When the battery terminals in the tool make contact with the charger, the tool will evaluate the state of the battery. All of those signals will show up on the tool. On the charger itself, there is nothing that will light up. To check that, take your tool back out of the charger, turn it on and see what color the fuel gauge light is. Keep in mind if the charger detects the battery is fully charged, the indicator lights on the charger may cycle through quickly and it will look like your battery is not charging. This will keep the air flowing through the tool without generating additional heat from the application.įor tools with separate battery charger (not usb charger), like the one for the 8220: If you find the tool is really warm when you go to turn it off, consider letting to run for a minute with no contact on the material.
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Having full airflow through the tool is really important. For example, to complete a task like cutting, you may be running the tool at 35,000 rpm, contacting a material that gets hot easily – like metal, and there's a lot of heat being generated. It's also important to consider what you're doing. If you're holding the tool more like a golf club, move your hands back slightly so they're on the body of the tool, not over the vents. You may also consider the Flex Shaft Attachment – it take the weight of the tool out of your hand completely. If you're holding the tool like a pencil, consider the use of a Detailer's Grip so you have optimal control and airflow. You may actually hold the tool near those vents, but we discourage you from wrapping your hand around the tool in a way that would COVER those vents. The air that is running through the tool has to escape through those vents. The vents on the front or nose end of the tool are output vents. The vents on the cord end of the tool are air intake vents.
There are reasons this could happen and some things you can do to prevent it.