Price of spare Batteries.

[wingcoax]

I've just been pricing up replacement batteries for my trusty Makita 14.4v
and realised i will need to take out an extra mortgage. Where do they get their prices? The norm for genuine seems to be around£91.00 inc postage. This is from the web.The whole kit only cost £250.00 with three batteries.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

If it's shagged anyway, why not open up one of the packs to see if it contains a bunch of standard sized cells?

 

[Steve]

12 x 1.2v cells in a 14.4v battery

1.2v is standard voltage for rechargeable cells.

 

[wingcoax]

Not totaly sha@@ed yet but getting that way. I used to be an instructor on radio control model aircraft so i understand re-chargable batteries.

 

[mointainwalker]

@wingcoax

You gotta know they look to make most loot on the consumables where lots of people feel obliged to stick with the original replacement.

Standard practice in all companies I think.

 

[ccam108]

Any money says it will be Sub C cells inside.

EG: http://www.budgetbatteries.co.uk/20...nimh-2200mah-gp-industrial-rechargeable-cell/

Colin C

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I used to be an instructor on radio control model aircraft.

Enjoy:

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2009-1-23-F-16modelwithafterburner.wmv

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2006-RC_F-14.wmv

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/radio_control_videos.htm

 

[ColJack]

Makita 14.4v 3.0Ah battery, £45

 

[R5GTT]

@wingcoax

You gotta know they look to make most loot on the consumables where lots of people feel obliged to stick with the original replacement.

Standard practice in all companies I think.

Rubbish, the reason most industrial batteries are so expensive is because they use good quality cells, and very few manufacturers actually make batteries themselves. For instance Makita use Sony batteries, so the battery manufacturer can charge a hefty lump, by the time the power tool manufacturer and the power tool distributor put a bit on, the price for a 2.6 or 3ah 18v battery can easily be up round the £100 mark. I very much doubt you'd find a power tool manufacturer making much more than £10-£15 on a battery that retails for £100


The reason that it's so much cheaper to buy a full drill with batteries is that the drills themselves are incredibly cheap to make - if you think about it, theres only a clamshell casing, motor, switch, gearbox & chuck. There's very rarely any sort of fancy electronics in a cordless drill that would bump the price up, and some manufacturers are now even using the same casings for 14.4 & 18v machines which reduces the cost even further. This added to the fact that you don't have the added cost of packaging / storage / shipping etc for each individual battery.

If a professional manufacturer could sell an 18v 3Ah battery for £20 or £30 they would jump at it, as they would corner the market overnight.

One way of getting hold of cheaper batteries if finding a distriburtor who will split batteries & chargers out of kits. There is a website that specialises in this, and offering them at a heavily reduced price, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post their web address.

 

[cravenbiker]

R5GTT

You got mail )

 

[pompeyal]

Go to this site.... http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-zap-revive-nicad-batteries-mig-welder-270028/ its amazing.

 

[cravenbiker]

Excellent.....now all i need is a £300 Welder!!

only kidding, this could be good but would it be a quick fix for "tired" batteries?

 

[wingcoax]

I remember me and my brother re-juvenating old car batteries by wiping a mains cable across the terminals. This was back in the early sixties.

 

[wingcoax]

UPDATE Managed to locat OEM spares at around £25

 

[Deluks]

UPDATE Managed to locat OEM spares at around £25

Linky please! (that goes for you too RG5TT)