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NiCd Batteries in a LiOn drill?
- Thread starter lbperry
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Outlawmws
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I don't see why,18VDC is 18VDC. it may need a different charger though.
Mohawk Dave
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IDK...but check MaH as well.
My blue Makita drill takes 3.0 MaH batteries, and will not fit the white Makita 1.5 MaH batteries. If you grind the tab off to make it fit, the 1.5 can not give enough supply to the demand of the drill. And you'll burn it up. That's why MaH is important...
EDIT: AH, not MaH..thanks cchracer77
My blue Makita drill takes 3.0 MaH batteries, and will not fit the white Makita 1.5 MaH batteries. If you grind the tab off to make it fit, the 1.5 can not give enough supply to the demand of the drill. And you'll burn it up. That's why MaH is important...
EDIT: AH, not MaH..thanks cchracer77
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IDK...but check MaH as well.
My blue Makita drill takes 3.0 MaH batteries, and will not fit the white Makita 1.5 MaH batteries. If you grind the tab off to make it fit, the 1.5 can not give enough supply to the demand of the drill. And you'll burn it up. That's why MaH is important...
Not sure bout this one. Mah is a capacity, not a use rate, so the issue seen is likely not related to that. A lot of drills have 1.5 or 3 interchangeable packs, just the 3 is bigger and more expensive.
Stuey
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I would recommend against it. Even if the HF NiCd battery physically fits, and the pinouts are the same, and the drill doesn't require a handshake with a genuine Makita Li-ion battery to operate properly, the drill might overdraw the battery and damage it at the least or cause it to burst in flames at worst.
cchracer77
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IDK...but check MaH as well.
My blue Makita drill takes 3.0 MaH batteries, and will not fit the white Makita 1.5 MaH batteries. If you grind the tab off to make it fit, the 1.5 can not give enough supply to the demand of the drill. And you'll burn it up. That's why MaH is important...
These are 1.5ah and 3.0ah. Mah is more along the lines of AAA cells.
Not sure bout this one. Mah is a capacity, not a use rate, so the issue seen is likely not related to that. A lot of drills have 1.5 or 3 interchangeable packs, just the 3 is bigger and more expensive.
Because the large packs are really two of the small packs wired in parallel they not only have twice the capacity, but also have twice the peak current capability.
Stuey
Well-known member
Not sure bout this one. Mah is a capacity, not a use rate, so the issue seen is likely not related to that. A lot of drills have 1.5 or 3 interchangeable packs, just the 3 is bigger and more expensive.
Not true.
These days a lot of higher capacity batteries can deliver additional power.
Think of it in terms of arm muscle strength. With one arm, John Doe can comfortably lift 30 lbs. With two arms, John can lift 30 lbs for about twice as long. But he also has the option of lifting 35 lbs or maybe even 40 lbs with both arms. Even in the case of 40 lbs, the 20lb per-arm load is within limits.
The tools have to be specially designed for this. Many Milwaukee tools get a performance boost from their high capacity batteries, and Makita designs their heavier duty LXT tools for pairing with their high capacity batteries only.