[AT] old Bosch tools

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

There are videos on line that show how to charge dead batteries that you can’t get any more for your favorite tools. Usually it involves hitting the battery with a high current source like your welder.

You can rebuild them yourself. Most are nothing more than AA, C, or D batteries wired together to form the required voltage. Just crack the case open, pull out the batteries and see how they packaged them to fit in the case. Build your own and slip it back into the case. Just make sure you use the correct type of battery so your charger will still work.

How many of you would think that the standard rectangular 9V battery is actually 6 AAA batteries wired together and slipped into the case?

Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: cgs <oxygenfarm at gmail.com>
To: AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
Sent: Mon, 04 May 2020 10:44:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AT] old Bosch tools

I'm sure many have old tools which still work well enough....just like 
us! I have a set of Bosch 24v tools and the batteries are now dead but 
they don't make replacements.
Has anyone found a way to use these tools? I'd hate to just trash them: 
they are just like old tractors.

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Charlie