How to spot a fake Milwaukee battery

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6 ай бұрын

I had a find out the hard way because these fake Milwaukee batteries are looking very authentic nowadays you just have to be careful. Here's a couple ways You can find out how to spot a fake. Let me know what you think.

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@rajsteint6487 Ай бұрын

The LEDs have a sequence when you hold the buttons down and it shows you how many days you have had the battery since the first charge and how many times you have charged it. This is for the real Milwaukee batteries. Pretty cool video on this on KZfaq the channel and title is - Tools and Stuff - Milwaukee M18 Batteries can tell you how many times they have been charged.

@chickenwings5429 Ай бұрын

And when it flashes does it show like a flash for every day or how do you know because I got a Milwaukee battery from the flea market and it had that sequence thing you say but it looks like an original, screws are good lights are good, coloring are good.

@CountryMileGarage 5 ай бұрын

Ran into the same thing and did a video about it as well ... and don't worry you won't burn anything down with it they just shut off lol. Good video

@davidschneider7548 5 ай бұрын

Dude just got a fake M18 12.o. Almost positive. The one I got looks EXACTLY THE SAME BESIDES THE battery indicator light is dimmer and the four screws on the bottom are small Phillips

@seanp2k617 4 ай бұрын

I found out my HD12 is fake because the rubber on the bottom isn’t as grippy as the real ones that I have to compare with. The LEDs light up in sequence but they’re extremely dim, and yeah regular philips screws instead of Torx on the bottom. Paid $300 for 2 😢

@NooyceTools 4 ай бұрын

Awww man im sorry you to spend that much on the fakes but on the bright side use them anyway for lowpower tools. I use mine with the power inverter or a light

@vacuuman9150 3 ай бұрын

I found out one M18 XC 6.0 was Fake because the leds light up all at once and were dim, the tabs were darker red, the font was crooked, and it was delivered today from amazon. all 4 bars lit up and it was red on the charger light for 40 minutes.

@NooyceTools 3 ай бұрын

@@vacuuman9150 Bro I'm telling you these things are getting out of hand

@MarkK01 2 ай бұрын

The bit is a torx bit.

@mosesvasquez519 3 ай бұрын

Now I want to check all my batteries.I have six of the new forge batteries...

@NooyceTools 3 ай бұрын

When I learned about these fake batteries out of 23 batteries that I have luckily only two of them were fake

@jma8352 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, i know i need at least a 9ah on my fuel chainsaw. got a fake on ebay and all bars were blinking at once. im thinking they cant handle the power surge, like you showed the overload circuit is not up to snuff

@NooyceTools 5 ай бұрын

Thats so true. Dang im sorry that you got a fake these batteries are getting harder to notice the diffrence

@THEBULLETPROOFGARAGE 5 ай бұрын

Milwaukee doesn't make the 9ah battery anymore so those are more likely to be fake. Don't feel bad, I just bought a 9ah off eBay and I'm pretty sure it's fake, too.

@Jeff-rk8hq 5 ай бұрын

a lot of times my first queue that it could be a fake is They don’t show photos of the bottom of the battery, they just show it on its sides and from the top and you cannot tell for sure usually unless its a super high def picture. In general If they won’t show the bottom of the battery for you to verify it’s a security Torx t10 bit which is the type you couldn’t remember atm but ya if they can’t do that fuckem one tip would be to be sure to write down or block the user to avoid future interest in their listings and thanks for posting this people need to see this, I only know because I rebuilt the packs and you can get much better clones of that “bms “ board chip But you know they’re counting on the customer not to open it immediately being a brand new battery why would you unless you had reason to suspect that something was fishy you have to have a train to do prop for putting this out bro do you ever have any questions about the pack Give me a holler.

@fangavw1479 Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@ozzinator2013 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to check all my batteries now

@NooyceTools 4 ай бұрын

Do so many scams going on

@TranTek 5 ай бұрын

the old packaging is like that the new one has clamp cell Torx security TS8 bottom TS10 to open the case

@NooyceTools 5 ай бұрын

Oh good to know

@user-ld6wo4rv8h 3 ай бұрын

It's actually TS9 bottom, TS10 to open the case. You might have gotten TS8 to work, but you could strip it. Stick with TS9.

@TranTek 3 ай бұрын

@@user-ld6wo4rv8h yes TS9 been using TS8 with no issue cuz i hand loose and tight them gently

@kartboarder22g17 Ай бұрын

The world is becoming a weird place you can't tell if the person in the video is real, if it's a girl or a guy or a Milwaukee battery, what in the world

@NooyceTools 24 күн бұрын

So true, next time I'll make a video on how to discover if you're walking in to a real or fake Home Depot 😅

@solaj22 5 ай бұрын

The Milwaukee font on the bottom of the real battery is smaller as well.

@NooyceTools 5 ай бұрын

Oh good observation I got to take a look at that

@MarkK01 Ай бұрын

The fake ones are nothing but a fire hazard. If you can not afford a real battery save your money until you can. A friend of mine lost his whole workshop due to fake Milwaukee batteries. They shorted out while charging and burnt his shop to the ground. I personally have never bought fake ones and only buy mt batteries from a certified Milwaukee retailer.

@NooyceTools Ай бұрын

Oh snap dude why risk it right?

@yomamma6756 2 ай бұрын

Security torx screws, and I got screwed on dewalt and Milwaukee but honestly I still use them didn’t notice until months/ year later so whatever learned my lesson will not be a cheapskate again well I mean I’ll be less of one

@davidschneider7548 5 ай бұрын

Fuck im about to get my money back. I was willing to take chance for 118 bucks on a m18 12

@NooyceTools 5 ай бұрын

Do it bro I was going to return mine but i wanted to make this video first and my time expired for return ☹️

@DelFam2011 5 ай бұрын

Man don't be showing the public those tpcell, you gonna mess up my hustle! Lol. I be flipping those always, especially the 8ah, they use real legit cells in all their batteries.

@alexanderp4427 5 ай бұрын

I've seen on another channel that he found a 4 ounce (~115 grams) difference in weight in the case of Milwaukee 8 amp hour battery. BTW, how's the performance of the FakeWaukee battery that was on your table -- the one with the TPCELL label? I've heard this brand has high quality cells inside.

@NooyceTools 5 ай бұрын

It has its diffrences ...lets just say it surprised me. Working on the next video

@rugerrocker7483 4 ай бұрын

T10 Torx

@NooyceTools 4 ай бұрын

Dude I'm embarrassed I forgot thank you tho

@yomamma6756 2 ай бұрын

Technically a security torx if it had the center pin regular torx if hollow

@jn3673 3 ай бұрын

Sorry to tell you bro…but you got took on the drill. That M12 isn’t legit Milwaukee!

@NooyceTools 3 ай бұрын

Good eye yea those are not legit milwaukee batteries why do u think i know how to spot the fakes now 😅 i got them on ebay for $40 for 2 not bad

@jn3673 3 ай бұрын

I was messing with you on the drill! 😆

@NooyceTools 3 ай бұрын

@@jn3673 hey but you got it right tho 😅

@Doing_it_right_the_first_time 3 ай бұрын

@@NooyceTools why would you have the drill set on High Speed instead of number one for the lower speed higher torque setting when you’re doing something like that? Don’t tell me your finger is trained.

@NooyceTools 3 ай бұрын

@@Doing_it_right_the_first_time i am 😁