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Richard.
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Wow that’s a good deal. I bought a couple of the 4ah ones for around that money when I had the Bosch gear. The 5’s were over £60 a piece I remember.
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You think so?
Personally I think - for the performance they give -LiOn batteries are great value. A real step up from nicad technology, which I don’t remember being much cheaper (officially at least, I know you could rebuild nicads up with individual cells but official Bosch/Makita etc batteries were never that cheap as I remember)
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Nice Dale, that's a good price for genuine.
Now I have to decide between one genuine 5AH or two spurious 4AH as they're same price.
Aaaargh you little tempter you!
Edit - no don't have to. I have Makita kit don't I?
What a chump I am sometimes lol.
Now I have to decide between one genuine 5AH or two spurious 4AH as they're same price.
Aaaargh you little tempter you!
Edit - no don't have to. I have Makita kit don't I?
What a chump I am sometimes lol.
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Just recently bought a 4ah Milwaukee M18 Battery & that was £44, Good bang for your buck at that price!
I'm not keen on buying non genuine batteries.
I'm not keen on buying non genuine batteries.
The so called charger that is supplied with battery drills is just a holder for the battery. All the charging circuits are in the battery. So every time you buy a new battery you have to buy another charger - nuts!
https://eu.nkon.nl/sanyo-18650ga.html
cells for 4.75 euros each - you need 4 or 5 of them.
I wonder how much of a step up they are from nicads? I have an old phillishave that is used daily. It is at least 18 years old - and holds charge for 3 or 4 weeks!
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I just looked and it seems it’s gone up to £55, was at 45 this morning though...
http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-18v-5ah-battery-1600a002u5
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Yeah sorry mate - I had the email yesterday I was otherwise engaged though!! I’ll try and be a bit quicker next time ha ha
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Well I can get pretty much all day use out of my Bosch drill which is also lighter and much more powerful, my old dewalt was nowhere near that - that’s not a criticism of that particular drill - it was as good as I could get at the time.
So at first glance I’d say it’s a step in the right direction. My dewalt batteries are dead as a dodo after 10 years (and probably started deteriorating after about 5-6 years) so that’s a like for like comparison, rather than a philishave.
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Over the years I've went from 24V NiCd to 18V NiMH to 18V LIB to another 18V LIB. All the same manufacturer, Bosch.
I've changed every time because the drill chuck became poor and the batteries died (other than last LIB, I swapped because I got I new one and gave my fully functional old one to my OH as a starter for her first tool kit). I only have one cordless drill driver at a time and it always gets a lot of work with me.
Every time I've changed I've been amazed at how lighter and more powerful the new drill + battery was. Even swapping from one LIB to another was noticeable as there'd been a couple of years between.
The price of each unit was within a tenner of the last, with no real upwards trend. The price I paid for my last drill was well under twenty quid more than my very first and I got the first for an absolute steal. The replacement batteries have always been about the same price but the trend over the models over the years is that they are cheaper now than ever.
I'd call that good progress really.
I've changed every time because the drill chuck became poor and the batteries died (other than last LIB, I swapped because I got I new one and gave my fully functional old one to my OH as a starter for her first tool kit). I only have one cordless drill driver at a time and it always gets a lot of work with me.
Every time I've changed I've been amazed at how lighter and more powerful the new drill + battery was. Even swapping from one LIB to another was noticeable as there'd been a couple of years between.
The price of each unit was within a tenner of the last, with no real upwards trend. The price I paid for my last drill was well under twenty quid more than my very first and I got the first for an absolute steal. The replacement batteries have always been about the same price but the trend over the models over the years is that they are cheaper now than ever.
I'd call that good progress really.
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There must be a reason they do it that way, if it was possible/practical not have charge circuitry inside the battery they wouldn't put it in, charge the same price and make more profit.
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Probably means they can use the same "charger" for all different AH batteries without having to worry about over or under charging.
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Yes there is .. it would be very unsafe and unreliable to do it the other way.
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Lipo batterys only have protection circuits in them, the charger is external because it is not simple or cheap, or small to go in each battery. Tool batterys will also have a lock-in circuit so you can only use with that brand, and same with the tools.
I have made a 1.2ah battery pack from poundland usb charger cells. Use with an imax rc charger, works good for a mini grinder that had failing nimh cells.
I have made a 1.2ah battery pack from poundland usb charger cells. Use with an imax rc charger, works good for a mini grinder that had failing nimh cells.
