[Shop-talk] Cordless tool battery packs - the current state

[Dave Cavanaugh]

I have purchased a number of Ebay replacement NiCad battery packs for my 
DeWalt cordless drills.  They seemed to last about a year, some less.  I 
finally took the plunge to L-I last year and wonder why I waited so 
long.  I have two drills and an impact driver. Lighter, more power, they 
seem to run forever, no memory, very low self discharge.  If they're 
charged, they stay charged.

Do yourself a favor and give your old NiCad stuff a well deserved 
retirement and get some L-I stuff.


On 2/3/2017 8:31 AM, Matt wrote:
> I have 2 questions for this august body, but for simplicity I will 
> break them up:
> Time to repower my fleet of Porter Cable 18V tools.
> I have seen over the years the various options to rebuild the battery 
> packs and it looks like there are services and do it yourself packs 
> that are already assembled for the DIYer to put into their plastic 
> housing.  THe rebuilder folks claim they use quality batteries and 
> they produce better packs.
> EBay seems to have plenty of "new" options as well, mostly from China. 
>  I currently have nicad chargers but the availability of dual nicad or 
> li-ion widens the options.
> I don't use these every day, or even every week, but a couple of times 
> a month I am working on something.
> Any guidance from the group re nicad vs li-ion.
> Off the shelf vs US rebuild or battery pack?
> Thanks!
> Matt in GA
>
>
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