[NeighborsComplaint]

Bought this rechargeable toothbrush a while back, threw it in a drawer and forgot about it. Spring cleaning and decided to charge it over night and give a spin. It doesn't spin and will never spin because there are no contacts between the charger and the toothbrush to charge the battery. I guess the charge magically flows through the insulator. UL listed too! lol

Care to guess where it was made?

[dhutton]

There are no contacts because the contact is magnetic. It’s essentially a transformer with an air gap....

So the lack of contacts is not a defect, it is the design. Much safer in wet environments than contacts.

Don

[Scarebird]

lol

[higgenslake]

So who buys stuff and "threw in a drawer and forgot about it"?

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

True what Don wrote.

But if it didn't charge up ANY over night - the battery has probably gone defunct from non-use , sitting without a charge for too long.

Give it 24 hours on the charger just for kicks.
Maybe even try to run it while it's still engaged to the charger after 12 hours.

[mechanickeith]

Ours works & charges just fine. Leave it on the charger for a day or so to see if it comes back to life.

[Chris65LeMans]

That's how my Sonicare works - there's no traditional "contact." I've been using those things for 20 years now.

The sonicare brushes have a light on them to indicate that they're charging. Does yours?

[STEELCITYFIREBIRD]

I was perplexed...then intrigued by this years ago with a toothbrush.
Know as inductive charging. Newer I Phones do this also, not sure if it is the same technology...vehicular, lay your phone on the console and it charges.
We're showing our age!

[george kujanski]

Precisely what it is..kind of a transformer without a iron core connecting the two pieces...the magnetic field from the base goes thru the plastic to the hand held side.

George

[NeighborsComplaint]

Originally Posted by higgenslake

So who buys stuff and "threw in a drawer and forgot about it"?

I do.

Bought on clearance to replace the AA one I was using and decided I didn't want the counter clutter.

LOL, operator error on the inductive charging. Instructions didn't mention it and I charged overnight. I thought maybe it worked that way but seemed too sophisticated for a cheap toothbrush. Last one I had used a recessed center contact.

I just lowered the battle flag and surrender to our Asian overlords..

[Firedup6975]

Simple fix.....use a manual toothbrush lol.

[Half-Inch Stud]

...found a 100 Watt inductive couple charge coil this week in the EE parts online magazine. 2" dia x .130" thick. Like 20 Volt at 5 amps. Smokin. can do 10 Amps but would really smoke

[Jonsie]

.can do 10 Amps but would really smoke[/QUOTE]

Old Chinese proverb............"Many men smoke, fu man chew"