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Ev Archive for October 1999
1670 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:46:36 2001

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Re: Cordless drills



>> I have a couple cordless drills, the first one only lasted about 3 years
>> befor the batteries quit.  I guess you could call it mainenance free
since
>> there is now way to replace the defective batteries (not without
spending
>> more than it cost me for a new drill).
>
>I'm surprised to hear this.  I bought a fairly inexpensive cordless
>drill, a 7.2 volt Skil, about 6 years ago.  About 3 years later I bought
>a second set of batteries so I could have an extra set to pop in when
>they ran flat in the middle of a job, as sometimes happened.  I'm still



My first cordless dril hand the batteries permanently wired in.  They are
also a non-standard size.  After looking at the prices of special ordering
a set of batteries (with tabs) I decided it was almost as cheap to buy a
new drill.