Good news and thanks for sharing

Really great to hear

It looks like your battery voltage may be too low thus causing the problem. I'm unsure how to safely bring this voltage up but one thing I've done before was to directly connect it's output terminals to another fully charged battery just a few seconds to boost the voltage charge and then retest. However, I can't guarantee this will not take out its circuit board because this depends on the battery.

@@practicalthings - Thanks for responding. Yes, i've seen videos where one cross-wired/wired another working battery to get a trickle (one green advanced block on battery), then complete the charging in the charger. However, not everyone has a spare working battery of the same type for that procedure. There must be another way to achieve this. I have other DeWalt power 20v batteries, but I don't know if they can be wired to the 58v. positive/negative terminals on the dead battery to achieve that aim.

@@jerrymontalbano3222 I figured that may be a problem as I had the same thing. I didn't have a power source for 58v so I wasn't able to test that until I got another battery. Unfortunately the only way is to find some 58v power source or something close to that. Maybe hook up power supplies in series to get there or 9v batteries in series!! I've also used old laptop power supplies for similar purposes.

I have a 12v battery charger I use for car batteries that have alligator clips. Perhaps? How is it that another battery can produce a trickle/small enough charge enough to place in charger, but either it's own charger or one I've mentioned may not be enough and then get it started?

@@jerrymontalbano3222 Unfortunately too low. You need to get high up there near 58. I think if you get to 50 that should help.

Awesome!

I wish that was the case for me, it wasn't. I even argued with them and they wanted to charge me for the diagnosis as well. This is in Portland Oregon

@@practicalthings well they bullshitted you. You could actually contact Kia USA and speak to someone there about this.

@@practicalthings it's a known issue by Kia. Kia's had a lot of bugs that Kia covers through extended warranties. I even got a new computer installed at no cost about 6 years ago because I went online again, looked up my symptoms and found others saying it was their computer and Kia covered it. I went in to Kia, told them I found the info, I had the website ready. I went in ready and they didn't argue at all, just fixed it. I do have another issue with the blinkers causing the console/dash and headlights to get really bright then dim quickly while the turn signal is on. Just started. I read there was an extended warranty for that. I spoke to the dealer about that issue as well but in this case, they said it wasn't covered. They were supposed to order the parts to fix it and call me when the parts arrived. They never did. It was going to be $800 just for the parts. It seemed fishy to me for parts alone for the repair to that expensive. I let it go since they never called me back and I'm going to the only other local Kia dealer to talk to them about this issue and tell themthat I read it was possibly covered by Kia since it's another known issue to them. We'll see how that goes.

@@SCRnflz Thanks. This is very good to know.

eBay is where I got it from New original for cheap

Great

Keep a fridge in your office. Actually, open it up and use a freeze spray to identify the problem part or sensor. That's one way. Use an upside air spray as freeze spray.

Yes that's what this video shows. The clockspring is the cause.

Unfortunately this tip did not work with my broken mcculloch battery...

Great to hear. This was the exact replacement battery I got: POULAN PRO PR140Li

Awesome.

Great to hear

Use a voltmeter to check the battery voltage and that it's not too low. It shouldn't be more than a few volts off

Shall I assume it turns on and just give you the red exclamation mark when the battery is installed?

@@practicalthings Correct. red light on battery went off just like yours but green doesn't come out.

@@hg2305 If the battery completely drained you may need to jump start the battery to charge it a little bit directly. Try measuring the voltage with a volt meter and see how much you read. If it's too low then it will not charge anyway.

My pleasure. That is exactly why I posted it. I went through a lot myself with many fixes so now I share them to help others. I have many more but no time to edit and share!

That may be a possibility for sure.

I would not expect the SAS reset to be required; you haven't replaced it

Thanks for sharing

Now they're up over $170. Not worth the effort when that amount can buy a brand new hedger with warranty and no issues. I was wondering what to do with my old Jonsered/Snapper 58v Battery charger and Hedger. Who'd want to be in condition like myself having that great hedger/charger but the battery is beyond reach of practicality. eBay is full of "tool only ", but the battery wears out before the tools! For a homeowner, I don't have a way to charge the battery enough to get it to the tool's charger to continue it's full charging.