Rebuilding Power Tool Battery Packs with New Cells
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@Mikeattempts · 9 months ago · pinned
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@SaraLord-p1b · 3 weeks ago
Mike what a great video, old school style YT at its best. No glitz and I learned more than expected, thanks again and keep up the good content.
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@coburn_karma · 9 months ago
Reminds of opening a can of Corn Beef, where you roll open the metal strip. Good Refurb. You got balls of steal.
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@nelchan2421 · 9 months ago
Use a small diamond-coated round ball die grinder bit to remove old nickel from the cells.
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@jocelaineoliveira9868 · 9 months ago
Hi, great videos. The translation is excellent. Today I learned something new, I didn't know about the safety feature. Could you make a video about small screwdrivers? Like the Bosch Go?
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@DrGreen-wl2ry · 3 months ago
Not nitpicking at all, but you should remove your ring when tinkering with electrical. If that sucker shorts out you’ll be dancing around! Good videos though!!
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@boots7859 · 9 months ago
FYI, there are several folks online who will replace bad cordless pack batteries with new cells for less than the cost of new OEM. And they will use better cells than OEM as part of the deal.
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@bgregg55 · 5 months ago
I've quit buying most rechargeable tools with these lithium battery packs & gone back to plug in alternatives.
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@kingrpriddick · 1 month ago
You wanted Samsung 25R cells would’ve been much better for this. I in many others don’t like the 30Q because that’s what was in the 9.0 batteries and even with three in parallel (that’s 1/3 of the load) they struggled to stay balanced, and many people saw the middle cells have thermal problems because the 30Q has a higher internal resistance.<br><br>It’s simply not really a good high discharge cell.
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@tedz74 · 9 months ago
Why not use leaded solder? The lower melting point might help with the process.
@NancyShanteau · 6 months ago
Did you do the solder on the second pack or just the spot welding? It seemed so much cleaner!
@ДмитрийЛапа-о3ъ · 9 months ago
You can soldering long time 10 sec no problem...
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