“New” old battery – Problem?

I just received a new DCD795 drill, purchased through Amazon.

While opening the box, inspecting things, ohhing and ahhing (first new drill since my 14.4v), I noticed the batteries and drill are dated 2014.

Now, the drill doesn’t bother me too much as it’s clearly unused, and given the years of use from my 14.4, feel it will serve me for a number of years. The batteries, on the other hand, I do question. Would a two year old, never used battery, purchased new, bother anyone here? How much life/run time do you think it’s lost sitting in the box?

Any thoughts on this are welcome.

Thanks.

As long as they have never been used and abused, lithium cells are very durable, save your receipt because if they fail you do have a warranty on them as well


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Like Jimbo mentioned make sure you keep you receipt as if you don’t the base the warranty on the date code on the battery

Truthfully if they were stored properly at the correct charge cap, the batteries should be fine. They are lithium and do not have the memory issues of old. And…..just like Jimbo said…..then DR said….. 😀 keep the receipt!

Oh yeah! WELCOME TO THE FORUM!

Congrats on your new drill…and welcome …I thought lith ion batteries drained some even if not used , I read it somewhere on here…but I’m not sure….and as they all said….keep your receipt….

Lions will still self discharge but even with 1/2 a charge companies do you should be ok from under voltage. The only company I heard having issues with under voltage were old Makita lxt packs and that only happened it you ran them down to empty.

I have well used batteries from 2014…. I plan to well use em for years to come ?.  Agreed keep your receipt or just know how to look up you purchase history from Amazon because DeWalt definitely uses the date code otherwise.

DR99 wrote:

2 hours ago, DR99 said:

Lions will still self discharge but even with 1/2 a charge companies do you should be ok from under voltage. The only company I heard having issues with under voltage were old Makita lxt packs and that only happened it you ran them down to empty.

Lions will self destruct upon the opening kick off. Thankfully their season is over

Jrhky36 wrote:

43 minutes ago, Jrhky36 said:

Lions will self destruct upon the opening kick off. Thankfully their season is over

wait what? they explode?

Jronman wrote:

10 hours ago, Jronman said:

wait what? they explode?

Might as well have……. Lions fan here, unfortunately…. I digress…….

Cr8ondt wrote:

1 hour ago, Cr8ondt said:

Might as well have……. Lions fan here, unfortunately…. I digress…….

oh you were talking about sports haha. literally thought you were talking about batteries.

Jronman wrote:

8 minutes ago, Jronman said:

oh you were talking about sports haha. literally thought you were talking about batteries.

I knew what you ment, but yes batteries can explode, no you don’t have to handle them like eggs but ask any Samsung phone owner if they truly feel safe.?

li-ion batts can also swell and catch fire haha.

Thanks for the input. Interesting, I expected more red flags on this, especially a two year old battery sold as new. No problem saving the receipt, as I was taught from an early age to save all my receipts. I wouldn’t be surpprised if I still have receipts from toilet paper dating back decades.

Thanks again.

Boeing had issues with batteries on the 787. It forced them to ground the plane until the battery issue was solved. 

Some think exploding li-on batteries were the cause of that plane that crashed in the Indian ocean

Problem is when they are over heated as in cell phones under a pillow, part of the samsung wireless charger issue was a malfunctioning regulator which allowed the battery to keep charging and overheat


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