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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks, Eric. I’ve checked with some of the rebuilders & they say they can only do NiCad batteries. I really like the reduced weight of the Li-Ion batteries so want to stay with them if possible. I have a couple coming in today that I bought on Amazon so I’ll be able to check them out soon. If desired I can post how they work our. The last Ni-Mh batteries I bought worked fine until they develop a bad connection from being dropped. Repaired the connection & they worked again. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Peace,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> eric@megageek.com [mailto:eric@megageek.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2019 9:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Pat Horne<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] DeWalt 18V battery replacement<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>Tech Viper<br>"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson <br>-Who is John Galt?</span> <br><br><br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pat Horne via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net></span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><shop-talk@autox.team.net></span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>04/29/2019 09:50 AM</span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[Shop-talk] DeWalt 18V battery replacement</span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Sent by: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net></span> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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?</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks in advance.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Peace,</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Pat</span><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><tt>Shop-talk@autox.team.net</tt><br><tt>Donate: </tt></span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.team.net/donate.html</span></tt></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>Suggested annual donation $12.96</tt><br><tt>Archive: </tt></span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</span></tt></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><tt>Unsubscribe/Manage: </tt></span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/eric@megageek.com"><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/eric@megageek.com</span></tt></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>