About 3 yrs ago I purchased a Makita combi drill with 3 x 18v 2.6AH NiMh batteries. I have been careful to treat the batteries properly, always fully discharging before fully recharging and using each of the 3 batteries in sequence. Within the last 2 weeks all three are now reporting as broken batteries when I try to recharge (lamp on charger flashes red / green continuously). Prior to this all 3 were working well and holding charge. Does anyone else have experience of this and better still know why it should happen. Its as if those nice chaps at Makita had built in something to say stop charging this cell after 3 yrs or so many charges.
Anyone know of a fix or do I have to fork out for a new set of batteries @ £60+ a pop?
Anyone know of a fix or do I have to fork out for a new set of batteries @ £60+ a pop?