Sawsall batteries

Karl Townsend · 2011-03-17T11:47:44+00:00

I'm asking today because the signal/noise ratio has been extremelypoor lately. Does anyone still do metal working?This is actually a woodworking question. I bet I use a portablebattery power sawsall more than anyone else around. It goes out in thecold everyday and cuts the limbs too large for limb loppers on appletrees. I only have one unit and we pass it around all day long.Its a 24 volt Dewalt with six batteries. With two charge stations,they all get bumped up each night. The batteries are getting tired,its time to replace or maybe upgrade. This is NOT a small investment.I'm wondering if I should go to the new lithium technology? But thisrequires a new saw and they don't come in 24 volts. Looks like 18 voltmax. The battery is much smaller. That may or may not mean less usableamp hours of life. FWIW, the batteries I use claim 3000 units (sorry Idon't know the unit) of charge. They are only this strong for thefirst 50 charges or so.Or, I could rebuild all the battery cases with the best availablebatteries. We've done this a couple times already. Is there anythingbetter than what the local "Batteries Plus" rebuild gives?Karl