Elrond Hubbard wrote:
"Rick Samuel" wrote in
:

Seems my 18V batteries won't discharge, only run good for a few
seconds,
then rapid rundown. I'm overseas, and my wife has put them on the
charger ever so often, but has not used them. My 9.6v are fine,
she
uses them.

Dewalt said to recharge every 4 mo, and they should be fine.
Nope.

I guess (?) lack of use on the 18V has set up a memory.

Anyone have batteries rebuilt? BIL says not worth it. A new
drill
and 2
batt. at Amazon is $152. Batt. rebuild is $40 ea. Drill is in
good
shape, that is until I rebuild the batteries...HA!

Going back to TX for Christmas, and she wants the outdoor grill
installed.
Been in the garage for a year ++. It needs a outdoor counter
(kitchen) to set on. Only gonna be 9 ft long, so SHOULD be able to
do it. Everything is there, save the PT and backer board.....and
batteries.



New DeWalt 18v's go for about $89 retail, so rebuilding 2 @ $40
sounds like a good deal to me - unless the shipping is outrageous.

80 bucks vs 152 bucks? Sounds like a no-brainer to me unless the new
drill has something you want that the old one doesn't.

By the way, a two-pack of 18v deWalt batteries goes for 119, that's
$59.50 a pop.

If you want a fun project you can build a tab-welder out of a car
audio "stiffening capacitor"
http://ledhacks.com/power/battery_tab_welder.htm and be the envy of,
well, of some geek or other.

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