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Replacing 18Volt battery pack for drill

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Mistral001
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edited 8 June 2015 at 7:13PM in Techie Stuff
I have a JBC cordless drill whose battery pack will not hold its charge for more than a few minutes of drilling.


The drill is in good condition, so replacing the whole drill for the sake of the need of a new battery seems to be a bit of a waste.


I have looked on ebay etc and they do not seem to sell battery packs to fit my drill.


I Have thought of just replacing the cells with 12 AA rechargeable batteries. Has anybody here done this successfully? BTW I am fairly handy with a soldering iron and do not see a problem in doing this, buT I was wondering whether anybody else here has done it and saved money overall.
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