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Replacement battery packs for cordless drills

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Tom

01-04-2003 14:26:51




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I have several cordless drills that have dead/dying batteries. It seems to me that replacing the batteries is just as expensive as buying a new drill that comes with a couple of batteries. Has anyone here tried to rebuild the battery packs with new batteries? If you have please explain how you did it and where you got the batteries, etc. I hate this disposable society stuff and besides----I'm cheap.

Tom

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Bill Craig

01-11-2003 18:22:14




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
Tom, I've had good experience with Batteries Plus in Muncie, Indiana rebuilding several packs for me and friends' cordless Makita, Milwaukee, etc. They repack with better cells, higher amperage and can replace ni-cd with NiMh as well. Cost is always less than new units. All my Milwaukee 12v are now NiMh with 3.5 Ah cells. They take longer to charge, but run three times as long. They have repaired several older packs that are not available (obsolete). E-mail me for their number, its at work...
Bill C.

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Jerry B

01-06-2003 12:52:11




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
With all the added attachments to get around dead batteries kinda brings back memories of the good old days. So much for "cordless". :)



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Ben in KY

01-07-2003 16:03:43




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 Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Jerry B, 01-06-2003 12:52:11  
Yeah cordless is handy, but you wind up paying more for the convenience.



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RayP(MI)

01-06-2003 04:26:47




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
Check with batteriesamerica.com. Have had very good luck with their two way radio battery replacement packs. Reasonable prices. Good service. Beats trying to make up your own! (No ties to this vendor - just a satisfied customer.)



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thurlow

01-04-2003 17:20:16




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
Radio Shack sells the replacement batteries; unsolder(is that a word??) the old ones and solder new ones in.



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James Dedmon

01-06-2003 16:12:13




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 Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to thurlow, 01-04-2003 17:20:16  
More info on how you do this, I have a Porter Cable that I cant use because the batteries will not hold a charge. Photo would be helpful.



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Lejo

01-04-2003 17:17:20




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
Where have you been? They have battery chargers
Mine came with the original purchase . Use it ALL
the time. It's been 2 to 21/2 years since it was purchased. It's a 9.3 volt.



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Ben in KY

01-04-2003 20:26:33




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 Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Lejo, 01-04-2003 17:17:20  
2-3 years seems to be about the life of the batteries. Yours will probably fail soon :(
I replace all of the batteries when one goes bad if the pack is about 3 years old or older. It is a pain to replace one and 2 months later another one goes bad then I have to open the case up again... yech...

Getting the plastic case open is usually a problem. Just use an exacto knife and or a dremel tool and work slowly. You will have to glue it back together.

Do not mix the types of batteries ie NI-MH and NI-CAD.

also you can have problems if you mix regular charge rate batteries with fast charge batteries. A regular charge rate battery could explode or cause a fire if charged at the fast rate.

I have found www.allelectronics.com to be a cheap source of rechargeable batteries. They have used ones but buy the new ones. Their batteries are about half the cost of those at rat shack.

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Mac

01-04-2003 15:25:19




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
I am cheap also. On cordless drills usually there is only one battery in the pack of maybe 3-4 or 5 batteries that is bad. I toss my packs to one side till I get 2 packs and then open and swap batteries. Good for bad. Seems it is a throw away society anymore. If batteries lasted longer there would be less in landfills.



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Rod MI

01-04-2003 15:00:24




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 Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom, 01-04-2003 14:26:51  
If you have a 12v use your car battery



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Ed

01-04-2003 17:28:49




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 Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Rod MI, 01-04-2003 15:00:24  
A little heavy to carry around, isn't it?



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Yeah, but ...

01-04-2003 20:05:47




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 Re: Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Ed, 01-04-2003 17:28:49  
... think of the AMPS!!! Tim Taylor would be proud!!!



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Tom

01-04-2003 15:06:14




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 Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Rod MI, 01-04-2003 15:00:24  
Thanks for your help.



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tooly

01-04-2003 21:25:44




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 Re: Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to Tom , 01-04-2003 15:06:14  
I have a 12 volt cordless for which I built an adapter (basicly a wood block)with wires coming out which I plug into my pickups battery.
a little weaker than a fully charged battery, but quite usable. With engine running drill works like fully charged battery.



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Slowpoke

01-05-2003 00:08:25




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Replacement battery packs for cordless drills in reply to tooly, 01-04-2003 21:25:44  
I think it's the length of the extention cord that causes slight loss of power in the drill. I converted a 12v Makita battery case by removing the internal stuff and wiring in a flat 12' extention cord, leaving the female end intact and cutting 12" off the male end. The male end has battery charging clamps wired to it. Clip the clamps to the battery, plug the male into the female from the drill. This allows an ordinary extention cord to be added, and prevents anyone from plugging the thing into 120v.

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