Well, at least you got a couple of years of use out of it. Mine is only 3 months old and does the same thing. So much for Black & Decker I guess I will go back to Dirt Devil.
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Cordless Dustbuster Won't Charge
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9 years ago
Cheap batteries are shot. Replace them or send the unit to a rebuilder. They will use a better battery too.
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9 years ago
Yah, I did that in my dustbuster and while I was at it, I added one extra cell ... made a big difference in power. Eventually replace it with a Dirt Devil. But Right now I have a buster by Electrolux which nests into a cordless floor sweeper. This thing really sucks. It uses a
12 volt battery and by itself as a buster, you can actually feel it pull on the palm of you hand, not like any of the others. As a floor sweeper it works great; has a rotating brush on the bottom with some LED headlights.- Vote on answer
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9/2/03donald girod wrote: "It's just failure of the nicad batteries due to leaving them continually on charge. This is just not the way to make them last but it is what B&D recommends, probably so that the batteries fail early. You can replace the batteries for approximately the cost of a new dustbuster.
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I thought by at least 15 years ago they would have devised a way for the charger base to stop charging automatically, even while the dust-buster(or cordless phone, or whatever) was on the base.
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9 years ago
I have a dirt devil extreme I occasionally use. I only charge it a few hours occasionally. Got to be at least 6 years old.
Greg
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Gz:
If you are good at remembering to remove from base after so many hours that is good.
Me, not so much.
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9 years ago
I move it out so I trip over it !!
Greg
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8 years ago
The charger should shut off when the batteries are charged.
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8 years ago
Maybe in a perfect world... The charger should also maintain a float charge and trickle the battery to maintain a perfect state of 100% efficiency so he can use that dust buster to clean out 50 cars before it needs to be recharged, But it doesn't! Which is why almost every Ni-Cad rechargeable appliance/tool I've ever seen cautions against leaving on the charger more than a set period of time, recommends not topping it off after each use, etc.
Ni-Cads are old technology and are notorious for taking on a "memory" and being short-lived. Newer tech (Li-Ion) = Better Service
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replying to rschng, MarilynKamp wrote: I just did a search on this because I'm having the same problem. There should be a recall on this. I have only had it about 6 months!
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Marilyn-
I have the same problem. The DustBuster is left plugged-in, so the batteries are always on charge. Unfortunately it over-charges the batteries, and they eventually go bad.
I got tired of replacing the expensive batteries, and plan to donate the DustBuster. It was replaced with a DeWalt corded/cordless Wet-Dry Vacuum.
The DeWalt uses a battery that requires a separate charger. It is heavier than the DustBuster but works much better. I think DeWalt has a smaller, lighter model, but do not know how it compares.
Fred
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replying to Jim Yanik, tina gorzalski wrote: i leave my dust buster on for 24/7 and has no charge after using for a few seconds. bad battery since i bought 6 months ago. going to get a shark
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:14:01 +0000, tina gorzalski wrote in
Built-in rechargeable batteries are designed for a limited lifetime. When they no longer charge, you are supposed to throw them away and buy a new one.
Pretty smart marketing.
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replying to jriegle, randy wrote: If you bought it years ago it probably does still work but if you just bought It
6 months ago like I did and kept it on the charger whenever is wasn't in use it probably won't work because they make so much cheap throw away crap these days- Vote on answer
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replying to rschng, Alidon wrote: Omg I was about to throw it out but I decided to Google the issue. . After reading your post I checked the contact area in the base, and it was dirty with some sticky stfff. So just cleaned the area with a bounty towel and water! Hallelulia!!! It's charging again.
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6 years ago
Hmm. Next time, try using some crc electrical contact cleaner. It works wonders. :)
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replying to CRNG, Modern Consumer wrote: Our dust buster remains plugged in 24/7. After 2 months the charge holds about
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6 years ago
Wouldn't be a problem if you'd quit dawdling and vacuum stuff up quick...
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6 years ago
Nice box, terrible shelf life of battery, a loser of a product
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replying to rschng, ken wrote: My (dustbuster 12 v) is +/- less than a year's old has similar issues with charger issues) but sort of the second bad experience I have it elsewhere - but a Hoover brand rather than B & D (pretty similar). It goes dead after less than a minute. Any suggestions as to how it might work or other than throwing it out and never buying a B&D product, or similar, ever again', Get in touch with me on if might be a general issue to consider a class action procedure.