"JDT2Q" wrote in message
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Have thought about repairing, by replacing cells, my original 10 cell
cordless.

I could strip 10 new cells from one of my new Wickes drills and install
them in the ( plastic undamaged ) original battery pack for my original
cordless drill.

I could then make a PROPER charger to fit into the original charger case
to prevent overcharging.

i gave up buying cheap cordless drills this year, having gone through about
5 of them in as many years,

got a makita 18 volt li-ion set from screwfix for about 80 quid in one of
their frequent sales.

charges in 15 minutes, lasts bloomin ages on a charge, and being a li-ion
battery the self discharge rate is very low (i use li-po batteries with me
model airplane, have left them sitting on the shelf for over a year, and
they still show 95% charged)

i'm never farting about with ni-cads or mi-mh batteries again, they are old
technology now, hence why they are so cheap i guess with all these chinkie
knock offs,
if you want tabbes sub C cells, try a radio controlled model shop, but they
wont be as cheap as you want because people dont like the crappy chinkie
cells the die without warning in their planes,

but to be honnest, once you have bought the cells, added the charger, farted
about splitting open the old pack and soldering up the cells into the same
configuration, getting the pack housing closed up again, you would be more
than half way towards the cost of a makita li-ion drill at screw fix,
if you haddnt bought the 2 drills from wickes, then you'd prolly have the
dosh right now.