Anyone buy a battery from this guy?
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Whuch ones are dead..The ones from ebay??
Oh no - I meant my old ones from the late 80's - early 90's finally died.
I have not received the new one.
I have not received the new one.
Wheeeeewww
sorry - I went ahead and bought one from the guy. The price is pretty insane - even including $10 for shipping (a joke). For under $30 a 2000mAH is a good price, even a 1500mAH is hardly under $30.
I was just wondering if anyone has any recent experience - good or bad - with buying batts for their Makita stuff.
I was just wondering if anyone has any recent experience - good or bad - with buying batts for their Makita stuff.
Ebay is a great place to buy batteries. In fact I ordered quite a few dewaly 18v batteries from there.
If I'm lucky.
That's a good price, I just paid $35 each for the same battery but it was OEM makita. what really burns me is Makita wants $75-$95 for a 14.4v battery. it is cheaper to buy a whole new drill kit then it is to buy replacement batteries.
at least it claims to be panasonic cells.
at least it claims to be panasonic cells.
"Makita wants $75-$95 for a 14.4v battery"
My only cordless drills are an 'egg beater' drill that I bought at an antique store over 10 years ago for $5, and a brace and set of bits at another for something like $20. The egg beater drill works well on everything but steel, but even a friend's 18v Dewalt cordless had problems on the last large steel project that we worked on.
I picked up a Makita 6501 (?), a +4000 rpm 1/4 in corded drill for less than the batteries mentioned above. It complements my 1/2in Milwaukee corded drill so well that they should sell them as a kit. It's very compact, light, and the speed is high enough that I can even use the rotary files that I've had for years but didn't use much.
My only cordless drills are an 'egg beater' drill that I bought at an antique store over 10 years ago for $5, and a brace and set of bits at another for something like $20. The egg beater drill works well on everything but steel, but even a friend's 18v Dewalt cordless had problems on the last large steel project that we worked on.
I picked up a Makita 6501 (?), a +4000 rpm 1/4 in corded drill for less than the batteries mentioned above. It complements my 1/2in Milwaukee corded drill so well that they should sell them as a kit. It's very compact, light, and the speed is high enough that I can even use the rotary files that I've had for years but didn't use much.
at work I have at least 10 14.4v makitas and about 20 12v boschs that I maintain. at those battery prices it becomes a tough call on if it is worth it to maintain the drill or buy a new one.
It just occured to me that the batt pack could very well be rebuildable. I've rebuilt numerous "proprietary" packs like this by just getting new cells inside. Never done it on a Makita pack, but did on a notebook computer batt pack, a back massager and a few other things over the years.
take it apart, see if the cells appear to be replaceable, (my bet is yes) and realize if it's broke, what's to lose?
take it apart, see if the cells appear to be replaceable, (my bet is yes) and realize if it's broke, what's to lose?
the problem with taking makita and bosch packs apart is putting the case back together. the casing is welded together so you have to cut them apart, then it is difficult to put the case back together in an industrial strength manner in a reasonable amount of time (time is $$$). for my application is has to be literally industrial strength. for a homeowner it could be very doable.
I believe most packs are made of "sub C" sized cells that are very common in radio controlled car battery packs.
I believe most packs are made of "sub C" sized cells that are very common in radio controlled car battery packs.
Follow up - my knock-off 9.6V Battery arrived. I fully charged it (it was flat) - awesome! Lucky! Dude! Mega torque!
"Made in China with Japan cells"
I'm satisfied.
PS It has molded tabs on the end cap.
"Made in China with Japan cells"
I'm satisfied.
PS It has molded tabs on the end cap.
I finally checked into the cost of rebuilding a makita NiMh 14.4v pack. $59 in cells to rebuild a $69 battery pack with equivelent cells. factor in 1 hour of labor and we are loosing money.
NiCad cells are much cheaper though, especially when labor at home is free.
NiCad cells are much cheaper though, especially when labor at home is free.
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