Imo nicads seemed a little more durable in terms of impacts like dropping them off a roof or ladder I had a new 20 volt 5ah DeWalt L ion completely fail after dropping it. The few DeWalt nicads I have left the cases are cracked from use and dropping still hold a charge (barely but still useable) running my older 18 volt stuff.
Cordless Tools vs. Other Options
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LittleBill21
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the physical casing of a Liion cell is almost identical to that of a nicad, the battery casing itself is prolly crappier due to it being newer then the nicad version
Maybe it was faulty from the getgo or the drop damaged the board or wiring? At over $100 a battery I returned it. Don't get me wrong I really like the runtime of Li ions compared to nicads. More importantly to me is dewalts smart chargers and the fact I still have barely usable 15 yr old xrp nicads, before I had older Milwaukee 18 volt nicads almost 20 yrs ago and I was constantly replacing battery packs. Left a bad taste in my mouth even though I believe Milwaukee has improved chargers and batteries tenfold.
LittleBill21
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I have taken apart a dewalt 12v series, there is no real board in the battery pack itself. I was surprised. but I did have a single dead cell out of 3 that caused the pack not to work.
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Just saw this thread. FWIW, as a lifelong Contractor, I've always used Makita (probably because they were the first with most of this stuff)
I've had some of their 18V lithium tools and batteries since they came out.....no problems except with one drill I burnt up (my fault) and one battery failed. I leave them on the charger all the time with no issues. I probably have 20 -30 batteries and a couple dozen tools. Love 'em. But they can't replace a corded tool for a lot of stuff...
I've had some of their 18V lithium tools and batteries since they came out.....no problems except with one drill I burnt up (my fault) and one battery failed. I leave them on the charger all the time with no issues. I probably have 20 -30 batteries and a couple dozen tools. Love 'em. But they can't replace a corded tool for a lot of stuff...
I believe the 20 volt does, I know the 60 flexvolt has a board. But I've never taken it apart either.
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That looks like the cordless drill I grew up using. We lived in Northern Vt and tapped Maples every year for sugar. Gad what I would have given for my DeWalt 20V max 1/2" drill and 4 6AH batteries!!
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Would be nice if Stihl would have a combo charger/supply like DeWalt battery bank...
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Would like to see a “battery backpack” for Dewalt 60v trimmer for those longer weed whacking missions
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Power capacity was very similar to NiCads... weren't able to run as long as they aged.
