[Shop-talk] battery rebuilders?

[bjshov8 at tx.rr.com]

One of our local stores had an entire 18V name brand drill on sale including battery and charger for $49 over the weekend, I think the brand was Hitachi.  Certainly has to be better than Ryobi and Harbor Freight.

I have a Ridgid set that came with 18V Lithium batteries.  These batteries were sub par right out of the box.  I need to find out how to send them back for replacement.


> a typical 12volt (regardless of brand) runs 33.00 for a rebuild or 47.00 for 
> an upgrade to NIMH.