The DC18RC are most likely to charged the BL1830 battery, which is the most popular of 18V Makita power tools. It is a Li-ion battery.
And the DC18RC battery charger has two volt 110 Volt and 240 Volt.
The 240 Volt DC18RC charger can replace model DC18RA & DC18SD because of its improved performance and full compatibility with Makita's NEW
'Star' labelled batteries that communicate between the tool, battery & charger. And, it is a fast charger.
It can charge a Makita BL1830 Battery in approx 22 minutes.
But, I do not recommend to convert a makita charger model DC18RC at 110 volt to 240 volts.
The reason is as below:
1. This will void product warranty ! If you follow this mod, you do it on your own risk !
2. There are several comments that described
same model # but with different design and components.
Please beware that this mod might not work on your charger
or worst, will damage it.
Only perform this mod if you know your way around with electronics !
The title is 'How to Convert'so you should show how to convert. A guy who need 220 do not care to damage the 110. The charger is not expansive so why to mention the warranty.
The charger is so cheap to start with so its simpler and much safer just to buy the 240V version. Shame but that's my advice.
Hy at all. I have a Makita DC18RC charger p/N 630714E3 for 110VAC. I need to modify it for 220V because we are in a South American country and mains are 220V. I have the unit disasembled on my work shop an I´m searching for the wiring diagrams. Have you any idea where to get it ? Please if you have some idea send me to . I´m electronic engeneer and need to use the charger because a new one is too expensive for us.
Best regards.
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SOURCE: Ihave 110 volt makita dc18rc battery charger,
I had the exact same problem. I ordered the ZNR V10 241U part from Dija Key. They are around 36 cents if you buy 10 of them. I cut the old one out and soldered the new one in. I changed the fuse over to an automotive one so the fuse is easier to obtain. I plugged it in and charger works fine.
What happens is a voltage spike either low or high gets recieved by the charger. The fuse appears to be slow blowing and does not stop the spike in time. The spike is stopped by the varactor surge supresser. In doing so, it saves the circuit board so all you have to replace is the fuse and the surge surprsser.
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hi all,
I added another HowTo page for modding the DC18RA from 110V to 220V , you can find it here
Have fun and good luck
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Why can't you buy the 230 volt DC18RA charger in europe (amazon.europe country) and use it. I had the same issue yet i burned out the fuse in the 110 volt DC18RA charger because i plugged it into the wall just using an adaptor. Lesson learned. Therefore, my first solution was that i bought a converter from 220V-to 110 Volt. This showed me that my charger was done. So instead of getting another 110 volt charger sent here to Europe from Canada, I returned the converter and have on order a 230 volt input DC18RA charger from amazon.de which has the same 7.2-18V output. I have been told this will work yet the fear, and I don't know why, is that it will burn out the batteries in a year or so. It is difficult getting specific information from Makita, but I hope it all works out. Best of Luck for you
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