Hey smudge,
I've got 5 18v Dewalt batteries, 2 of which are knackered and one is failing. I was just going to rebuild them with much larger 4ah nimh sub c cells. They'd cost about 45 quid.
But for not much more, I could replace them with 18650 lion cells. I've had a peek inside a new 2ah Dewalt battery and a milwakee battery, both appeared to have 5 18650 cells in them.
I was thinking of using 10 though, to put less discharge stress on the cells and double the runtime. The circular saw is probably the most demanding, pulling about 440 watts, equating to about 23amps. I think that current would kill an average lion pretty quick though.
Anyhow, what do you think to a 10 cell pack, would it be up to it? And how much would it cost for you to build me one?
I already have the multi chem lithium charger, but I don't know if it would be suitable for a 10 cell pack. As opposed to 5. Would I need a big fancy balance charger to sort it out every few cycles?
Thanks in advance,