I have an old cordless drill that had an internal chargeable battery. The battery is dead now and will no longer take a charge. I can see online that they don't make a replacement battery for this particular drill any longer - it has become obsolete.
I don't know a lot about electronics, I just like to take things apart and figure out how they work. I was able to figure out how the electricity flows in this drill and how the two switches work. And I don't want to throw this old drill away - surely I can do something with it.
The problem is that I need some kind of batteries for it that are chargeable and I don't know what kind to get. I experimented with double A batteries thinking that 4 of them would give me the 6 Volts that the drill needs. But, I quickly realized that's apparently not how it works electrically speaking. The drill does say 6.0 Volts on it, but what happens with the double A batteries is that they drill will work for a few seconds and then stop. All my connections are good, but the ends of the batteries are getting hot. So, what's going on there? I'm guess that while the double A batteries do make 6 Volts combined, they're really not meant to run at that full capacity constantly as required by a power drill. Is that what the problem is? After all, we often use double A batteries for things that don't require much juice like a television remote. And maybe the drill actually requires more than 6 Volts and it says 6 Volts on it because that is what it charges at. I'm not sure.
Could someone explain it to me, and show me what kind of rechargeable batteries I would need for this drill? I'll put the info on my drill below, but If it all possible, I would also like to know how you would go about determining the battery specs for a particular project.
Thanks
Additional Drill Info: Black & Decker, Cat. No. TS220, Type 2, 6.0 Volt DC, 225/550 RPM
I don't know a lot about electronics, I just like to take things apart and figure out how they work. I was able to figure out how the electricity flows in this drill and how the two switches work. And I don't want to throw this old drill away - surely I can do something with it.
The problem is that I need some kind of batteries for it that are chargeable and I don't know what kind to get. I experimented with double A batteries thinking that 4 of them would give me the 6 Volts that the drill needs. But, I quickly realized that's apparently not how it works electrically speaking. The drill does say 6.0 Volts on it, but what happens with the double A batteries is that they drill will work for a few seconds and then stop. All my connections are good, but the ends of the batteries are getting hot. So, what's going on there? I'm guess that while the double A batteries do make 6 Volts combined, they're really not meant to run at that full capacity constantly as required by a power drill. Is that what the problem is? After all, we often use double A batteries for things that don't require much juice like a television remote. And maybe the drill actually requires more than 6 Volts and it says 6 Volts on it because that is what it charges at. I'm not sure.
Could someone explain it to me, and show me what kind of rechargeable batteries I would need for this drill? I'll put the info on my drill below, but If it all possible, I would also like to know how you would go about determining the battery specs for a particular project.
Thanks
Additional Drill Info: Black & Decker, Cat. No. TS220, Type 2, 6.0 Volt DC, 225/550 RPM