Customer Reviews

Porter Cable 8924 Universal 9.6-Volt to 19.2-Volt Slide Style 1 Hour Battery Charger

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

The charger is the weak link in the PC battery powered tools chain. The orginal charger gave out in six months and I purchased this one to replace it. So far, so good, no problems. I sent the orginal back to PC but have yet to hear from them about repairing it. I am not a heavy user but like to leave the charger plugged in on my bench, that doesn't seem to be a good idea.

Love Porter Cable tools but their battery chargers leave much to be desired. It is not really a smart charger. You can not leave it on indefinatly. Battery heats up & in my case melted. This is a potential fire problem. Most decent chargers have an on switch & they automaticlly shut off when the battery is fully charged.

I'm going on the third charger in 3 years. I'm not happy with it at all. PC will do nothing. Love the drill and saw, but will NEVER but PC cordless anything again! Im an electrician, so i use this stuff daily. Hope this helps you stay away from PC cordless tools.

I have always used Porter-Cable products until they started to produce their tools overseas. My charger also burned out and had to buy another. The way to remedy this situation is to charge the battery then unplug the charger. Once this drill takes a crap, I'll be looking to replace my cordless with ANYTHING but Porter-Cable!

I have owned the Porter Cable 12 volt cordless drill for years and find it an excellent tool, BUT the battery chargers that come with them or replace the originals are terrible. I have had two of them fail -- they suddenly start showing that every battery connected to them is defective. I will never buy another PC cordless tool. A cordless tool, not matter how wonderful, without an adequate battery and charger system is worthless.

The 19.2 Sawboss that I use the batteries for is great and it's my favorite saw. Now as far as the charger goes it dies after 6-9 months. Now when plugged in it is totally dead and charges nothing, just plain dead. This is my third charger in a few years. I expect higher quality from the old Porter Cable of which now has cheapened up it's entire line making this charger and battery system I need obsolete. I don't know if leaving it plugged in too long is a issue? I like to charge the battery overnight and return in the morning to a fully charged battery, not a dead battery & worthless charger.

This was a replacement for the original P-C Charger, which died suddenly and out the warranty period. Replacement is working fine - I just wish that P-C could spend a few more pennies building one that lasts as long as the drill and battery!

The Porter Cable cordless tools are great. The chargers are crap. Bought one to replaced the one that crapped out that came w\the drill. Lasted 6 months. Good luck getting P\C to take care of it. Will be purchasing Makita cordless tools from now on.

This is not a product for everyone, but if you have a Porter Cable battery drill or saw that seems too lose power too quickly, the charger may be your problem. I love my drill and saw but started having to recharge often and, at times, the charger would say it was a bad batttery. After having it checked out at a repair shop, the batteries and charger were pronounced OK but I still lost power very quickly and needed multiple batteries. I was frustrated enough to consider buying a new drill but tried the charger first. My drill is back!!

For all of you that have been living with the failures in this product -- here is a potential
solution that is financially viable and will "keep you running" !! I have tested this and it works great!
Just hook up the slide batteries (the two outside clips which are B+ and GND) to a good ol car battery charger and have
at it. Give it an hour or so on charge and your batts will be fully charged. Just be careful of polarity (put a vom on the battery terminsls to be safe) to get power and gnd straight.

I too am very disappointed with PC (nickname piece of crap!).