[Shop-talk] DeWalt 18V battery replacement

[eric at megageek.com]

I used a service that did the battery replacement.  For the hassle of 
sending my unit in, waiting and getting it back, then having the contacts 
corrode within a year, I wouldn't do it again.

I would just do it myself.  You can buy the battery cells for cheap (and 
upgrade Ahr) and solder them yourself.  It's fairly straight  forward.


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From:   Pat Horne via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
To:     <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Date:   04/29/2019 09:50 AM
Subject:        [Shop-talk] DeWalt 18V battery replacement
Sent by:        "Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net>



I’ve been using the DeWalt 18v tools for many years. Battery technology 
has moved from NiCad through NMh to Li-Ion. It seems that DeWalt has quit 
making 18V batteries & now supports their 18v tools using an adapter that 
allows their 20v Li-Ion batteries to be used in the 18v tools. I have one 
of the adapters and, while it works, makes the tools a bit awkward. There 
are after-market 18v li-Ion batteries on the market. Does anyone have 
experience with any of them, good or bad?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Peace,
Pat_______________________________________________

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