Cordless Drill Battery

[Bill Becker]

Anyone know of a web site that will take and refurbish drill batteries? I got a dewalt 14.4 that both batt's went bad, but the drill is like new.

Thanks All Bill

[Edwin Pawlowski]

I've not used them, but from what others have said, they come back equal or better than the originals.

[Bill Becker]

Thanks

[Rolling Thunder]

Look for a Batteries Plus retail store. Here in Charlotte they have a tech who replaces rechargeable batteries in packs; even batteries in electric razors.

Thunder

[Andy Hill]

Although between the refurb costs and shipping, it's often cheaper to buy OEM packs off of Fleabay. Ran into that with my ol' 9.6V Makita sticks.

[m Ransley]

The make of the cells is most important, Sanyo and Panasonic are tops. There is alot of off brand crap out there that is a waste of money. Like what came in my Ryobi-junk batteries

[johnny]

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote

Their page was worth bookmarking. I never knew anyone did rebuilding of smaller batteries. Thanks from this keyboard.

[m Ransley]

Rebuilding a pack is easy , the hard part is getting them open without breaking it.

[Jim Yanik]

Andy Hill wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Home Depot and my Harbor Freight local store both sell new Mak 9.6V sticks for less than $30 last time I looked. You pay sales tax,but not shipping,and don't have to worry if they will arrive or not.

Most larger cities have places that refurb battery packs,I believe. Check the Yellow Pages.

[Alan]

I went to the B&D factory outlet to get a 14.4 V battery. I asked them for the cheapest tool they had with a 14.4 battery with it. It cost half the price of a battery alone, so I took it. Although it is a useless drill, the case is better than the one I had with my good drill. So I ended up with a battery, a charger, a case and a drill that I can throw away with no regrets.

[BocesLib]

I just strap a 12 volt car battery to my back and wire it to the drill. :)

[blueman]

I usually wire in a 120->14v transformer, add a rectifier or two plus a cord and wall plug. Then I plug it into the wall.

Great thing is that the charge lasts forever and the drill is now almost as good as a corded one :)

[Ashton Crusher]

You just described every cordless drill I"ve ever had.

[Stormin Mormon]

When I bought a couple Drill Master cordless drills from Harbor Freight, I got the 12v drills, not the 14.4v drills. Cause someday the batteries would be dead, and I could run them off a lighter cord.

[m Ransley]

A 14.4 might have been better then as alternators put out usualy 13.5 v and lead acid batteries are not charged till 13.35-13.9 v

[patrick mitchel]