Thread: Maintaining 'infrequent use' power tool batteries?

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

By dead I mean will not charge. I reckon the batteries are way down on voltage. It has little power and goes flat very quickly.

I'm pretty sure you can get the battery packs online though. here they are for $42 each including delivery

18V Battery FOR Makita Heavy Duty 93102 0 193140 2 193159 1 1822 PA18 4334D 5000 | eBay

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Shane L.

Those batteries are ancient history! They're Ni-Cd (Nickel Cadmium), Lithium batteries are about 30 years newer technology.

Not even comparable to bunnings crap.

Originally Posted by MR LR

Those batteries are ancient history! They're Ni-Cd (Nickel Cadmium), Lithium batteries are about 30 years newer technology.

Not even comparable to bunnings crap.

I'm pretty sure that is the battery the 18volt makita is. I'll need to double check. It's the right shape to fit.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

I'm pretty sure that is the battery the 18volt makita is. I'll need to double check. It's the right shape to fit.

That is the old makita cassette style, you can still buy some of it by special order, but it's been off the shelves for at least 5 years.

Originally Posted by MR LR

That is the old makita cassette style, you can still buy some of it by special order, but it's been off the shelves for at least 5 years.

drill wouldn't be 3years old I guess it's possible they were still selling old stock then.

Try here for an 18v LITHIUM - ION battery... package of 3, around $115.

I bought one of their batteries for a Makita... seems fine so far.

3X 3 0AH 18V Lithium ION Heavy Duty Battery FOR Makita BL1830 BL1815 LXT | eBay

I bought the very first 36V Bosch cordless rotary hammer,it must be at least 10yrs old.That drill has been hammered,we just charge the lithium iron batteries when they go flat.Dont worry about how often or what charge rate,and it still goes fine on the original batteries.

Same with our Hitachi 18V cordless drills and impact drivers,many are well over 5 yrs old,they are used every day.Same as the Bosch,just charge when flat.i have just replaced two Hitachi batteries,the others are fine.

The trigger assemblys wear out,that is an issue we find with any drill that is used a lot.

The biggest problem is the guys losing chargers.They put a battery on charge on a job and it gets forgotten about until it is needed a few days later somewhere else