Replacement Cells for Power Tools

[John ShepherdParticipant @johnshepherd38883]

[John ShepherdParticipant @johnshepherd38883]

If any one is thinking of replacing the cells in a power tool battery Screwfix are selling off 12v batteries at £5.00 each. That is a cheap way to buy the cells for your own make and type of battery.

Guess who just spent a lot of money on Ni cads a few weeks ago?

[Les Jones 1Participant @lesjones1]

Hi John,
Are these the one's you are referring to ?

Les.

[John ShepherdParticipant @johnshepherd38883]

Yes and there are Li ion ones too. I notice there are chargers at the same price also.

[Brian WoodParticipant @brianwood45127]

John and Les,

Screwfix appear to be sold out, they are only available for collection, not delivery and there are none in the branches York to Middlesbrough.

I found some Ryobi 18v Ni-Cd on ebay today at £4.99 with free delivery, look for NiCad batteries.A better buy actually with more cells available.

Brian

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

If you need to solder onto the cell straps, and they are stainless steel, use ordinary lead solder and phosphoric acid as the flux (Jenolite to the rest of us).

BobH

[Brian WoodParticipant @brianwood45127]

Gentlemen,

A further update, the 'bargain' Ryobi batteries I found on ebay are in fact a book on fixing that battery! The vendor very kindly got in touch to ask if my order was a mistake since an order for 3 books at once was unusual.

So I am getting a full refund and feeling rather foolish having told the world and all!

Brian

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

I have cut a battery open and replaced the cells with cells from this guy with good results. The tabs soldered fairly easily using an acid paste flux (Castolin)

Russell.

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

Where I work we have found AllBatteries to be very good both with stock power batteries and individual cells.

They list many power tool batteries at reasonable prices.

Clive

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