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Makita compatible (not!) glue gun
🕑 Added 2024-12-24 04:42:49 +0000 UTCI strongly recommend NOT using this glue gun with a real Makita battery, as it will potentially over-discharge the battery. But it's fine with the copy Makita batteries, since they actually have proper charge and discharge protection circuitry.
The glue gun works though, and has a fairly fast heat up and recovery time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-piof-07A
Comments
John D'Ausilio
I have a "Milwaukee" glue gun .. it's red
Dave Davies
I suspect you are right. Even a few microamps of leakage might cause problems when applied for several months! The Makita control boards 'bricked' themselves and could not be persuaded back into life. The cloned boards seem to be much more fault-tolerant and reliable. They appear to lock out just the same as the Makita ones on over-charge, but a power cycle will bring them back.
Big Clive
I wonder if the battery management detected an over-charge situation with slow trickle leakage topping them up too far. I definitely don't recommend leaving batteries in chargers for a long time.
Big Clive
The originals are probably rated for higher current, but the clones with the extra protection are more versatile for lighter loads.
Russell Levine
It sounds more like you recommend using the knock-off Makita batteries rather than the original!
Dave Davies
My father in law has a Makita battery powered lawnmower. He was in the habit of leaving the batteries in the machine in the cold shed over winter. In the springtime I would get the call "can you fix my batteries, they won't charge". Usually they can be revived from that state. I persuaded him to bring the batteries indoors in the lawn mowing 'off season', but that ended up with him putting them on the charger and leaving them on charge for months. This also killed the batteries but in a way that could not be revived. The batteries were fine but the control boards were locked-out in some way. They worked until discharged but then refused to take a charge. I fixed them by swapping out the dead controllers for a "Makita clone" control board. It did take a bit of plastic surgery and glue to make them fit but after a further 3 years of use, grandad has not managed to kill them again.
