rebuilt ni cad batteries

[lazer50]

Hey fellas. Anyone ever have their batteries rebuilt? If so did they last. The reason im asking ihave a 18 volt craftsman pro drill that is one heck of a good one. I had 3 drills a 14 v d ewalt a20 v h ilti.the h ilti blew up so the local battery shop rebuilds ni cad batteries he charges 36 a piece where as a new one is around 70 or so.in the mean time i bought a 18 volt milwaukee and 12 volt flashlight very disappointed in both.had to replace a battery already at 1month old. So just curious if anyone has rebuilt or had ni cad batteries done. Thanks

 

[MEngineer]

There are a number of YouTube videos of guys doing it. I haven't done it myself yet, but plan to when needed. I would recommend to try it and start a thread to follow it. I would be interested to have it all documented for my own benefit, and I think you can save yourself some money.

 

[dodge610]

Check you tube there are videos o there that tell you how to do it yourself. Not sure of the brands they cover I am thinking craftsman was one of them i ran across.

 

[CJM8515]

I paid batteries plus to do it. Those multi-cell batteries really need to have the tabs to link the batteries together welded on using a machine.

Il say they rebuilt my old snap on ni-cad 18v with nimh cells, the batteries so far in 4 years have held up great.

 

[AA/FC]

We had the local Interstate Batteries store rebuild an old Milwaukee battery. Lasted about 2 months with light use..... had them "re do" the battery under warranty.... lasted about 2 months again.... bought new 18v Fuel impact. Problem solved. Lol

 

[fourjeepin]

That's throwing good money after bad. I switched from Dewalt 18v nicad to Ridgid for the lithium batteries. Love the lower weight, smaller size and the battery gauge. The lifetime warranty is a plus too.

I didn't want to replace all of my tools, so I built an adapter for my Dewalt stuff. Still planning to build one for Ryobi to run the hedge trimmer I recently bought.