Re: [Texascavers] Li- ion cordless drill battery

2013-11-03 Thread Pete Lindsley
You can also have your batteries rebuilt. A 36V Hilti NiCad battery rebuild costs about $108 via the internet, and I found a local Interstate Battery store that said they would do it for ~$80. An 18 V battery would run half that. Li-ion batteries are more expensive (if you can even find a rebuil

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[Texascavers] Li- ion cordless drill battery

2013-11-03 Thread Tom Rogers
Don't dispose of your bad cordless batteries. Take them apart and you can harvest 5- 10 18650 batts of which one or two might be shorted out. I had three bad 18 volt batts. Now I have more caving batteries than I can keep up with. Someone with more electrical knowledge might even be able to fi