[s-cars] Cordless impact wrench performance

[Lee Levitt]

Performance has been uneven. With one battery, I got several sets of tire
changes a couple of weeks ago. Then this week, after a full charge, I got
almost nothing. Not completely dead, but no torque from the wrench.

Haven¹t had time to fully test each of three batteries, but none seems to
have any consistent power.

I think I¹ll invest in a new battery :)

Lee

From:  LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
Date:  Monday, November 10, 2014 at 9:42 AM
To:  Lee Levitt <lee at levitts.net>
Cc:  "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject:  Re: [s-cars] Cordless impact wrench performance

> Do you get decent performance for a trigger pull or two and then performance
> fades? If so, I'd suspect the battery. With 6 or 7 years of use, particularly
> if you didn't run the battery nearly fully down every once in awhile, I'd bet
> the battery has cycled out.
> 
> On Monday, November 10, 2014, Lee Levitt <lee at levitts.net> wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I've been using a Milwaukee 18 volt cordless impact for 10+ years and I seem
>> to be having an issue recently.
>> 
>> The  Li batteries don't seem to be holding a charge. They are newer than the
>> wrench itself (maybe 6 or 7 years old) and I do have the correct charger for
>> them.
>> 
>> Is this a typical lifespan for this kind of battery? Or could either the
>> charger or wrench have an issue?
>> 
>> Comments appreciated.
>> 
>> Lee
>>