Rebuilding Cordless tool batteries

[Greg Bender]

Does anybody have a source for the top terminals on cordless drill batteries. I'm needing dewalt 14.4 and 18V, older porter cable 14.4, and ryobi 18V if I can find them. I have the cells, fish paper and a spot welder that is just about complete. BTW,I need a 300 amp scr and a reasonable priced 5 farad cap, from you car stereo guys. I have a bank of smaller caps that work but I would like to clean the whole deal up to make it alittle safer to be around it. The terminals are my priority right now.
Thanx,Greg

[Chris Rosenberger]

Someone on Ebay is selling preassembled battery packs for Dewalt batteries . You just remove your old pack from the case & install the new pack.

[Biff Johnson]

Try Mouser.com or Digi-Key. Everything electronic under the sun.

[Greg Bender]

Thanx guys, forgot about Digi-key. I'm sure it is a proprietary part but somebody has to have them.
Greg

[Joe Kieve]

Don't know how much you'll have invested when you get yours completed DIY but I had two 12 volts rebuilt at "Batteries Plus" for $39 each. Comes with one year warranty. I'm in my second year and they're still doing fine.
Just my 2 cents.
joe

[Greg Bender]

Joe,
I'm motivated by the fact that I have 5 each 18 volt dewalt batteries, 7 each 14.4 volt dewalt, 2 each 14.4 volt ,older Porter Cable, 4 or 5 each 18 volt Ryobi's, and a friend gave me 2 B&D 18 volt batteries that no longer hold a charge. I figure I work in a R&D lab with 125 employee's so I'm sure there will be more batteries to rebuild. I've got a solid line on 1.2V--2.0 mah cells and 3.0 mah cells. They are cheap so the effort will be worth it.
Greg

[Jim Riseborough]

Joe,
I'm motivated by the fact that I have 5 each 18 volt dewalt batteries, 7 each 14.4 volt dewalt, 2 each 14.4 volt ,older Porter Cable, 4 or 5 each 18 volt Ryobi's, and a friend gave me 2 B&D 18 volt batteries that no longer hold a charge. I figure I work in a R&D lab with 125 employee's so I'm sure there will be more batteries to rebuild. I've got a solid line on 1.2V--2.0 mah cells and 3.0 mah cells. They are cheap so the effort will be worth it.
Greg

Whats your hourly rate vs sending them off or buying new?

If they are Nicad, you tried the trick of spiking them to break up the crystals that wont let them charge?

[Bill Huber]

I rebuilt a battery at work that had a really funky type terminal on it and what I did was to take a jewelers saw and cut the old one off and then spotted it on to the new batteries.

Good Luck.