W7150 stopped working. died ? fried ?

[brijenjas]

Hi,
First post here but have been a longtime reader/lurker.
This board is where I found out about the IR W7150 and decided to purchase it.
I work on semi-trucks/trailers. I have had the W7150 since May2012 and it's been my favorite tool since I started using it.

Recently I was using it to replace shocks on the steer of a Volvo and it stopped working, I hit the battery button to see what charge I had left, it showed no lights so I put my spare fully charged battery in, still not working.
Then I pushed the battery button on the batt that I just attached(which I know was fully charged) and got no lights again.

I put one battery and then the other in the charger and both did the same thing, a couple of loud beeps and then all green lights come on and stay on.
As I said I know the 2nd batt was fully charged and the one I was using had 2 lights when I started.

It's out of warranty so I'm looking for any wiring diagrams there are of the W7150, I already have the exploded view parts list.

I will be disassembling the impact this afternoon, any advice would be appreciated.

I'm thinking maybe something shorted out because the fwd/rvrs selector got stuck once earlier this week, and the batteries show nothing when the % of charge button is pushed.


Thanks,
Brian

 

[jmscollinsiii]

If u search back through the w7150 thread you will see a user named marlin send him a pm he might b able to help you.

 

[shockwave]

I believe it should still be under warranty I think it's irs 321 3 years on the tool and 2 years on the battery

 

[brijenjas]

I believe it should still be under warranty I think it's irs 321 3 years on the tool and 2 years on the battery

After reading the warranty on the website again it appears you may be correct. Looks like 1 year exchange on tool, battery and charger and 2 years exchange on the high capacity battery, and limited warranty after that to 3 years. I definitely read that wrong as I thought it was only one year.

Sent them an email to verify.
Thanks

 

[brijenjas]

No reply from IR yet.

Took the tool apart and desoldered one of the motor leads then connected one of my 19.2v Craftsman battery to the motor wires .. motor works fine forward and reverse. So I guess the Trigger & Battery Connector assy is bad.

I pulled the battery tops to see if I could see anything, found fuses blown in both.
Does anybody know where cold I get these fuses if I needed them?

 

[metaleltr]

Are there any current requirement markings on said fuse?

 

[purplezr2]

I believe there was another member here who worked on mining trucks who had a failure also, it was related to the trigger switch

 

[brijenjas]

Are there any current requirement markings on said fuse?

It's hard to see but it looks like 60A on it.
I will assume it's 6.0A since the battery is rated at 3.0 Amps.

 

[Westly]

You could probably unsolder it and break open a 6A glass tube fuse and solder the element from it across where the old one was.

It's always a mechanical part in these kinds of things. A trigger where the brass contacts decide to fold up

 

[Westly]

If there are components on the other side of the board under the fuse, don't get it too hot or they may come loose.

 

[Rogue1987]

Well ya used to have a warranty.

Seriously tho, I hope you get it figured out. Hope mine doesn't **** out.

 

[brijenjas]

Well ya used to have a warranty.

Seriously tho, I hope you get it figured out. Hope mine doesn't **** out.

LOL, there are no tamper indicators on either the tool or the battery housings.

The impact must be disassembled (I know , just the hammer and casing side) to grease it anyway, which I did twice already.

 

[Marlin]

LOL, there are no tamper indicators on either the tool or the battery housings.

The impact must be disassembled (I know , just the hammer and casing side) to grease it anyway, which I did twice already.

Good thing no one from IR saw this.

You have a PM