[SEL] Cordless Tools (Semi-OT)

[Reg Ingold]

Having followed this thread, and having cordless stuff with stuffed 
batteries, I am thinking of re building some battery packs with Lithium Ion 
replacements.
Anyone done this yet?
Any clues will be most welcome.
I have drills, etc. that are in perfect working order and he battery packs 
are shot. A real shame to throw out the lot.
I am sure there are 1000s of similar all over.
Perhaps a new business venture for some aspiring bloke?
Happy new year to ALL of you.
Reg.
Reg & Marg Ingold
Newcastle. NSW. Australia
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan" <rustaholic777 at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Cordless Tools (Semi-OT)


Interesting,
In March I bought a Ridgid 18 Volt kit with the bag, drill, sawzall and a 
nice little radio that has a cord to plug into my MP3 player.
It came with two 18 Volt Lithium Ion batteries and one other very sweet 
accessory,,,
The whole kit is guaranteed for life.
Even the batteries.
That drill is powerfuf!!!!
The batteries are full power right up to the point where they give a little 
click sound and shut off. It takes a simple 20 minutes to charge them up 
again.

I made a trip into Home Despot for the company I work for and just happened 
to see a sale on this kit. Bag and all the price was $199.00.
The last time I was in there the drill with one battery and a charger was 
$249.99 and was only guaranteed for three years.

Alan in Michigan

--- On Wed, 12/30/09, germoamer at aol.com <germoamer at aol.com> wrote:


From: germoamer at aol.com <germoamer at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [SEL] Cordless Tools (Semi-OT)
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 7:55 PM


Arnie,

Do not know of any adapters for the DeWalts. But winter has set in and
good time for OT's. I have a bunch of DeWalt tools and seem to have better
luck with the life of 12 volt batteries lasting longer than 18 volt. I have
had 12 volt batteries last for years and for some reason the 18 volts do
not last any time. Some in less than a year. The best luck I ever had was
with a 15 volt Craftsman drill. The batteries lasted for 7 years before
going bad. If you take them to a battery rebuilder, they want 3/4 the price 
of
new batteries. And if you catch the 2-pack 18 volt on sale can buy new
ones cheaper than rebuilds. Probably would be a smart idea to learn to
rebuild them myself!

Tom Schmutz
Concord, Va.
germoamer at AOL.com
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