OT cordless drill battery replacement headsup
 

I have a friend on vacation who brought down a couple of dead drill batts
with him- a milwaukee 18v and a dewalt 18v xrp batt. The dewalt was truly
dead- dunno what the heck went down but couldn't get any of the cells to
take a charge individually. The milwaukee was better in that 4 of the cells
wouldnt take a charge. I decided to change out all the cells with some
harbor freaight cells . I anticipated using some 1.7 amp/hr cells to replace
the cells that were 2.6 amp/hr in the original packs. Bought some h freight
packs 18v that were shown on the website as having 1.7 amp/hr capacity.They
were shown as being on sale for 9.99 on the website. Found 3 of the things
at the store , brought them home and soldered em up. Then went to charge-
the first 2 packs charged up on my maha 777 plus charges at 2.6 amp/hrs!!. I
went back to the store and found one more on the shelf. Item #90121- they
show the batts as being 1.7 amph/hr on the box.There were other 90121 batts
that showed 1.2 amp/hr capacity. Tha's a good deal IF they continue to
deliver the charge first seen on my charger. Pat

OT cordless drill battery replacement headsup
 

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:25:35 -0700, "patrick mitchel"
wrote:

I have a friend on vacation who brought down a couple of dead drill batts
with him- a milwaukee 18v and a dewalt 18v xrp batt. The dewalt was truly
dead- dunno what the heck went down but couldn't get any of the cells to
take a charge individually. The milwaukee was better in that 4 of the cells
wouldnt take a charge. I decided to change out all the cells with some
harbor freaight cells . I anticipated using some 1.7 amp/hr cells to replace
the cells that were 2.6 amp/hr in the original packs. Bought some h freight
packs 18v that were shown on the website as having 1.7 amp/hr capacity.They
were shown as being on sale for 9.99 on the website. Found 3 of the things
at the store , brought them home and soldered em up. Then went to charge-
the first 2 packs charged up on my maha 777 plus charges at 2.6 amp/hrs!!. I
went back to the store and found one more on the shelf. Item #90121- they
show the batts as being 1.7 amph/hr on the box.There were other 90121 batts
that showed 1.2 amp/hr capacity. Tha's a good deal IF they continue to
deliver the charge first seen on my charger. Pat



It's pretty safe to bet they won't. If they maintain 1.7 it will be a
miracle.

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

OT cordless drill battery replacement headsup
 

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:25:35 -0700, "patrick mitchel"
wrote:

I have a friend on vacation who brought down a couple of dead drill batts
with him- a milwaukee 18v and a dewalt 18v xrp batt. The dewalt was truly
dead- dunno what the heck went down but couldn't get any of the cells to
take a charge individually. The milwaukee was better in that 4 of the cells
wouldnt take a charge. I decided to change out all the cells with some
harbor freaight cells . I anticipated using some 1.7 amp/hr cells to replace
the cells that were 2.6 amp/hr in the original packs. Bought some h freight
packs 18v that were shown on the website as having 1.7 amp/hr capacity.They
were shown as being on sale for 9.99 on the website. Found 3 of the things
at the store , brought them home and soldered em up. Then went to charge-
the first 2 packs charged up on my maha 777 plus charges at 2.6 amp/hrs!!. I
went back to the store and found one more on the shelf. Item #90121- they
show the batts as being 1.7 amph/hr on the box.There were other 90121 batts
that showed 1.2 amp/hr capacity. Tha's a good deal IF they continue to
deliver the charge first seen on my charger. Pat


I'm not sure your charge current relates 1:1 with battery capacity,
but I think I might try that too. My Milwaukee batteries are zero for
three. Two I've fixed by soldering broken leads inside, the third
will no longer hold a charge. I'm now on my second milwaukee charger,
they seem to drop like flys. This charger will now kill the battery
stone dead if you leave the battery in after it's charged.

I priced out some replacement sub-c's at 9.99 each. Makes the HF deal
sound great.


Thank You,
Randy

Remove 333 from email address to reply.

OT cordless drill battery replacement headsup
 

clare at snyder.on.ca wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:25:35 -0700, "patrick mitchel"
wrote:

It's pretty safe to bet they won't. If they maintain 1.7 it will be a
miracle.
I'll settle for that at less then 70 cents /cell. Pat