Its crazy

[Amp David]

Posted a few week s back about my sds drill batteries failing and ways to fix them. Dropped them off at the local hire shop who are Makita dealer and they tested them and confirmed they are shot.

So he gave me a price for a Makita replacement and it nearly killed me. 220 quid is their list price and says they don't get any discount themselves from Makita.

Just seems such as waste really, now have an perfectly working 24 volt SDS with no batteries and a charger thats perfectly fine, but just may and get a new drill with batts and a charger. Crazy

 

[telectrix]

whoa. go on ebay, buy a string of 20 cells for under £20 and rebuild your battery. a bit of soldering and new battery for peanuts

 

[Amp David]

How do I go about refixing the chip to the new cells though?

 

[Amp David]

What size are they? Bigger than AA

 

[morph]

sounds like you will need some insulating tape , ha ha

 

[Amp David]

Looked at doing this when they first went bad. Took the cell pack out to find they are bigger than AA batteries. Would love to know where to buy some from and give it a go. Its a 24 volt 3.3 Ah bettery pack.

 

[telectrix]

ebay. cells are similar size to c cells, slightly smaller. for 24v you will need a string of 20 in series. they come ready connected to each other. 3.3Ah is quite a large Ah. you may have to settle for about 2Ah

 

[Amp David]

ebay. cells are similar size to c cells, slightly smaller. for 24v you will need a string of 20 in series. they come ready connected to each other. 3.3Ah is quite a large Ah. you may have to settle for about 2Ah

Thats no good!

Found some 3.3 ah sub C size which have the tags on them. Searched ebay before didn't see any though.

 

[pennywise]

Think a new drill may be on the cards

go on you know you want a Hilti

 

[J@mes]

as they are confirmed duff, have you tried flashing them with a welder?

 

[Amp David]

Not recommended for Ni Mh only Nicad.

Would love a new drill but can't justify it yet, looking at the mighty 36 volt Bosch beast!

Have found the correct sized cells single for 3.50ish each so its still 70 quid to rebuild the pack, but can't gaurantee the little chip thingy on the battery will work properly

 

[pennywise]

is this the drill m8?

Makita BHR200SJE (+10 FREE DRILL BITS & 1 CHISEL) 24V 2x3.3Ah SDS+ Hammer/Chisel BHR200SJE £335.00

These are going on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-PAI...werTools_SM&hash=item4cf3c5113b#ht_500wt_1156

 

[rocker]

Would any SITE batteries fit, they often have them on ebay quite cheap

 

[Amp David]

Want the big daddy 3.3 Ah again as they went on for ages

 

[Amp David]

Think a new drill may be on the cards

go on you know you want a Hilti

Don't think a Hilti would be in my price range, at the moment anyhow.

Would probably get one of these TBH GBH 36 V-LI Professional - Cordless rotary hammer - Bosch Power Tools For Professionals