Rejuvenating Ni-Cad batteries. - Page 2

Phil Payne · 04-02-12, 03:22 PM

I'm using a 1985 Makita charger with 2011 Makita batteries.

missfire · 04-02-12, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil Payne

I'm using a 1985 Makita charger with 2011 Makita batteries.

good answer!

i have other makita tools, no problems so far, will have a look now.

LYT4X · 04-02-12, 04:14 PM

I'm a dewalt man myself and I can share batteries between drills but they are all basically the same model so that's no surprise. I recently bought a top of the line dewalt self-levelling rotating laser lever which was described as accepting any 9.6v-18v dewalt battery and sure enough, it does......... almost......

Santa brought me an impressive new toy in the shape of a commercial grade (all metal transmission) 18v Li-ion dewalt drill and it has a totally different style and fitting for its battery which won't go in the previous drills or the laser level either.

rich.r · 04-02-12, 04:50 PM

makita all the way at the mo

the 18v rattle driver with lio batteries will drive in 150 x 12 screws no problemo

i wouldnt touch de walt since they got taken over by black and decker and then by some other firm poor quality built down to a price imho

h t h rich

LYT4X · 04-02-12, 05:12 PM

The choice of tool is down to the individual and I've heard a number of cases where Makita has been perceived to be a poorer quality than DeWalt. Just like Audi v's Merc v's BMW, there will always be advocates for each one with horror stories in abundance each way. Everything is subjective but I don't consider that a £350 cordless driver is 'built to a price'. It will certainly do what's being asked here and with 55nm of torque it's quite a beast.

yeti · 04-02-12, 06:48 PM

If you go to maplins and the like you can get rechargable cells with soldertags attached. We used to build ni-cad packs quite a bit in my sad geeky Robot Wars days, the trick is solder them fast, using a powerful iron or solder gun, and something to sink the heat off before it can get to the cell itself, because they don't like being gently tickled together with a regular iron over a long period of time, or having a temperature difference across them.

missfire · 04-02-12, 08:08 PM

ok..

need to decide on the easiest option then, the mig technique doesn't seem to work yet..

had one on the one hour charger for three hours and it wouldn't fill up, screwed some sh*t for twenty minutes and it ran out, used to last all day. will try the ten charges/discharges option next then i'll probably buy some new cells, fook up the soldering and end up buying a new gun anyway.

i can tell the future, and i can tell i won't just do the easy thing.

missfire · 15-02-12, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LYT4X

Santa brought me an impressive new toy

Santa didn't buy me one... but I just did!

Better bloody work or you're getting sued aswell as pimpdriver..

(still hasn't snowed here!)

My pal who is one here sometimes said Festool for him, but he will and does use it all day every day, too expensive for me!!!

Look nifty though.

Can't wait to screw some stuff!

missfire · 16-03-12, 01:43 AM

Works well..

Just built this thingy with it. One battery just about lasts all bl**dy day! Quite amazed.

Hanuman · 16-03-12, 01:54 AM

Needs a barbecue to christen it

04-02-12, 04:14 PM	#13
LYT4X Younger than JJ ! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 651	I'm a dewalt man myself and I can share batteries between drills but they are all basically the same model so that's no surprise. I recently bought a top of the line dewalt self-levelling rotating laser lever which was described as accepting any 9.6v-18v dewalt battery and sure enough, it does......... almost...... Santa brought me an impressive new toy in the shape of a commercial grade (all metal transmission) 18v Li-ion dewalt drill and it has a totally different style and fitting for its battery which won't go in the previous drills or the laser level either. __________________ ________ John

04-02-12, 05:12 PM	#15
LYT4X Younger than JJ ! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 651	The choice of tool is down to the individual and I've heard a number of cases where Makita has been perceived to be a poorer quality than DeWalt. Just like Audi v's Merc v's BMW, there will always be advocates for each one with horror stories in abundance each way. Everything is subjective but I don't consider that a £350 cordless driver is 'built to a price'. It will certainly do what's being asked here and with 55nm of torque it's quite a beast. __________________ ________ John

04-02-12, 06:48 PM	#16
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	If you go to maplins and the like you can get rechargable cells with soldertags attached. We used to build ni-cad packs quite a bit in my sad geeky Robot Wars days, the trick is solder them fast, using a powerful iron or solder gun, and something to sink the heat off before it can get to the cell itself, because they don't like being gently tickled together with a regular iron over a long period of time, or having a temperature difference across them. __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

16-03-12, 01:54 AM	#20
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,025	Needs a barbecue to christen it __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

04-02-12, 03:22 PM	#11
Phil Payne Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,809	I'm using a 1985 Makita charger with 2011 Makita batteries.

04-02-12, 04:50 PM	#14
rich.r Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,832	makita all the way at the mo the 18v rattle driver with lio batteries will drive in 150 x 12 screws no problemo i wouldnt touch de walt since they got taken over by black and decker and then by some other firm poor quality built down to a price imho h t h rich

04-02-12, 08:08 PM	#17
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	ok.. need to decide on the easiest option then, the mig technique doesn't seem to work yet.. had one on the one hour charger for three hours and it wouldn't fill up, screwed some sh*t for twenty minutes and it ran out, used to last all day. will try the ten charges/discharges option next then i'll probably buy some new cells, fook up the soldering and end up buying a new gun anyway. i can tell the future, and i can tell i won't just do the easy thing.

16-03-12, 01:43 AM	#19
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	Works well.. Just built this thingy with it. One battery just about lasts all bl**dy day! Quite amazed.