On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:57:39 GMT, Isaac Wingfield
wrote:

In article ,
(Zaf) wrote:

I have a very nice cordless drill with a dead NiCAD Pack. The mfg
wants $50 for the 10 cell pack. Sub-Cs delivered mail order to
replace these would probaly run ~$30+. Based on what I see on the
capacity of the NiCad Sub Cs, the AA NiMH have surpassed them and are
about a buck a piece ). The only question is how much will the
(higher) battery ESR of the AAs work in a cordless drill. Any
thoughts on this?

You can find decent "new old stock" sub-C NiCds from time to time he
http://www.sciplus.com/. Good price, too.

Isaac

You can get sub-c nicads brand new at Harbor freight Tools, Here's
how:

Harbor Freight sell Chicago Electric brand cordless drills, from 9.6
volt up to 12 volt.
The battery packs for the 9.6 volt drills sell for 3.99.
They contain sub-c batteries.
The pack is held together with 5 screws.
Take the pack apart and desolder the battery cluster and you'll have
your sub-c's at a bargain price.
I buy these all the time and use the sib-c's for all sorts of portable
power solutions from flashlights to dv camcorders.
Each 9.6 volt pack contains 8 sub-c's which brings the price per
battery to just under 50 cents.
A bargain that's nearly impossible to beat.