Premium Members Dave Chameides Posted January 27, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hey All, Strange question here. My PRO bats (old school type) are in the process of taking a major dump (apparently the AC on the job I did today thinks they should charge higher than 13.8!). I'm researching recelling them with the equivalant of the hytron-50s and am still a few days shy of making a decisions as I am waiting on some info. All that said, anyone have a batt or two lying around that they might lend me for a week or so? I know it's a long shot but I figured I'd check. Otherwise, I'll just talk them out of shots or start telling them long stories to kill time while my batts charge. Email me at thegreaseguy@earthlink.net if you can help a bruthaa out. Thanks dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members RonBaldwin Posted January 27, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 where are you located? I had mine recelled/rebuilt by PRO (sent to their guy in AZ) last year and the price was not too bad. Took about 4 days. You could do a few at a time if you can't find any. I knew someone (name escapes me) who recelled their old style batts with hytron cells instead of the nicads...it shaved about a pound off the sled. Ron B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Dave Chameides Posted January 27, 2006 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 where are you located? I had mine recelled/rebuilt by PRO (sent to their guy in AZ) last year and the price was not too bad. Took about 4 days. You could do a few at a time if you can't find any. I knew someone (name escapes me) who recelled their old style batts with hytron cells instead of the nicads...it shaved about a pound off the sled. Ron B Ron, You had yours recelled with the old style cells right? I've heard about the weight change but that's easily fixed. I'm in Hollywood. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members RonBaldwin Posted January 27, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I considered upgrading to the newer style pro batt cage and hytrons, but decided to just re-cell with nicads. I was on a show (with the batts behaving worse everyday) and it was the quickest, easiest solution. Thought it would last me a year or two while I decide what's next sled-wise. On a side note, this re-cell was my first since I bought the sled new in Jan '98. They worked very well for 6 years and ok for the last year. I think it was under $1500 for the re-build, re-cell, and shipping. Upgrading was nearly $10k with new chargers, at least a dozen hytrons, new pro cage, cases etc. I'm also in Hollywood. Ron B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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