My porter cable 19.2v (model 8605 class 2 one hour battery charger) does not work-is there anything i can do to fix it. Cost is 110.00 to replace it.
Porter Cable has not offered a replacement for their poorly designed 19.2V chargers. I had the same problem and happen to like my drill and circular saw. I found a universal charger called a model number CHUN-2420. Google it--I got mine for $27 plus shipping. All you need to do to make this work is splice 3 wires.
My charger is a PC model 8624, so the instructions might vary slightly between the chargers. Remove the six screws on the bottom of your PC charger. Remove the bottom section. Remove the screw(s) that attach the circuit card to the plastic housing. Disconnect the 3 pin white charging connector from the circuit card, and cutoff the connector. Discard the circuit card and power cord. Cut the 3 conductor (red/yellow/black) cable coming out of the Chun-2420 approximately 2' from the charger. Splice these three wires to the three wires in the charger housing that connect to your battery. In my situation, Red/Red, Yellow/Yellow, White/Black. To verify, red=positive, black/white=negative, yellow=temperature sensor. Wrap the red/yellow/black cable with electrical tape where it exits the PC charger through the power cord hole. Re-attach the bottom.
I found a very low cost solution that got my charger running again - There is a 2A fuse wired into the circuit board that had blown - replaced it and works well.
Access fuse by removing the 6 screws to remove back, then one silver screw on the circuit board. Fuse is wired in to the circuit board - difficult to remove from caps - careful not to break wires from caps to the board.
Found the replacement at this link: http://www.divinelighting.com/gdc-2a-5-p...
GDC 2A (5 pcs) Slow-Blow Fuse T2A 250v GDC2A GDC 2A - 5x20mm glass
Cost $5.25 for 5 fuses including shipping.
@hetzelg - How do you remove the old fuse? I've cut it in half and i couldn't get the caps out.
How do you fit the Chun-2420 into the charger pack? The Chun 2420 that we ordered doesnt fit in the 8624 case?
Thanks for the advice. This option Worked perfectly. Saved me from replacing a lightly used drill that has a ton of life left. Porter Cable no longer makes the batteries or the charger. Cut the fuse and used 2 needle nose pliers to hold the fuse ends and the part wired to the charger. The twisted out evenually
The Chun does NOT fit into the PC charger pack, it sits separate FROM the old charger chasis. You will end up with two black chassis, instead of the old single porter cable chassis. These two black boxes will be connected by a red, yellow, black wire. The old chassis is simply being used to accept the physical configuratio0n of the original batteries. The Chun is being used as the brains.
BTW replacement batteries are available on the Radio Shack web site. They are made by Dantona and I paid $53 each for them.
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No throw it away you cheap bastard lol
Rude, these model 826 drills are anything but cheap. I paid well over $100 for mine when there were numerous throw aways available in the $30-$40 range.
You can use this Black and Decker Charger, 'gut' it and replace the inside of the Porter Cable with the Black and Decker board using the same wire hookup and presto. The only problem is the Red LED is not aligned with the LED window on the defective Porter Cable Charger but you can see the light flashing through the cooling vents. If you're 'electronics savvy' you could add on/replace the LED on the board with another LED using some wire and by drilling a hole through the 'lens' where the Red LED would normally light up. Worked for me and now I can charge any 9.6V to 19.2V Porter Cable Battery.
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I tried doing the black and decker thing you can’t just splice wiresThe Black & Decker has prongs and it doesn’t quite fit inside the porter cable housing wasted 30 bucks
Try this charger: Amazon com Black Decker BDFC240 9 6 Volt to 24 Volt Battery Charger For... You can use this Black and Decker Charger, 'gut' it and replace the inside of the Porter Cable (PC) with the Black and Decker board using the same wire hookup and presto. The only problem is the Red LED is not aligned with the LED window on the defective PC Charger but you can see the light flashing through the cooling vents. I then peeled off the Diagnostics Diagram, that explains what the various flashing LED patterns represent, from the Black and Decker Charger and stuck this over the Diagnostics Diagram on the defective PC Charger. Worked for me and now I can charge any 9.6V to 19.2V Porter Cable Batteries.
Note: If you're 'electronics savvy' you could add on/replace the LED on the board with another LED using some wire and by drilling a hole through the 'lens' where the Red LED would normally light up on the defective PC Charger
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