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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. <br>
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Do yourself a favor and give your old NiCad stuff a well deserved
retirement and get some L-I stuff. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/2017 8:31 AM, Matt wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:20170203.113127.25328.0@webmail13.vgs.untd.com"
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<div>I have 2 questions for this august body, but for simplicity I
will break them up:</div>
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<div>Time to repower my fleet of Porter Cable 18V tools.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>I don't use these every day, or even every week, but a couple
of times a month I am working on something.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Any guidance from the group re nicad vs li-ion.</div>
<div>Off the shelf vs US rebuild or battery pack?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>Matt in GA</div>
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