Tim Lamb wrote in message
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I suspect this has been well covered before but...

I have a cheap Direct Power (Screwfix supplied) drill. Unsurprisingly
the Ni-cads are failing after 12 months or so use.

I looked at various battery supply sites and failed to find a match.

A complete new drill plus 2 batteries from Screwfix is around 35ukp
which is roughly the cost of a single *quality* battery elsewhere.

With global warming etc. in mind, I am reluctant to throw away a working
tool!

The Direct Power batteries are easily disassembled so re-celling is an
option. So.... assuming I have the cheapest possible cells... what are
my options?

Its hard for this to be cost effective unless it's a quality drill.
However I recently bought from a B&Q clearance table two 9.6v Bosch drill
battery's for £3.99 each.
They were the standard sub-c cell quite easy to make one quite good 12v
battery pack.


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