Or you can do what I did:
Buy a new Milwaukee drill on sale for $175.
Resell the 3rd battery that comes with it (through a mail in rebate) on ebay
for $50.
Resell the original Dewalt Drill with nearly dead batteries on ebay for
$100.

So for $25 I was able to upgrade to a better drill with brand new batteries.
Not too bad.


Joe in Denver
my woodworking website:
http://www.the-wildings.com/shop/


"Paul Gilbert" wrote in message
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My Dewalt 18v batteries have slowly been headed south. One is shorted and
two others last about 5 min. in a drill. Batteries Plus wants $50 to
rebuild the battery and new ones cost about $65.

Today I went to Harbor Freight and purchased a 18v battery ($14.99) for
their drill and then went home opened up the DeWalt and Harbor Freight
battery packs. They have the same individual cells (15 x 1.2v), but the
individual cells are spot welded together with a strap which keeps them in
a fixed position. I can't force the Harbor Freight batteries into the
format of the DeWalt pack.

The last time I tried to solder batteries together it didn't work. Anyone
know how to cut the straps and solder the batteries back together?