[Shop-talk] nicad battery replacement

[bjshov8 at tx.rr.com]

I think you could probably use them if they would fit, but I would expect that manufacturers would make the ends a bit different so one voltage system wouldn't interchange with another voltage system.

You could always buy another battery on ebay, or take apart your dead one and buy new cells at radioshack or wherever.  I have a cordless shaver and cordless trimmer that both are pretty old.  I've replaced batteries in each one by taking out the old battery and matching it up at radioshack, then soldering in the new one.

I have a new Ridgid 18V drill w/ LiIon batteries.  The original batteries are worthless.  I've thought about opening them up and rebuilding them, but I'll probably mail them back to Ridgid along with a complaint letter and hope they will send me new ones.


> I've got a Crapsman cordless drill  18 volt.
> 
> batteries are dead and won't take a charge
> 
> I have some 19.2 volt crapsman batteries from another drill
> 
> can you use the 19.2s in the 18 volt drill without screwing anything up ??