These are the older style without the charge indicator but the main thing is they are genuine - just bought 2 to replace ones that have failed (all over 10 years old!)
Edit - Now £69 for 2 at Amazon (Prime only and not currently in stock)
Indeed, I'd recommend picking up a 1.5 or 2.0 too as they are lighter - good on drills, impact drivers, sanders etc.
GAVINLEWISHUKD
29 Apr 171#4
OP. The old ones almost always have only one damaged pair of cells. You could use one of the packs to repair the old one. This will leave you a few spares too. Alternatively you could buy 20 high capacity 18650's and replace all the batteries in both old packs. This would give you two 5.2Ah batteries for about £45 (Using Samsung ICR18650 cells)
Disclaimer: The cells can be dangerous if damaged or shorted while changing out.
Supercharged to GAVINLEWISHUKD
29 Apr 171#5
Yeah thanks for that and I now have 3 dead but the problem is you also need to replace the controller board as all 3 have been tried 3 times and have the red and green flashing lights... tbh I'm hanging onto them for now but they are all 10 years old so might just right them off / give them away.
GAVINLEWISHUKD
29 Apr 17#6
If you want to just chuck it on the charger and forget then you will need to replace the board (last time I looked the 3rd party ones were about £6). If not you can bypass the charge controller by soldering a wire between 2 pads on the PCB but you loose the charge controlling aspect. This means when its run down you need to check the pack with a multi-meter and work out the charge time yourself. Using a wall timer for your charger makes this safe.
Its all a bit ghetto and a bit of a faff so not for everybody.
atifprince
30 Apr 17#7
buy genuine, i bought an aftermarket from ebay, only last me 7-10 times in 6 months :disappointed: costed almost same price:(
Supercharged
1 May 17#8
Now £69 for 2 at Amazon (Prime only and not currently in stock)
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These are the older style without the charge indicator but the main thing is they are genuine - just bought 2 to replace ones that have failed (all over 10 years old!)
Edit - Now £69 for 2 at Amazon (Prime only and not currently in stock)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-BL1830-Li-ion-Battery-Pack/dp/B000EDRT70?
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http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-bl1830-18v-3ah-li-ion-battery-pack?gclid=CPWW5pCJytMCFYcp0wod_AcNuA
Disclaimer: The cells can be dangerous if damaged or shorted while changing out.
Its all a bit ghetto and a bit of a faff so not for everybody.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-BL1830-Li-ion-Battery-Pack/dp/B000EDRT70?