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It appears that the Washington bill excluded power tools whereas the Texas bill did not, which means that in Texas I should be able to swap dead lithium cells o

It appears that the Washington bill excluded power tools whereas the Texas bill did not, which means that in Texas I should be able to swap dead lithium cells out of my expensive power tool batteries.

FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
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- dylan604 1y ago
  Just took a look here, and I didn't see anything over 20V offered. I'm in the market for 40V versions for some of my gear. I also have Gold mount and V-mount type batteries that I'd love to have the cells replaced. If you think power tool batteries are expensive, take a look at film/video batteries!
- bityard 1y ago
  Very interesting. Maybe I can afford Milwaukee tools now! Their tools are good, and sold bare, for semi-reasonable prices but their batteries are eye-wateringly expensive. (I should probably pick one of these up before Torque Test Channel does a video on them and they end up getting sold out for a year.) Edit: I'm referring to the PDNation universal battery + brand-specific adapter in particular.
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bityard 1y ago
I fully support right-to-repair but do you need a law to repair batteries? You can buy a battery build kit for M18 tools (for example) on AliExpress that comes with everything but the cells. I'm a bit of a tool nerd and I'm not aware of any power tools that are doing DRM in their tools to prevent usage of third-party batteries but I don't mind being wrong so I know which brands to avoid.
senbrow 1y ago
To those who want to do this: make sure to swap out all cells in a battery at once to be safe, ideally using new cells that are all from the same manufacturer and same production run. Mixing old cells with new can lead to a runaway thermal event in the worst case (i.e. unstoppable cancer-causing fire).

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It appears that the Washington bill excluded power tools whereas the Texas bill did not, which means that in Texas I should be able to swap dead lithium cells o

by CrimsonCape 1y ago

FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
We've been using these at work and they are great! https://ceenr.com/ https://ceenr.com/
- dylan604 1y ago
  Just took a look here, and I didn't see anything over 20V offered. I'm in the market for 40V versions for some of my gear. I also have Gold mount and V-mount type batteries that I'd love to have the cells replaced. If you think power tool batteries are expensive, take a look at film/video batteries!
- bityard 1y ago
  Very interesting. Maybe I can afford Milwaukee tools now! Their tools are good, and sold bare, for semi-reasonable prices but their batteries are eye-wateringly expensive. (I should probably pick one of these up before Torque Test Channel does a video on them and they end up getting sold out for a year.) Edit: I'm referring to the PDNation universal battery + brand-specific adapter in particular.
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bityard 1y ago
I fully support right-to-repair but do you need a law to repair batteries? You can buy a battery build kit for M18 tools (for example) on AliExpress that comes with everything but the cells. I'm a bit of a tool nerd and I'm not aware of any power tools that are doing DRM in their tools to prevent usage of third-party batteries but I don't mind being wrong so I know which brands to avoid.
senbrow 1y ago
To those who want to do this: make sure to swap out all cells in a battery at once to be safe, ideally using new cells that are all from the same manufacturer and same production run. Mixing old cells with new can lead to a runaway thermal event in the worst case (i.e. unstoppable cancer-causing fire).