You can buy lithium cells, the problem will more likly be in managing the charge. They require some amount of "intelligence" when charging to avoid overcharging, and also in use to avoid over-discharging. This circuitry is sometimes in the battery pack itself, but you won't have it if you just naively replace NiCd cells with lithium cells.
Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > I know you can buy the NiCad cells “loose” to make your own, but I haven’t > looked into the same for lithium cells. > > -D > >> On Feb 9, 2021, at 3:56 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I have an old Milwaukee battery drill I really liked, it was very solid and >> powerful. It had a NiCad battery, one of which exploded on me while I was >> using it high up on a ladder, Milwaukee sent me a new one overnight. I >> later saw a recall on them so got another battery too. They are all dead >> now, I think I ordered some eBay specials that sorta worked for awhile but >> never held charge for long. I wonder if it is possible to get a lithium >> replacement to cobble up something to keep using the drill. It's such a >> shame to throw out good equipment. >> >> -- >> --FT _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
