B&D Dustbuster, Spotliter battery replacement

Posted by Puddin' Man on January 5, 2007, 6:44 pm

I've had an old B&D Dustbuster Deluxe cordless vac for years. Never really
worked 100%. Right off the charger, it'd rev up, then slow to near nothin',
they rev up again. About to roll over and die. Practical to replace
batteries?

I've had an old B&D Spotliter rechargable flashlite since the 80's.
Worked great until just recently. Output on the charger checked
out, so it's gotta be the battery. I can't even figger out how to
get it out of the handle. Any hope?

Thx,
Puddin'

Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old ...

Posted by Jim Yanik on January 5, 2007, 10:52 pm

>
>
> I've had an old B&D Dustbuster Deluxe cordless vac for years. Never
> really worked 100%. Right off the charger, it'd rev up, then slow to
> near nothin', they rev up again. About to roll over and die. Practical
> to replace batteries?
>
> I've had an old B&D Spotliter rechargable flashlite since the 80's.
> Worked great until just recently. Output on the charger checked
> out, so it's gotta be the battery. I can't even figger out how to
> get it out of the handle. Any hope?
>
> Thx,
> Puddin'
>
> Pease pudding hot,
> Pease pudding cold,
> Pease pudding in the pot
> Nine days old ...
>

My B&D Dustbuster batteries died after 10 years,and checking with the local
DeWalt service center,it was cheaper to have a new pack installed than buy
a new Dustbuster.It took a week,because they had to order the battery
pack(4 cells),but it's still going strong,and that was 5 years ago.

Your fault may not be the battery pack,but perhaps a bad switch.
("never really worked right";shoulda used the warranty.)

Have you tried looking for a Black and Decker website?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Posted by Puddin' Man on January 6, 2007, 12:00 pm

>>
>>
>> I've had an old B&D Dustbuster Deluxe cordless vac for years. Never
>> really worked 100%. Right off the charger, it'd rev up, then slow to
>> near nothin', they rev up again. About to roll over and die. Practical
>> to replace batteries?
>>
>> I've had an old B&D Spotliter rechargable flashlite since the 80's.
>> Worked great until just recently. Output on the charger checked
>> out, so it's gotta be the battery. I can't even figger out how to
>> get it out of the handle. Any hope?
>>
>> Thx,
>> Puddin'
>>
>> Pease pudding hot,
>> Pease pudding cold,
>> Pease pudding in the pot
>> Nine days old ...
>>

>My B&D Dustbuster batteries died after 10 years,and checking with the local
>DeWalt service center,it was cheaper to have a new pack installed than buy
>a new Dustbuster.It took a week,because they had to order the battery
>pack(4 cells),but it's still going strong,and that was 5 years ago.
>Your fault may not be the battery pack,but perhaps a bad switch.

Lost me here. I flip the switch, it closes the circuit.

>("never really worked right";shoulda used the warranty.)

Flawlessly timed: just outa warranty. Superior engineering!

>Have you tried looking for a Black and Decker website?

I took a peek at
http://www.dewaltservicenet.com/registration/User_register.asp
They want a curriculum vitae and full biography before
allowing po' me to search for a part (that well may not
exist). Appears to be a "Rip Site".

Lotsa Thanks :-)
P

Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old ...

Posted by on January 6, 2007, 12:39 pm

>>Your fault may not be the battery pack,but perhaps a bad switch.

>Lost me here. I flip the switch, it closes the circuit.

It opens the motor circuit and simultaneously closes the recharge
circuit. The problem with the B&D dustbuster switch is that the
recharge connection doesn't always make a proper connection so
that many times the Ni-Cads go uncharged.

Posted by Jeff Wisnia on January 6, 2007, 1:20 pm

tnom@mucks.net wrote:

>>>Your fault may not be the battery pack,but perhaps a bad switch.

>>Lost me here. I flip the switch, it closes the circuit.

>
>
> It opens the motor circuit and simultaneously closes the recharge
> circuit. The problem with the B&D dustbuster switch is that the
> recharge connection doesn't always make a proper connection so
> that many times the Ni-Cads go uncharged.

My curious mind wonders why that switch has to disconnect the recharge
circuit?

Our Dustbuster doesn't do that. But it's about 15 years old and I've
changed the NiCads about three times now, using those tabbed cells from
Radio Shack. (Takes a bit of soldering though.)

Mine recharges when it's hung on its wall rack and since there's a diode
in the charging path inside it you wouldn't do anything bad if you
accidently shorted the two charging contacts on its underside with the
motor running or not.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

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