18650 Salvage, Testing, Sorting, & Making Packs: An Old Man learns some things.

A couple of friends gave me their dead Lithium-Ion batteries from their DeWalt cordless tools.  This video shows the process from Salvage, Testing, Sorting, & Making Packs from such salvaged items as cordless tool battery packs and laptop and other tools and devices that use the 18650 cells.

Surprises: The ugly rusted cells tested the best! You can get a buzz handling 18650's with sweaty hands.

Suggestions:

1. Be very careful. For example, do not hook up a cell in a pack backward (like I did).
2. Keep the work table free of metal objects.
3. Wrap metal tools with insulating materials such as shrinkwrap.

All the tools I used in the video can be had for less that a hundred dollars.

These, I think, are really great. Solderless caps for putting together battery packs of any size. A great way to experiment and learn how to set up different batteries in series or parallel, or both. If you are a novice, like me, or have kids who are interested in learning about batteries (for their eSkateBoards) I suggest starting them out with just enough of these caps to make and test the 3 batteries I showed in the video. That said, here are all the links:

VRUZEND battery kit V1.6 (
https://vruzend.com/product/vruzend_basic_kit/

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Good Deals for Tools used in this video include

DEWALT 20V MAX XR 20V Battery, 5.0-Ah, 2-Pack (DCB205-2) from Home Depot
https://bit.ly/2RZw9cb

PITTSBURGH Precision Pliers Set, 6 Pc. from Harbor Freight
https://bit.ly/2Gy3S77

TECKMAN 10 in 1 Torx Screwdriver Set with T3 T4 T5 T6 T8 T10 Security Torx Bit & ESD Tweezers,Magnetic Screwdrivers Precision Repair Kit for Xbox,PS4,Macbook,Computer,Doorbell & Folding knife from Amazon
https://bit.ly/31a6BgG

7 Function Digital Multimeter from Harbor Freight (inexpensive (around 7 bucks): I have a couple and they work just fine.
https://bit.ly/2OqcJwb

Other Tools I have found useful and featured in my other Videos:
18650 Li-ion Lithium Lead-acid Battery Capacity Meter Discharge Tester Analyzer.
https://bit.ly/2RqDIcP
The solderless plastic end caps for 18650 are VRUZEND battery kit V1.6 for up to 52 18650 cells:
https://bit.ly/2GrS9Xv
Other products I use and enjoy are:
Juiced eBikes:
https://bit.ly/2tQFU3U
Ryobi 18-Volt ONE+ Cordless Reciprocating Saw:
https://bit.ly/2tai0k3
Diablo Nail-Embedded Wood and Metal Cutting Bi-Metal Reciprocating Saw Blade Set (6-Piece):
https://bit.ly/2QStbXw