Can you use a 2.5ah Ni-CD battery pack with this tool? or do you have to use lithium packs? I hear the lithium packs suck, and I quite like my ni-cd
2067479
The new lithium packs anything but suck.... They are incredible. But to answer your question... Yes they are interchangeable
2067480
Lithium only according to booklet. Like the lithium better than ni-cad. Smaller and lighter. They recharge in an hour. The smaller packs that comes with are all right. They last about one hour. Keep your charger handy and the second battery charged. If you are going to use it a lot buy the heavy duty lithium pack. They cost about 120.00 at home depot. Which is a licsened repair for Ridgid tools. Lithium runs at a consistent voltage and amps till the battery get to a point and shuts down. Where the ni- cad runs down continuly losing power through the charge.
2067481
All I have ever used are lithium batteries. I have had the same lithium batteries for more than five years and no issues.
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Yes, Bare Tools come as Tool ONLY.. No Battery. Li-Ions are lighter but much more expensive than Ni-Cad batteries. There are places that will sell and/or rebuild Ni-Cad batteries for much less than OEM, typically $2 / volt. Li-Ion batteries are very dangerous to rebuild so you won't find many if any re-builders. Just Google it. But THIS tool is well worth the price. It's an Excellent tool. I ONLY buy Dewalt 18v tools. They work very well and the batteries hold their charge a long time and are interchangeable between my different tools. YouTube has tool comparisons of the different brands and Dewalt is always at or near the top in performance and value.
150844
it requires the makita li-on 3 amp battery. great workhorse of a drill. ive not tried off brand batteries. i get 2-4 years a battery with 3 plus times use a week
1839245
I installed regular ni cad batteries. The best would be Energizer Lithium. Recharbles run dow much faster. I don't remeber the size but i think they were AA
232498
also you can use the lithium batterys on the old tools just not old chargers if i didn,t make that clear before sorry long day
1701987
If I were to guess I would say you put it back in the charger after each use. That destroys ni-cad batteries. If you cannot replace the batteries (and then only put them back in the charger when the unit is dead or almost dead) do so, otherwise, you have just been educated on what they call ni-cad memory and why you should get lithium batteries if possible. I have had mine for about six months and I have not yet needed to recharge it and I use it almost daily.
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I have an 18v Ni-Cd battery that charges most of the time and a lithium-ion battery that charges no problem. So, it may be a little finicky with the Ni-Cd batteries, but works fantastic for the Lithium-Ion batteries!
1868969
Battery and charger sold separately for that model. That wrench is awesome so don't forget to buy the 20v lithium dewalt battery for it. Didn't charge my battery yet from last year Christmas and still has juice in it. It's amazing.
1411671
I am not familiar with that tool, but this is the De Walt low capacity 18 Volt NiCad battery pack, not the high capacity NiCad, and not compatible with tools and chargers that require Lithium Ion batteries. I don't know where you live but it's tough to beat Home Depot's prices on De-Walt batteries, and some online suppliers make their money selling people less expensive low capacity batteries, when what they really want is a high capacity one. If you are in doubt I suggest you take your old battery into Home Depot and spec out and price batteries there where you can see if they match before you commit to shipping.
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These lithium will work on the older NiCd. 18V. XRP. Tools. They will give you much more battery life.
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It's Ni-CD which means it won't be chargeable as long as the lithium ION battery and it will not hold as long as the li-ion battery either which means you won't get very long run off that battery. you take the battery pack off and go charge it inside your house on it's charger.
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You asked two questions, first a comparison between NiMN and the Lithium. There really is no comparison, the Lithium by far is a better battery. Your second question is it worth twice the price. That depends on several factors. First do you make your living with this tool? Another factor how do you use this tool? Lets say your working upon a scaffold, your getting up and down and if you have co-workers upon the scaffold helping you, then it might be worth the additional price. But if your working in your shop and a charger is handy, then most likely the price is too high. If you still want one, wait until they go on sale. I got my Lithium around Christmas. The sale price justified the additional cost.
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the 1.5Ah batteries will not work in the heavy amp draw tools. You need the Makita 3.0ah battery (longer run time; bigger "gas tank") The 3.0ah battery will fit both your saw and your drill. The smaller battery will only fit the drill....hope this helps
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I'm not sure, I use the 18 volt lithium ion and ni-cad on all my stuff. I know that they interchange. I would say if it fits the tool, it should work. On my worx weedeater, I went to a 20 volt, no problem.
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Ryobi's been using the same battery standard for over ten years. They've been through three generations of li-ion and at least one ni-cad in that time, and any tool will take any battery and vice-versa. You may need to buy a charger that will handle the new battery packs, but the entire point of their One+ system, their entire decade-long marketing campaign, is that everything works with everything.The only difference you should notice is that old tools are different colors than your new battery, and that everything works better now.Not a shill, I swear - just an *extremely* satisfied customer burned by discontinued batteries more than I like to think about. Ryobi's been using the same battery standard for over ten years. They've been through three generations of li-ion and at least one ni-cad in that time, and any tool will take any battery and vice-versa. You may need to buy a charger that will handle the new battery packs, but the entire point of their One+ system, their entire decade-long marketing campaign, is that everything works with everything.The only difference you should notice is that old tools are different colors than your new battery, and that everything works better now.Not a shill, I swear - just an... » Read More Ryobi's been using the same battery standard for over ten years. They've been through three generations of li-ion and at least one ni-cad in that time, and any tool will take any battery and vice-versa. You may need to buy a charger that will handle the new battery packs, but the entire point of their One+ system, their entire decade-long marketing campaign, is that everything works with everything.The only difference you should notice is that old tools are different colors than your new battery, and that everything works better now.Not a shill, I swear - just an *extremely* satisfied customer burned by discontinued batteries more than I like to think about. « Show Less
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My battery pack is a Lithium Ion type and model # DC9181 Type 1 20 Wh and is still going strong...I have 2 batteries that came with the set, a drill and a light and the battery got drenched and will not work now...I guess it is not waterproof...should be though.
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I do not believe so--while these were bought for my husband by me, he made a big deal about being sure to get the lithium charger and said the Ni-Cd wouldn't work as his Ridgid tools took the lithium batteries. Probably right since I bought the wrong chargers for my black and decker lawn tools and it was for the wrong battery type. I hope this helps!