I have a Ryobi that's about 10 years old. Great drill, use it all the
time. The battery packs are as mentioned before, a pain. They changed
them and mine are obsolete. Guess what gang, take 'em apart and rebuild
'em. They consist of 8 C cell ni-cads wired in series for 12 volts
total. (Quantity or size for your drill may vary depending on voltage
rating & manufacturer.) Playing with R/C cars gave us knowledge of
battery packs and how to solder them together, so I figured what the
heck would I loose? a dead drill, no big loss. I went online and ordered
a 24 pack of batteries. Un-soldered the connector tabs on the old pack,
soldered the new ones in the same configuration and I've been running it
for the last two years, same as usual. Cost was about what one battery
pack would cost.
Dave
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/13/2007 10:14:15 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> wmgilroy@gmail.com writes:
>
> You can get quality most of the
> time, but you have to look really hard. I don't think you can get really
> good electric hand tools.
>
> -g
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> Heck no...I bought a Dewalt a few years ago and wore it out building a
> cabin...I couldn't stand the price of a new one and tried Ryobi...they might
>be OK
> if they wouldn't keep changing the battery size every couple of years, and
> discontinuing the old batteries.
>
> _Robert B. Houston Rampant, Inc. Transervicios SA de CV _
> (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1375.html) Isn't it interesting that the
> same people who
> laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?
> _Kelvin Throop III_
> (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Kelvin_Throop_III/)
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