From: ohg...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 10:47:24 AM UTC-4, timoth...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > My neighbor asked me to look at the battery charger for her leaf blower. It   
   was dead, no lights came on and the battery wouldn't charge. I don't have   
   electronics skills but I guess I could take it apart and look for a fuse or   
   something obvious. It was    
   an 18V Ridgid, if that matters.    
   >    
   > So find my tamper proof Torx set, open it up and look. Youtube says the   
   transformer is weakly attached and these always break the solder joint to the   
   board. Nope. But the board looks like it has a hairline crack - no, it rubs   
   off, it's like a very fine    
   line of spider silk. I pulled several of these off.    
   >    
   > Then I plugged it in thinking I might be able to trace voltage but it   
   started working again and it charged the battery fine.    
   >    
   > I know it's always better to be lucky than good, but did that material make   
   a difference, or was it just coincidence that taking it apart and handling it   
   did some good?   
      
      
   It's intermittent which means it will quit again.  Could still be bad solder,   
   a PC crack, or an intermittent controller IC or other component.   
      
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