Dremel stylist

[Chuck Feldman]

Gentlemen;

My stylist has died. I called Dremel and they told me the tool was no longer part of there production or service. What a shame. So can any of you tell me how to repair it?
It runs for twenty seconds and stops. On restart it runs for only ten then stops again. Then it needs to go back on the charger.

[Andrew Tinsley]

Hello Chuck,
Sounds as if the rechargeable batteries have finally died. I assume it is a battery version and not mains powered. I do not have that model, but a determined man should be able to remove the batteries and replace with similar ones.
I have changed the batteries on many rechargeable tools. Most of them are sub C, but I suspect your batteries are AA. So that should be a cheap and easy substitution. 18 Volt drills are very expensive to put new batteries in. What I usually do in this case, is to look out for similar battery packs being sold off cheap for end of line drills. I have managed to buy quite a few of these and snap them up when I see them. You then have to do a desoldering  / soldering routine because the battery layout is always different!

Best of luck,

Andrew.

P.S. I do know the difference between batteries and cells, but use the common (incorrect) usage!

[jim gilmore]

Ok, I'd like to know ..whats the difference between batteries and cells ?

As far as  i know a battery cell is 1.5 volts nominal. but depends on the actual formulation of the battery but is there more I am missing ?

[De Hill]

A battery is two or more cells connected in series, parallel, or series parallel.

[Tim Wescott]

Ok, I'd like to know ..whats the difference between batteries and cells ?

What De said -- at least when you're talking dry cells and NiCd, a cell is the one round thing you hold in your hand.  Your car battery is 12V, with six cells built in (unless it's a really old car, or weird).

If you really want to get nerdy, it's an electrochemical cell.

As far as  i know a battery cell is 1.5 volts nominal. but depends on the actual formulation of the battery but is there more I am missing ?

A dry cell is 1.5V nominal.  Yes, it depends on the battery chemistry -- there's a lot of different ways to make electrochemical cells, and a lot of different possible cell voltages.  I'm only sort of a battery nerd, and I can think of eight or nine different chemistries that are in use or were in use in the 20th century.

[John Cralley]

Yep,  If is old,  the batteries are probably NiCad and are generally easy to replace. You can most likely find them on Ebay for next to nothing with free shipping. Disassembly and reassembly may be the biggest proble. There may be screws hidden under stick on labels and so on.