Whats wrong with my Ryobi nail gun?

Question

I have a ryobi airstrike cordless brad nailer, Its GREAT.. BUT after a few months it just stopped working. I don't have warranty. if I take the battery out, leave it for like half a day, then i put battery in, I can press the light button and the LED light comes on for a second then turns off. If I then take the battery out, wait 1 minute then put battery back in, the light does not do the "one second" thing. the LED light will only light up for a second if i wait about 6 hours. This completely has me baffled. the gun makes no noise when pressing shoot so its not like its "trying to shoot but can't" its more like it just WON'T shoot. I am wondering if there is some kind of "jam sensor" that is being set off (that shouldn't be) that I need to change out or readjust?

The battery works fine
the connection piece for battery in the gun is perfect
nothing is physically jammed

Answer 1

Ryobi Cordless Nail Gun

Answer 2

Dead battery.

Batteries don't last forever.

Batteries can rejuvenate a few amps from non use, as shown in your explanation.

It doesn't require much amperage to illuminate a light bulb, a triple A battery can do that.

You can try to charge the battery with a charger for portable tool batteries.

Google - Ryobi battery charger

Answer 3

Mine never worked right from the time I bought it. It would work sometimes, but sometimes not. The last couple of years it's like 90% not firing to 10% firing. I've found that if I strike the back where the depth gauge is with a hammer, then it seems to fire afterwards for a little while. But even that trick is starting to not work. The bottom line is they are basically junk. Don't waste your money if you're thinking of buying one.

Answer 4

If you do a lot of air nailing, buy a compressor and any Bostitch air nailer. You will never go back to electric.

Answer 5

The same has happened to mine! It s not the battery and it s not jammed, it as if the resevior won t fully charge for the compression.