We have a dead Ryobi 18V one+ 4Ah battery pack from 2013. Started when it didn't want to run high-drain tools, then finally battery pack got really hot after using it in a leaf-blower. Let it cool and stuck it on the charger and showed a full charge after 30s.
Feels like a bit of a waste to throw it out - has anyone tried getting one of these refurbished?
I dont have the tools to re-solder, but I was wondering if a battery place might be able to do it and even then, if it would be cost-effective to pay for it?
Nope… Not with Australia labour cost. Will be cheaper to purchase new battery. If you already had the spot welder and appropriate wire and strips, it would be worth repacking your own cells. Not in this scenario.
crap, mate had a battery shop until health forced him to sell, used to repack those type of batteries for 49 bucks
Near 8 years is a good run. Odds are one or more cells are actually dead so if you can't solder then it's time to recycle it.
She's dead Jim…..
If you don't have the tools to do a DIY repair, then its not cost-effective to pay someone else to do it.
Treat yourself to a new 6ah battery instead and think of the $170 as 'repair' costs.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-18v-one-6-0ah-high-perform…
Recycle somewhere and buy a new one
I went through the same last year and not economic. Better off buying the 5Ah twin pack from Bunnings for $199 with a 3 year warranty. Just check the manufacture date to make sure you get the latest date.
Sell it on marketplace. Someone will pay you $10 for it
Just microwave it
Bin the battery, buy a kit that comes with batteries then sell the skin. Cheaper to than buying batteries seperately.
Ryobi 18V 1.5Ah / 5.0Ah ONE+ Impact Driver Kit - comes with a 5Ah and 1.5Ah Batteries - $149. Buying the 5Ah batterry alone will cost you $149.
Dont bin it. Recycle it. Take it to somewhere that does electronic disposal and/or recycling. We don't need more of this type of shit ending up in landfill. Batteries are full of all kinds of nasty shit that we really dont need finding their way into water tables or surrounding land.
I get that we have become a disposable society, but some things deserve a little more effort than just "binning" it.
I have not bought a non genuine replacement battery for a drill on eBay. They are low cost. Replacement non genuine laptop batteries have certainly lasted as long or longer than the originals. Probably worth a go at $23 including postage. I have broken up my old notebook batteries and used them in cheapie torches. Interestingly when doing this usually all batteries work ok. It makes me wonder if the electronics within the battery pack failed or had built in obsolescence.
Although I am handy with a soldering iron I would not take on a battery repack as the cases are so difficult to disassemble without permanent destruction of the case. You must also for care not to squash the individual cells as they could burn very fast or perhaps explode.
Chuck.
I tried for like a week :) unless u want to go down the path of finding which cell and soldiering