger. $30 at Home Depot. It has a 90 day satisfaction guarantee. If it charges your batteries properly, you're good. If not, bring it back if you don't like/want it. My P113 won't get out of test mode now, or charge Lithium batteries anymore. So I bought the P117 yesterday. Works great, and it's a lot cheaper than new batteries! And it has a 3 year warranty.
Ryobi has a 2 year warranty. Take it to a service center. If it's older than 2 years, buy a new drill set. They don't sell parts for the batteries and it's not worth buying new batteries for it.
If the charger doesn't read the battery and tell whether it is good or not, then the charger is probably at fault. It has a date code or a date stamped on it, if it is 2 years old or older, trash it. If it is less than that, take it back where you bought it, if they don't replace it, buy a Ryobi, all tools guaranteed for 2 years, all batteries, chargers, saws, everything they make, I don't buy anything but Ryobi, and we have a lot of tools. My whole truck is full of cordless tools. You can look up the code numbers on line, and check out the warranty.
Tool batteries tend to die after so many charges. Ni Cad cells are particular to dying suddenly. About 6 hours should charge any of them. Can you tell if the charger itself is working? Hope some of this helps!
When you insert a battery for charging, which light(s) combination do you see?. There should be red,green and yellow and different individual lights or combinations of lights mean different things. If only the red light goes on, chances are the batteries are to cold to charge. They will not charge below 32F so if your charger is in the garage, take the batteries in the house until they are room temp then try again. If you still have a problem and the unit or batteries are are less than 2 yrs old they should be be under warranty.
Lithium-Ion batteries require careful charging and temperature monitoring while in the charger. Ryobi's Charging station monitors many functions and shuts off when the battery has gone through a complete charge. This is indicated by a steady Green light. Once the Charge indicator is a steady green the charger stops charging. With any battery It will slowly discharge and I don’t think the Ryobi will maintain a battery that is never removed. For example, if after a complete charge cycle if the battery was left there for 2 years and then you went to use it, it would likely be completely discharged.However if the battery charger is unplugged then plugged back in a new charge sequence would start.I lose power at my house about every 6 months or so.Once power is restored a new cycle would start and the charging cycle begins again. Hope this helps and have a great day.
sound to me like you have a bad battery, a lot of ryobi batterys don't last like they should i have had the same problem, but my battery was less than a year old and i took it back and they give me a new one.
you would also need to check the voltage of the batterys they should be at least 18 volts (19 prefered)
then if the batterys do not show charged you would need to make sure the battery charger is putting out voltage.
After that contact your closest Ryobi service center we would check that for free to let you know what you need, I am sure you local place would do the same.
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