what do you do, just throw them away? the batteries cost 3/4 the price of a new higher voltage drill kit?
portable drills with bad batteries
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Saw a thread somewhere and the guy rebuilds the battery with new cells.
Seemed like a lot of hassle.
Seemed like a lot of hassle.
What kind, voltage and how old is it?
Redneck 'em to run on a car battery and use them to turn over recalcitrant yard equipment.
A briggs 3.5hp, for example, takes a 24mm on the flywheel nut. Your average drill will crank them right up to speed, but if the machine backfires it can kill the gears in your drill.
A briggs 3.5hp, for example, takes a 24mm on the flywheel nut. Your average drill will crank them right up to speed, but if the machine backfires it can kill the gears in your drill.
12 volt makita 15 years old?
Just noticed the Birthday Cake Eljefino. Happy Birthday Man.
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Batteries plus offers to rebuild batteries. Not sure about the price though. Ed
Originally Posted By: expat
The last drill I bought (about 5 years ago) was a Ridgid, now bad batteries are not MY problem.
+1 on that. Lifetime service includes the batteries. That's why I bought a Ridgid too.
The last drill I bought (about 5 years ago) was a Ridgid, now bad batteries are not MY problem.
+1 on that. Lifetime service includes the batteries. That's why I bought a Ridgid too.
Originally Posted By: Eddie
Batteries plus offers to rebuild batteries. Not sure about the price though. Ed
I have sent a couple of batteries to Batteries Plus and you do not save much money over buying a new one, but they install higher capacity batteries.
I am moving to Milwaukee M18 batteries so the older NiCad will be history for me soon.
But member to recycle any rechargeable battery. Don't toss them. Cadmium for example is bad stuff.
Batteries plus offers to rebuild batteries. Not sure about the price though. Ed
I have sent a couple of batteries to Batteries Plus and you do not save much money over buying a new one, but they install higher capacity batteries.
I am moving to Milwaukee M18 batteries so the older NiCad will be history for me soon.
But member to recycle any rechargeable battery. Don't toss them. Cadmium for example is bad stuff.
Originally Posted By: KD0AXS
Originally Posted By: expat
The last drill I bought (about 5 years ago) was a Ridgid, now bad batteries are not MY problem.
+1 on that. Lifetime service includes the batteries. That's why I bought a Ridgid too.
+2. Would have gone Milwaukee but this made me go Ridgid.
Originally Posted By: expat
The last drill I bought (about 5 years ago) was a Ridgid, now bad batteries are not MY problem.
+1 on that. Lifetime service includes the batteries. That's why I bought a Ridgid too.
+2. Would have gone Milwaukee but this made me go Ridgid.
Wire them up to a car battery
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Saw a thread somewhere and the guy rebuilds the battery with new cells.
Seemed like a lot of hassle.
Might be a lot of hassle, but some of those tools are $$$, so you could well have hundreds of dollars tied up in a tool with an obsolete battery.
Ive bet on the fact that Milwaukee M18 and M12 fuel will last for a long time. I may be wrong. Time will tell.
My Dewaly nano batteries have all started to die, and Im down to the last one. Bummer because the drill and impact driver have been great tools and seen a lot of hard use.
Bosch seems to be leading right now in battery longevity. IR has done well too in my book.
Saw a thread somewhere and the guy rebuilds the battery with new cells.
Seemed like a lot of hassle.
Might be a lot of hassle, but some of those tools are $$$, so you could well have hundreds of dollars tied up in a tool with an obsolete battery.
Ive bet on the fact that Milwaukee M18 and M12 fuel will last for a long time. I may be wrong. Time will tell.
My Dewaly nano batteries have all started to die, and Im down to the last one. Bummer because the drill and impact driver have been great tools and seen a lot of hard use.
Bosch seems to be leading right now in battery longevity. IR has done well too in my book.
You can take them apart and try to find the bad cell with a meter. It's typically the cell that goes into the charger first as that one tends to get baked by heat and heat kills a battery. A lot of hassle, I just look for battery sales and I've mostly stuck to Ryobi. When Home Depot has a sale on them, they can be pretty good. Every once in a while you catch their batteries on clearance. They used to have a pretty good price during black friday, they used to have the drill and battery for $30, but the last few years the price has gone up so it's not so good anymore, just have 4-5 drills sitting around just because I bought the kit to get the extra battery.
I rebuild them for other people. It's easy enough to do. I recommend and only use corded tools.
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