Ridgid drill/driver kit with 2, 2.0AH batteries

[sternwake]

My dad has a 18v Ryobi leaf blower.
Pretty weak as blowers go, but adequate for his needs.
First 1.5ah 18v battery failed a whike ago, and was in a cabinet.
He bought a single 4.0 ah battery to replace it, still complains about its price.

I took it apart.
5 18650 LG cells in series
4 cells measured 3.6, one cell 1.67v.
They are respected.1500 mah, 22 amp max cdr high drain LG flattop cell.


Used some sidecut plyers to cut then rip off welded tabs, dremeled off the sharpies, and added a solder blob to the + tips filed it to a flat button shape.
Charged them, drained them to low 3 volt range, then re Charged them to full measuring mah accepted via a USB inline powermeter.
All 4 were within 20mah of each other, right near 1200mah.
Far better than any other 18650 cells i have salvaged in the past.

In one.of my high power flashlights, they can maintain peak brightness for 2x as long as my ncr18650b cells which are high capacity cells, not high rate cells.

Also the ryobi battery has a real nice18650 battery caddy inside of it, as one woukd expect on a power tool battery.
Beats having loose cells rolling around.
I have just enough 18650s of adequate health already, but a few introduced into rotation will just have them all cycle less.