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Newshound wrote:
One of my Ryobi 14.4 packs is dying. It has 12 NiCad sub-Cs spot welded.
Any tips, hints, warnings for replacing with tagged cells? This pack
has a third wire coming off a chip / temperature sensor? on the first
cell.

If you were happy with the original (Ryobi seem to make decent and budget
stuff) I'd first price up a replacement. It's often cheaper than
re-celling. Of course if it was a poor battery to start with, decent cells
will transform the performance of the drill. Found that out with a PPPro
one.

No gotchas with using tagged cells - just make the joint as quickly as
possible with a hot clean iron. The temp sensor is usually just glued or
taped in position - put it in the same place on the replacement.

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*I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it*

Dave Plowman London SW
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