Replacement batteries?

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Well how long is a while back? a few weeks or a few years? How old were the batteries when you got the drill. As a clearance item, they may have been on the shelf for years before you even saw them. I suspect they are just too old now.

Now about the price. Look around. I have generally been able to get batteries for less than half of what you were quoted.

It's a dilemma.

After disassembling a Dust Buster to get to the batteries, I found that it would cost $18 to replace them.

I bought a new, equivalent, Red Devil at Walmart for $16.95.

I did, however, buy a replacement battery for my Makita drill from an Ebay seller for about half the Makita price. Works swell.

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in news:5ma7k.9339$ snipped-for-privacy@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com:

you mean NiMH. does that include the new charger? if you don't have a smart charger,the new cells won't last long.

Quote: MiamiCuse wrote on Sat, 21 June 2008 10:54

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I don't think you can fix this in any way. I've bought laptop batteries from ebatts.com before. They also have dewalt tool batteries. Checkout:

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topservicepros wrote: ...

Of course it can be fixed in some way--battery packs are rebuilt routinely...

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Try here for decent priced new replacements:

For rebuilds try here:

Of course not, what do you want for $47? Works with my charger. Probably most in the past 5 to 8 years.

What they say is: NIMH -Maximum capacity packs: NiMh batteries are usually available in two battery sizes. Small packs were 1.5 AH and large battery packs were 2.2 AH We rebuild the small case with 2.1 AH and the larger packs are improved to

Some batteries can be upgraded from NiCd to NiMh cells - The question is can your charger be used with NiMh? Unless the original charger is identified for use with NiMh, it is probably not adaptable to NiMh. The charger may not provide an adequate charge rate to fill the larger capacity NiMh cells. This condition is usually never noticed, since even if not completely filled, the battery will provide much more run time that the original NiCds.