I have a DW 12v drill. I bought it at HD on a summer "special" and it
was $99 comes with the drill, two battery packs and a 1 hour charger.

Now two years later the batteries are about to die. One will work for
may be 15 minutes after fully charged the other would not even charge
just blinks real fast.

I have looked into getting these rebuilt. Looking at the prices the
average price to get one rebuilt is about $45-50. Getting two rebuilt
will be $100 plus shipping in some cases, which is about the price of
a brand new drill set that I may be able to get from $99 to $139...

So question is whether it's better to rebuild them or just get new
drill/batteries.

Then I ran into one article that briefly talked about 12V Dewalt
batteries and B&D batteries are interchangeable. Not the same, but
interchangeable? and the B&D ones are much cheaper?

Is this true? and if so, can you charge the B&D batteries with a
Dewalt 1 hour charger?

Anyone know for sure?

Thanks,

MC

On Jun 22, 10:32*am, MiamiCuse wrote:
I have a DW 12v drill. *I bought it at HD on a summer "special" and it
was $99 comes with the drill, two battery packs and a 1 hour charger.

Now two years later the batteries are about to die. *One will work for
may be 15 minutes after fully charged the other would not even charge
just blinks real fast.

I have looked into getting these rebuilt. *Looking at the prices the
average price to get one rebuilt is about $45-50. *Getting two rebuilt
will be $100 plus shipping in some cases, which is about the price of
a brand new drill set that I may be able to get from $99 to $139...

So question is whether it's better to rebuild them or just get new
drill/batteries.

Then I ran into one article that briefly talked about 12V Dewalt
batteries and B&D batteries are interchangeable. *Not the same, but
interchangeable? *and the B&D ones are much cheaper?

Is this true? *and if so, can you charge the B&D batteries with a
Dewalt 1 hour charger?

Anyone know for sure?

B&D owns DeWalt, so it makes some sense. Call a local service center
and ask one of the techs - they'll know for sure.

R

On Jun 22, 10:32*am, MiamiCuse wrote:
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Is this true? *and if so, can you charge the B&D batteries with a
Dewalt 1 hour charger?

Anyone know for sure?

Thanks,

MC

I have B&D and DeWalt 18V drills and the batteries do NOT fit each
other's chargers. The outer cases are similar, but not the part that
plugs into the charger. Other models may be different.

If they are both NiCd or NiMh batteries, you can use the other charger
with the appropriate jumper cables. Keep an eye on things the first
time. If the battery pack gets hot, something is wrong!

I thought my B&D batteries were dying at one point - wouldn't hold a
charge. Turns out it was the AC wall-wart that was dying, not the
batteries. Got an appropriate wart at the surplus store, cut and
spliced the wires, and everything is good.

Red

"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
I have looked into getting these rebuilt. Looking at the prices the
average price to get one rebuilt is about $45-50. Getting two rebuilt
will be $100 plus shipping in some cases, which is about the price of
a brand new drill set that I may be able to get from $99 to $139...

So question is whether it's better to rebuild them or just get new
drill/batteries.

Then I ran into one article that briefly talked about 12V Dewalt
batteries and B&D batteries are interchangeable. Not the same, but
interchangeable? and the B&D ones are much cheaper?

If you check out www.primecell.com you'll find that the rebuilt is of better
quality than the original cells. I don't know the ratings of the B & D, but
chances are they are less than the DeWalt and will not last as long.

"MiamiCuse"
I have a DW 12v drill. I bought it at HD on a summer "special" and it
was $99 comes with the drill, two battery packs and a 1 hour charger...
about the price of a brand new drill set that I may be able to get from
$99 to $139...

Have the same problem with a DeWalt 12V VSR drill I bought in 1997. In 2005
I got one rebuilt locally as a test..$ 40. I charged it up& left it in the
case over the Winter when we go south. In the Spring, it wouldn't take a
charge..took it back to the rebuild battery place.. 5 months later..NO
JOY.."90 day Warranty" BAH !!

Anyway, I ve bought the WHOLE DeW 12V drill kit twice since for $ 60 or $
89..to get Two batteries.
The FIRST drill is still working fine @ 12 yrs old and an example of how the
newer ones are more cheaply built, so I have ended up with 3 drills (2 never
used) and 3 chargers. The cheapest I ve ever found the Batts are $ 45.00

DONT ASK how long my (substitute) 18V Ryobi batteries last ! BAH II !