Replacement DeWalt batteries

August 17, 2021, 11:48 PM

coloradohunter44

Hey gang, the original replacement batteries are insanely expensive for DeWalt DC9096. What have you used? Is this a you get what you pay for, or are the knock offs acceptable? Thx

August 18, 2021, 12:03 AM

Mr.Brooks

Not sure what model DC9096 is but as the batteries wore out for my DeWalt 9.6 volt cordless drill I took them to Bulbs and Batteries (or is it Batteries and Bulbs). They replaced the battery packs with new ones. I don't remember the cost but it was cheaper than buying new batteries.

August 18, 2021, 12:06 AM

coloradohunter44

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Brooks:
Not sure what model DC9096 is but as the batteries wore out for my DeWalt 9.6 volt cordless drill I took them to Bulbs and Batteries (or is it Batteries and Bulbs). They replaced the battery packs with new ones. I don't remember the cost but it was cheaper than buying new batteries.

DC9096 is the battery part number on the bottom of the battery pack. Thx

August 18, 2021, 12:23 AM

Excam_Man

I wouldn't mess with the NiCad 18 volt batteries.

At minimum, get the 18 to 20 volt adapter, so you can use the new 20 volt (lithium-ion) batteries with your 18 volt tools.

August 18, 2021, 07:08 AM

Leemur

quote:
Originally posted by Excam_Man:
I wouldn't mess with the NiCad 18 volt batteries.

At minimum, get the 18 to 20 volt adapter, so you can use the new 20 volt (lithium-ion) batteries with your 18 volt tools.

I can get my 18v batteries rebuilt for $50. I have an adapter but it’s a pain to remove from each tool and the 20v batteries just don’t seem to last very long in my 18v tools. The local place uses better than original guts when rebuilding the 18v packs.

Also have a friend that swears by this place for aftermarket batteries. https://www.vanonbatteries.com...-battery-replacement

August 18, 2021, 07:34 AM

HRK

In some instances it's cheaper to buy a new drill with batteries than the battery itself...

August 18, 2021, 07:58 AM

smschulz

Just scour Amazon for a replacement.
Before my Dewalt died I had a couple knock offs and they worked fine.
I have since replaced it with the Milwaukee M18 and M12 series.
Got a bunch of knock-offs on Amazon much cheaper than the originals and they are all working fine.
YMMV

August 18, 2021, 11:33 PM

OKCGene

I bought a new Dewalt 20 volt drill-driver a couple of years ago, to replace a year 2009-ish Ryobi drill driver (dead batteries) and a 8 year old Dewalt drill-driver 18 volt (dead batteries). Both the Ryobi and older Dewalt were lightly used, not abused, in great shape. I just hate to throw away stuff like that and go buy new ones.

Last year I thought I'd research what it would take to purchase new batteries for the old Ryobi and Dewalt.

New batteries, purchased the traditional way, were expensive and were still NiCad batteries. That sucked.

A friend advised me to look on EBAY. So I did. I found brand new replacement batteries for each for under $20.00 each. NOTE: These are NOT Dewalt branded, they are unbranded but are identical but better.

I decided to buy one of each so I looked at the Sellers with the highest number of transactions and very good feedback.

I took a chance on $40.00 and it turned out very well. Turns out they are NiMH batteries, they are much better than NiCads. They charge perfectly well in the original chargers. In fact, I charged them last Fall, put them on my workbench shelf, and didn't touch them until last week. They were still very charged up and I was able to use them in their current state of charge for a couple of simple projects and they performed well. I finally charged up one of the batteries a couple of days ago. I think that's pretty darn good.

A couple of friends criticized me for buying "chinese made batteries". Well, DUH, the original batteries and drills were made in China, and any currently manufactured cordless tools are made in china too.

So, look on ebay, find a seller with huge feedback, one had over 15,000 positive feedbacks at something like 95.5% positive.

In my case, both replacement batteries, made in China, were actually shipped from California.

What to do? Throw away the old drill-drivers in the trash, to go to the landfill, and spend a few hundred buying new ones? Or spend $40 bucks to keep the older tools going?

BTW my neighbor thought it was odd that I was running 3 cordless drill-drivers at the same time. I told him they were time and effort savers. One drill had a drill bit, the 2nd had a counter-sink bit, and the 3rd had the square head driver (I detest Phillip head screws nowadays, all I buy are square head and torx head screws nowadays). I found this quick and easy, instead of constantly switching out 3 different bits/drivers. Zip Zip Zip.

EDIT TO ADD: I just looked up your battery DC9096 and thought they looked familar. I went to the garage and looked at my old Dewalt battery (still have it, need to take it to the recycle center instead of throwing in trash to go to the landfill) and they are DC9098. I don't know the difference between DC9096 and DC9098 but it's probably not much. I just looked on EBAY for DC9096 and find them well priced. The 1st seller listed is at March AFB CA area, 6510 feedbacks at 98.9%, two batteries for $29, free shipping. (I'd make sure I bought from a US based shipper instead of overseas). I'd look at other sellers before I decided which one, if I were you.

Good luck to you
.

August 19, 2021, 07:48 PM

coloradohunter44

quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
I bought a new Dewalt 20 volt drill-driver a couple of years ago, to replace a year 2009-ish Ryobi drill driver (dead batteries) and a 8 year old Dewalt drill-driver 18 volt (dead batteries). Both the Ryobi and older Dewalt were lightly used, not abused, in great shape. I just hate to throw away stuff like that and go buy new ones.

Last year I thought I'd research what it would take to purchase new batteries for the old Ryobi and Dewalt.

New batteries, purchased the traditional way, were expensive and were still NiCad batteries. That sucked.

A friend advised me to look on EBAY. So I did. I found brand new replacement batteries for each for under $20.00 each. NOTE: These are NOT Dewalt branded, they are unbranded but are identical but better.

I decided to buy one of each so I looked at the Sellers with the highest number of transactions and very good feedback.

I took a chance on $40.00 and it turned out very well. Turns out they are NiMH batteries, they are much better than NiCads. They charge perfectly well in the original chargers. In fact, I charged them last Fall, put them on my workbench shelf, and didn't touch them until last week. They were still very charged up and I was able to use them in their current state of charge for a couple of simple projects and they performed well. I finally charged up one of the batteries a couple of days ago. I think that's pretty darn good.

A couple of friends criticized me for buying "chinese made batteries". Well, DUH, the original batteries and drills were made in China, and any currently manufactured cordless tools are made in china too.

So, look on ebay, find a seller with huge feedback, one had over 15,000 positive feedbacks at something like 95.5% positive.

In my case, both replacement batteries, made in China, were actually shipped from California.

What to do? Throw away the old drill-drivers in the trash, to go to the landfill, and spend a few hundred buying new ones? Or spend $40 bucks to keep the older tools going?

BTW my neighbor thought it was odd that I was running 3 cordless drill-drivers at the same time. I told him they were time and effort savers. One drill had a drill bit, the 2nd had a counter-sink bit, and the 3rd had the square head driver (I detest Phillip head screws nowadays, all I buy are square head and torx head screws nowadays). I found this quick and easy, instead of constantly switching out 3 different bits/drivers. Zip Zip Zip.

EDIT TO ADD: I just looked up your battery DC9096 and thought they looked familar. I went to the garage and looked at my old Dewalt battery (still have it, need to take it to the recycle center instead of throwing in trash to go to the landfill) and they are DC9098. I don't know the difference between DC9096 and DC9098 but it's probably not much. I just looked on EBAY for DC9096 and find them well priced. The 1st seller listed is at March AFB CA area, 6510 feedbacks at 98.9%, two batteries for $29, free shipping. (I'd make sure I bought from a US based shipper instead of overseas). I'd look at other sellers before I decided which one, if I were you.

Good luck to you
.

Thanks for all the advice. I'll have to check em out.

August 19, 2021, 07:54 PM

BigJoe

Amazon is your best bet.

August 19, 2021, 09:09 PM

comet24

quote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
quote:
Originally posted by Excam_Man:
I wouldn't mess with the NiCad 18 volt batteries.

At minimum, get the 18 to 20 volt adapter, so you can use the new 20 volt (lithium-ion) batteries with your 18 volt tools.

I can get my 18v batteries rebuilt for $50. I have an adapter but it’s a pain to remove from each tool and the 20v batteries just don’t seem to last very long in my 18v tools. The local place uses better than original guts when rebuilding the 18v packs.

Also have a friend that swears by this place for aftermarket batteries. https://www.vanonbatteries.com...-battery-replacement

That 18-20v adaptor can be a PIA to remove sometimes and other times it slides right out.

Dewalt makes 20v batteries in different amp hrs. The smaller ones are good for drills and drivers when you want to keep weight down. The larger ones are better for saw and other tools.

August 20, 2021, 06:35 AM

yanici

quote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
quote:
Originally posted by Excam_Man:
I wouldn't mess with the NiCad 18 volt batteries.

At minimum, get the 18 to 20 volt adapter, so you can use the new 20 volt (lithium-ion) batteries with your 18 volt tools.

I can get my 18v batteries rebuilt for $50. I have an adapter but it’s a pain to remove from each tool and the 20v batteries just don’t seem to last very long in my 18v tools. The local place uses better than original guts when rebuilding the 18v packs.

Also have a friend that swears by this place for aftermarket batteries. https://www.vanonbatteries.com...-battery-replacement

Thanks for the Vanon Battery tip. I'm giving them a try. Ordered two lithium batteries.

August 20, 2021, 09:57 AM

architect

My co-worker rebuilds battery packs for various tools and laptops, etc. He claims almost all of them are composed of commonly-available LiON batteries such as 18650's, and that it is much cheaper to buy these than new or re-manufactured battery packs. He has a mini spot welder he found on Amazon to connect them together, cheap enough to pay for itself the first use. There are, apparently, a community of these guys with YouTube videos showing the how-to. This seems to be exactly what the commercial battery pack rebuilders do, but it is far from rocket surgery.

August 20, 2021, 12:47 PM

Leemur

quote:
Originally posted by yanici:
quote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
quote:
Originally posted by Excam_Man:
I wouldn't mess with the NiCad 18 volt batteries.

At minimum, get the 18 to 20 volt adapter, so you can use the new 20 volt (lithium-ion) batteries with your 18 volt tools.

I can get my 18v batteries rebuilt for $50. I have an adapter but it’s a pain to remove from each tool and the 20v batteries just don’t seem to last very long in my 18v tools. The local place uses better than original guts when rebuilding the 18v packs.

Also have a friend that swears by this place for aftermarket batteries. https://www.vanonbatteries.com...-battery-replacement

Thanks for the Vanon Battery tip. I'm giving them a try. Ordered two lithium batteries.

Let me know how that turns out. I’ve been kicking around the idea of getting a battery circular saw but I really don’t want to buy a 6-8ah battery at retail cost.

August 20, 2021, 01:09 PM

bronicabill

I recently needed to buy two new packs for my DeWalt 18V drill, and two DeWalt-brand packs were going to cost over $150.00 when the entire original set (drill, charger, and two packs) was only a shade over $100.00!

A quick search on Amazon got me two new Li-Ion 18V packs for about $75.00 shipped, and they work MUCH better than the original NiCad packs! No, they were not DeWalt branded, but work perfectly! Energup is the brand, and here is the LINK to the ones I bought...

August 20, 2021, 11:56 PM

coloradohunter44

quote:
Originally posted by bronicabill:
I recently needed to buy two new packs for my DeWalt 18V drill, and two DeWalt-brand packs were going to cost over $150.00 when the entire original set (drill, charger, and two packs) was only a shade over $100.00!

A quick search on Amazon got me two new Li-Ion 18V packs for about $75.00 shipped, and they work MUCH better than the original NiCad packs! No, they were not DeWalt branded, but work perfectly! Energup is the brand, and here is the LINK to the ones I bought...

I'll take a peek. Can you use the same charger? Or is a new/different one required.

August 23, 2021, 06:08 AM

bronicabill

quote:
Originally posted by coloradohunter44:
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I'll take a peek. Can you use the same charger? Or is a new/different one required.

Sorry for the slow response!

I don't really know about the charger because the one that came in my kit was fried by lightning last year and had to be replaced. The replacement unit works with multiple chemistries, including Li-Ion...