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   Stray_ | Feb 22, 2002 12:40am | #1

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   If you have a Grizzly catolog, they sell panasonic. (or contact them via Grizzly.com I don;t think they have the info on the sight, but do have a cust service email)

   Their cordless hand held tools use Panasonic. They're sending me one as I speak...

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   Stray_ | Feb 22, 2002 06:35am | #2

   *Shoeman,I looked in my Grizzly catolog this evening and couldn't find a 12V Panasonic. They start at 14.4v and go up from there. Sorry.

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   Shoeman_ | Feb 22, 2002 06:57am | #3

   *Thanks for checkin' Stray

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   lonecat | Feb 22, 2002 07:38am | #4

   *I don't know about reasonable, but Tool Crib did have them.

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   Shoeman_ | Feb 22, 2002 06:40pm | #5

   *I can get them at 7 corners / Tools on sale, but they run $60 for a 2 amp hour NiCad or $85 for a 3 amp hr Ni-Mh. The old, "well what the heck, I can get a drill, two batteries, charger, and case for $160" mentality kickes in. But, I've done that before. Now have 2 drills, 2 chargers, 1 saw, and 5 batteries in varing states of decay. Really just curious if anyone can tell me where I can get the 3 amp Ni-Mh for less than $85, or the 2amp/hr for under $60Thanks to all who have responded.

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   Art_B. | Feb 22, 2002 11:14pm | #6

   *It's been mentioned here before, but keep in mind that battery life is VERY dependent on depth of discharge, especially NiCd. You will get lots more life if you try not to ever run the battery below where you notice obvious loss of power. NiMh don't have memory: with NiCd, if you notice memory effect, a single rundown to a low level will restore on next charge.

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   Dave_Richeson | Feb 23, 2002 08:08am | #7

   *Haven't tried this on a tool battery, but I did manage to break the memory on a camcoder battery by rapidly disharging it with an automotive seal beam light. A couple of cycles improved the run time considerably. I may have shortened the overall life of the battery, but at least I broke the memory enough to push buying another battery farther into the future.

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   Shoeman_ | Feb 26, 2002 07:39am | #8

   *Batteries Plus store says they will rebuild my 12volt Panasonics for $30 for Ni-Cad or $38 for Ni-MhThink I will try one of each for comparison

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   lonecat | Feb 26, 2002 08:36am | #9

   *Tell us more about this Batteries Plus store.

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   ken_hill | Feb 26, 2002 09:33am | #10

   *Lonecat- Batteries Plus is a franchise and I guess they have 'em all over the country. They have or can get anything called a battery as well as charging systems I think. And yes, I understand they rebuild and custom build rechargeables. Bet they have a website. -Ken

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   ken_hill | Feb 26, 2002 09:45am | #11

   *Lonecat- They have a store here in Olympia, sorry not in Arkansas yet. Check the website though: http://www.batteriesplus.com

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   lonecat | Feb 26, 2002 10:59am | #12

   *Be about 20 years before they have one in Arkansas. Thanks for the link.

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   Jim_Nation | Feb 26, 2002 09:30pm | #13

   *Tool King here in Denver has had 18V factory reconditioned DeWalt batteries for 50 bucks recently. Batteries Plus told me they couldn't rebuild DeWalt batteries because of the way they 'pot' them in epoxy. Notice they don't list any DeWalts on the web site.

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    Shoeman_ | Mar 13, 2002 02:43am | #14

    *Finally got my battery back from Batteries Plus the other day. Took about 2 weeks. They had trouble finding the screwdriver to take the pack apart - Torx T10 Tamperproof Screwdriver - easy to find a hex bit, hard to find a screwdriver, and the hex bit won't fit in the recess in the battery case. It also cost a little more than they quoted me on phone. $35 for new Ni-Cads tax included. The Ni-Mh would have been about $80 not the $38 the guy quoted me on the phone.Anyway, the battery seems to work just as well as the new one I bought for $60. Will just have to see how long it lasts.

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    Boss_Hog | Mar 13, 2002 08:20pm | #15

    *Shoeman - Found a batteries plus store by going to their website. They said they could get a new battery for my drill for $90. They also said they could rebuild mine, but didn't know how much it would be. Haven't decided whether to take them up on it or not. Thanks for the info, though.......

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    xJohn_Sprung | Mar 15, 2002 01:51am | #16

    *Most of these are just a bunch of sub-C Ni-Cad's in some fancy plastic package. You can replace the sub-C's yourself if you can solder and figure out how to get the plastic stuff back together again.-- J.S.