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GROVER

13/01/2010 10:29 AM

Rebuilding Batteries

Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
<voltmanbatteries.com> ?. He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery pack
for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you on his
dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds are better
than new.

Joe G


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kk

krw

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

13/01/2010 7:52 PM

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:09:09 -0600, "HeyBub" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>[email protected] wrote:
>> On Jan 13, 12:29 pm, GROVER <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
>>> Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
>>> <voltmanbatteries.com> ?. He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
>>> looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery
>>> pack for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you
>>> on his dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds
>>> are better than new.
>>>
>>> Joe G
>>
>> Yep. I had them rebuild one of my 14.4V PC batteries. Good as new,
>> perhaps better.
>> Recommended. I'm told this is a pretty easy DIY, too.
>
>Sometimes. I disassembled a Dust-Buster and took the batteries to a rebuild
>place. The quote was $18 and two days.
>
>Instead I bought a new Dirt Devil at Walmart for $17.

IME, these things are less than worthless, though. A 14.4V PC drill,
not so much.

Dd

DT

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

14/01/2010 8:06 PM

In article
<[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
>Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
><voltmanbatteries.com> ?. He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
>looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery pack
>for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you on his
>dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds are better
>than new.

I have sent several sets to them and have gotten excellent results and
quick turnaround.

--
Dennis

Sb

"SonomaProducts.com"

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

13/01/2010 11:37 AM

No personal experience with this guy but have bought rebuild before
with no probs, just can't recall who it was I boughtthem from. I do
know that it is not very difficult to do if you understand the
process. I am not suggesting to do it yourself, simply saying that if
the guy is actually advertising it would not be too hard to assume he
is doing a good job. And yes, many times newer cells are better than
the originals.

On Jan 13, 10:29=A0am, GROVER <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
> Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
> <voltmanbatteries.com> ?. =A0He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
> looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery pack
> for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you on his
> dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds are better
> than new.
>
> Joe G

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

13/01/2010 4:09 PM

[email protected] wrote:
> On Jan 13, 12:29 pm, GROVER <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
>> Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
>> <voltmanbatteries.com> ?. He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
>> looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery
>> pack for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you
>> on his dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds
>> are better than new.
>>
>> Joe G
>
> Yep. I had them rebuild one of my 14.4V PC batteries. Good as new,
> perhaps better.
> Recommended. I'm told this is a pretty easy DIY, too.

Sometimes. I disassembled a Dust-Buster and took the batteries to a rebuild
place. The quote was $18 and two days.

Instead I bought a new Dirt Devil at Walmart for $17.

ll

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

14/01/2010 8:57 AM

On Jan 13, 12:29=A0pm, GROVER <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
> Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
> <voltmanbatteries.com> ?. =A0He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
> looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery pack
> for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you on his
> dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds are better
> than new.
>
> Joe G

I had a local "Interstate Batteries" shop rebuild 3 sets for me a
couple of years ago. They work great! Cost about $35 for each set.
The new batteries have a larger amp-hour rating too.

Len

kk

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

13/01/2010 1:12 PM

On Jan 13, 12:29=A0pm, GROVER <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
> Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
> <voltmanbatteries.com> ?. =A0He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
> looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery pack
> for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you on his
> dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds are better
> than new.
>
> Joe G

Yep. I had them rebuild one of my 14.4V PC batteries. Good as new,
perhaps better.
Recommended. I'm told this is a pretty easy DIY, too.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to GROVER on 13/01/2010 10:29 AM

14/01/2010 1:23 PM

[email protected] wrote:
> On Jan 13, 12:29 pm, GROVER <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with a battery rebuilder called
>> Voltman in Mansfield OH. He has decent web site
>> <voltmanbatteries.com> ?. He has a U-tube demonstration on it which
>> looks pretty reassuring. He'll rebuild a Dewalt 12V NICAD battery
>> pack for $45. You pay the freight charge to OH, he returns it to you
>> on his dime. Two to four week turn around. He says their rebuilds
>> are better than new.
>>
>> Joe G
>
> I had a local "Interstate Batteries" shop rebuild 3 sets for me a
> couple of years ago. They work great! Cost about $35 for each set.
> The new batteries have a larger amp-hour rating too.

Anybody with a stock of standard cells of various sizes and a battery welder
can do this sort of thing, there's really nothing magic about it. If you
feel like doing some cobbling you can even put together a battery welder
yourself for not too many bucks.


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