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Sparks, always hammering, noisy

By dsuhardjo on Apr 13, 2009

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I have skil impact electric drill 550w, its sparkling when its used. Also its impact function cannot be turned off. Thanks for your advice.

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Posted by rowdy45176 on Apr 14, 2009

what is the model and brand of this tool. It sounds like you have a brush problem or maybe worse but for the impact I would need to look at a breakdown.

Solution #1

posted on Apr 15, 2009

comax

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Rating: 96%, 51 votes

If you see sparking when the drill is in use, that usually means the armature has a short in it and needs to be replaced.

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