Questions & Answers for: Makita should my battery charger be flashing

...charger or battery is to hot and must cool down before it will charge. The charger will not charge a battery if the lights are flashing. Solid Red light means it is charging and solid green light ...

...my makita 18v li-ion fast charger unplug charger to let it reset. plug back in and then try again, if it still flashes red/green that would indicate a battery failure. check for warranty

...battery on your charger and both red and green lights flash it is indicating that battery is defective. There may be a short in the battery or they just may be too old and worn out to charge anymore. ...

on to charge, the battery is no longer chargeable. Most likely it's bad cells inside the battery, the charger is reading the battery as bad and will not charge it. The only fix is to buy a new battery

...charger I get an alternating red and green flashing light and the battery will not charge. Bother batteries were fine and showed no sign of degradation. Are they shot? Is this common? Batteries ...

battery or charger, you just have to find out which is bad and replace that one.  It's almost always the battery but sometimes chargers do go bad.  The only way to test them is

...battery charger flashes red and green lights no matter how many bateries i try The pcb inside the battery has a microcontroller that monitor the charges and charge cycle. When the cell falls below a ...

...battery charger wont charge put battery in charge fan comes on then after 20 seconds fan stops and both green and red lights flash If both lights on the charger are flashing it is indicating you have ...

...charger or battery is to hot and must cool down before it will charge. The charger will not charge a battery if the lights are flashing. Solid Red light means it is charging and solid green light ...

...battery charger is flashing red with a battery plugged in, what does this mean? On the Makita 18-V DC18RA charger, the flashing red light means that the battery is not at the correct temperature for ...