Yes it is a nice drill To bad it doesn't work any more! Well, actually it WOULD work, if I could get a battery for it. I have had this drill about five years, and when the battery died after two years, I bought another. Then two years later I bought another battery. Finally, I bought this battery just a year ago, and now it has died, after one year. No problem, I will buy another. Except you can't! There are a few for sale on eBay for ridiculous sums. Then I figured out how to beat the system - I would buy just the cells and replace them. Great idea! The cells only are $38.00. Guess how much a new drill with battery is. You're right - It's $59.00. How much of a waste is that, to have to discard a perfectly good tool, for lack of a battery. Oh, it is a Ryobi. Shame on them!
This shot shows the disassembled battery pack, and the individual cells are under that silver cover made up of attached circles.
5 comments:
hahaha cool, i have a few projects suited for that! you're hired! jk
maybe i should have read more closely before posting, hahaha, so hey is the white battery part in base a detachable replaceable something or another that you might get from a batteries plus place, kinda like home phone battery packs only much larger and with same specs as original?
Was this a rechargeable battery?
Joan
Anonymous: thanks for the tip on Batteries + Bulbs. Had not heard of that outfit. They do not have a battery for my drill, although they can rebuild the battery I have. Same price as eBay- $38 for a new one. Time to switch to a newer tool with Li-Ion batteries, which I understand are longer lasting and charge quicker.
Joan: Yes, this tool uses rechargeable batteries.
Planned obsolescence. Makes you have to buy more...I ended up with a regular drill with a cord because I did not want to be charging in the middle of a project. Never thought about not being able to replace the battery. betsey
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