On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 7:51:19 PM UTC-7, 2phar wrote:
On 5/7/2014 10:34 AM, dave wrote:

On 05/07/2014 06:33 AM, 2phar wrote:

There are a lot of ebay/amazon suppliers of 'no name' 3.6v NiMH battery

packs for cordless phones out of China for $2-$5, but I have my doubts

that these are even NiMH at all, as some I have gotten in the past

haven't lasted a week.



On the other hand, Japanese brand name versions from Mouser etc or big

box stores seems to be north of $20, which is almost as much as buying a

phone itself.



Anyone know of a happy medium here? A lower cost source with acceptable

quality?



TIA!



Use your Dremel and put new cells in the plastic yourself.



You got me thinking.. the existing ones are 3 cells in a shrinkwrap

plastic. I got some a pack of regular AAA NiMH at harborfreight for a

few $ and soldered them together, reused the hookup wire off the old

pack. Cheers.

Ebay bothers you but not Harbor Freight? All their stuff comes from China too.