Thread: Cordless tool batteries

There's a bloke up the road from me who repacks allsorts of batteries with new cells. They usually turn out with better capacity than when new. He sends them all over the place.
I've had repacks for two cordless drills and also a rechargeable mag light torch.all very good.

Akkupak.com.au

Don

Originally Posted by nod 130

There's a bloke up the road from me who repacks allsorts of batteries with new cells. They usually turn out with better capacity than when new. He sends them all over the place.
I've had repacks for two cordless drills and also a rechargeable mag light torch.all very good.

Akkupak.com.au

Don

Thanks, their prices are probably good for trade/commercial power tools but not great for home type tools @ $69 for an 18V battery.

Just spoke to the gentleman at Akkupak. $95- for a repak for my drill. Cheap when you consider the original cost, you cannot buy that model anymore (can but features deleted) and the battery pak has changed slightly enough that it won't fit. Can't run Li, but he's advised (and he is in business to make money) not to bother as they aren't seeing the life that was expected, the batteries are harder to find & much more expensive.

He uses quality batteries and for the cost vs me doing it. to buy the 15 cells I'd need would be over half the price at retail costing, then the time to pull apart, diagram and rebuild and solder. Which will never be as good as spot welding. I'll pay him.

Time will tell, will let everyone know. Plus he's 5min away for drop off and collection (he's moved to Castle Hill now Nod)

I have Ryobi 18V mix n match stuff and my second lot of NIMH died.
I bought 2 large Lion and charger for $200 , and boy do they work well.

From using 2plus Nimh to blow the leaves, I now use less than 1 Lion or maybe 1 and a bit.

I am very happy with the upgrade so far and they certainly keep their charge longer than the Nimh when new.
Regards Philip A

if working on live 22/33kv the hitachi li's don't work so had to buy some nicad ones as well which work fine. does any one know why. magfield or wat

Lithium batteries have complex circuitry to protect the cells from over charge, under volts and over current. I can only assume that the AC field is so strong that the circuitry can't perform as designed. You might find that a different brand might work. But as you have found out Ni-Cd and Ni-Mh batteries are just a bunch of cells.

Cheers
Marc

Originally Posted by Mattblack59bus

Lithium batteries have complex circuitry to protect the cells from over charge, under volts and over current. I can only assume that the AC field is so strong that the circuitry can't perform as designed. You might find that a different brand might work. But as you have found out Ni-Cd and Ni-Mh batteries are just a bunch of cells.

Cheers
Marc

As Boeing recently discovered in their 787