power drill just died on me,

londonTiger

it's mains powered, checked the plug fuse, still in good nick.

it's a black and decker, it was having problems with this paticular wall, 1inch went in like hot knife through butter, but then the last bit was hard going, kept pushing it hard and it still wouldn;t go. may have used the wrong drill bit, the only ones i could find were wood bits at the shops, no masonary. So I thought, one hole, what could go wrong?

Apparantly a lot, drill just stopped working and wont come on any more. is there anything i can do to fix it. Is there an internal circuit breaker or fuse of some sort that regulates this things? if i take it to bacl and decker will they be able to fix it?

Ruski

Sometimes thay may have an overheat protector - try it again in half an hour.... or just go but another cheap one.

And wood bits will not drill brick walls - clue is in the name.

Russ

macman

If you pushed it hard then you may have burned out the motor-the drill bit is supposed to do the work, You can't drill through masonry with a wood bit!
Motors can be changed, but power drills are so cheap that it maybe better just to replace.

nickj_2

londonTiger wrote: »

it's mains powered, checked the plug fuse, still in good nick.

it's a black and decker, it was having problems with this paticular wall, 1inch went in like hot knife through butter, but then the last bit was hard going, kept pushing it hard and it still wouldn;t go. may have used the wrong drill bit, the only ones i could find were wood bits at the shops, no masonary. So I thought, one hole, what could go wrong?

Apparantly a lot, drill just stopped working and wont come on any more. is there anything i can do to fix it. Is there an internal circuit breaker or fuse of some sort that regulates this things? if i take it to bacl and decker will they be able to fix it?

that's the main source of your problems

TimBuckTeeth

A wood drill bit will very quickly wear in brick, in as little as 1 inch. For the sake of a couple of pounds for a masonary drill bit it sounds like the drill is bust.

southcoastrgi

As the others have said wrong bit & a cheap drill, really not worth repairing even the smallest thing will prob be more than a new (cheap) drill

The_Black_Sheep

May I offer my condolences...

trillion

Sorry to hijack your thread, but I came on here to look for drill advice too.
There's sparks flashing inside my drill!
They're just by the airvent bits near the handle.
:eek:

It's maybe 4 or 5 years old but hasn't seen a lot of action.
Should I be looking for a replacement?

GrowingUp

screwfix have a good deal on a hitachi at the moment

trillion

GrowingUp wrote: »

screwfix have a good deal on a hitachi at the moment

Wow - they look a bit pricey for me!
I only use a drill once in a blue moon and hadn't planned to spend shedloads of money on one.

My old one was a hammer drill and I knew what that meant, but these are all SDS or percussion or impact drivers and stuff - why can't life be simple?

nickj_2

trillion wrote: »

Sorry to hijack your thread, but I came on here to look for drill advice too.
There's sparks flashing inside my drill!
They're just by the airvent bits near the handle.
:eek:

It's maybe 4 or 5 years old but hasn't seen a lot of action.
Should I be looking for a replacement?

all drills do that