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Makita or HF or Primecell
My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the
batteries are wearing out. My options include: 1) put up with it 2) Use only corded drills from now on 3) Buy more batteries either at the store, or off the web, or Ebay 4) Buy a cheap drill from HF and hope that's good. I've got a couple 12 volt "Drill Master" which have served well, for a long time. I use them for turning screws, light duty. Charge for an hour when the drill won't work any more. The charger is unregulated. 5) Buy a different brand altogether 6) Get a couple tired 14.4 cells rebuilt at Primecell Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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On Aug 22, 8:11*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the batteries are wearing out. My options include: 1) put up with it 2) Use only corded drills from now on 3) Buy more batteries either at the store, or off the web, or Ebay 4) Buy a cheap drill from HF and hope that's good. I've got a couple 12 volt "Drill Master" which have served well, for a long time. I use them for turning screws, light duty. Charge for an hour when the drill won't work any more. The charger is unregulated. 5) Buy a different brand altogether 6) Get a couple tired 14.4 cells rebuilt at Primecell Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . With a Makita cell it will be top quality Panasonic or Sanyo cells, probably better than what prime cell uses, but check. HF wont be top quality anything like the Makita is. If it suddenly died check the charger for voltage,what is the battery voltage when you check with a v meter |
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On 8/22/2010 9:11 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the batteries are wearing out. My options include: 1) put up with it 2) Use only corded drills from now on 3) Buy more batteries either at the store, or off the web, or Ebay The old Makitas were good drills, new batteries might be a good plan. 4) Buy a cheap drill from HF and hope that's good. I've got a couple 12 volt "Drill Master" which have served well, for a long time. I use them for turning screws, light duty. Charge for an hour when the drill won't work any more. The charger is unregulated. 5) Buy a different brand altogether I'm liking Ryobi for cheap tools. I like the way they are designed and the attention to details and features. Their standard 18V drill has a half inch chuck. How cool is that? It's a bad boy. I bought the kit, drill, circular saw, sawzall and flashlight with 2 batteries from HD for $129, a deal they have run on and off for years. What got me into Ryobi was the cordless fan. It runs a long long time and kicks out enough air to make being outdoors pleasant. If you can afford the LiIon batteries, the Ryobi 18V tools can use either them or the NiCads. LiIon is the future. Jeff 6) Get a couple tired 14.4 cells rebuilt at Primecell Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. |
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On Aug 23, 1:04*am, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:11:31 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the batteries are wearing out. My options include: 1) put up with it 2) Use only corded drills from now on 3) Buy more batteries either at the store, or off the web, or Ebay 4) Buy a cheap drill from HF and hope that's good. I've got a couple 12 volt "Drill Master" which have served well, for a long time. I use them for turning screws, light duty. Charge for an hour when the drill won't work any more. The charger is unregulated. 5) Buy a different brand altogether 6) Get a couple tired 14.4 cells rebuilt at Primecell Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. I have 2 Makitas and I got a couple of new batteries from a place on the web. They are higher Amp Hour no name cells.I am very happy with the result.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - primecell is the way to go, the batteries are better than new and often you can upgrade to even better ones for a little more money, their self discharge rate is real low, my best friend sent one in for rebuild and noted 5 months later it was still usable in comparison to his old battery where a month saw it stone dead. he got this specifics tool pack rebuilt since he didnt use it much so he felt he had nothing to lose. now he is sending in all his packs to primecell since the first one worked so well |
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On Aug 22, 8:11*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the batteries are wearing out. snip Happens eventually to most batteries Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. snip Can't comment on Primecell, but local Interstate Battery franchise rebuilds NiCds very well. We have a heavily used Milwaukee 18V drill with 2 out of three NiCDs rebuilt several years ago still working. Upgraded the battery stock with one new Li ion and the new charger a few months ago. The new charger seems to do better with NiCds than the old one. Drill is somewhat better with the Li ion, and lasts longer between charges. Actual $$ saving over buying a whole new kit wasn't that much, but at least its one less thing for the landfill. Joe |
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On Aug 23, 10:37*am, Joe wrote:
On Aug 22, 8:11*pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the batteries are wearing out. snip Happens eventually to most batteries Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. snip Can't comment on Primecell, but local Interstate Battery franchise rebuilds NiCds very well. We have a heavily used Milwaukee 18V drill with 2 out of three NiCDs rebuilt several years ago still working. Upgraded the battery stock with one new Li ion and the new charger a few months ago. The new charger seems to do better with NiCds than the old one. Drill is somewhat better with the Li ion, and lasts longer between charges. Actual $$ saving over buying a whole new kit wasn't that much, but at least its one less thing for the landfill. The only difference is an ounce of plastic in the landfill. The cells themselves are still waste. NiCds should be recycled back the the manufacturer, in any event. |
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:11:31 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: My Makita cordless drill is getting tired. Or, more likely, the batteries are wearing out. My options include: 1) put up with it 2) Use only corded drills from now on 3) Buy more batteries either at the store, or off the web, or Ebay 4) Buy a cheap drill from HF and hope that's good. I've got a couple 12 volt "Drill Master" which have served well, for a long time. I use them for turning screws, light duty. Charge for an hour when the drill won't work any more. The charger is unregulated. 5) Buy a different brand altogether 6) Get a couple tired 14.4 cells rebuilt at Primecell Has anyone had good experience with any of the HF drills? Or with Primecell? I've heard others reccomend Primecell. I've had a couple of 14.4V packs rebuilt by Primecell a couple of years ago and they still work, last and recharge as good as ever. The next time I need a battery replacement, I will first consider a rebuild from PrimeCell. Plus, their cost is less than a cheap no-name replacement. Your call, though. |
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