Originally Posted by
usndoc2011
Looking at some tutorials, a rebuild doesn't seem TOO hard. I guess it all depends on how buried that connector and it's circuitry is. but I guess that's why they made dremel tools. The L&M battery is 11.1V, and they sell several types of 11.1V packs online. It's gonna look clunky, and may explode, but I think it'll work. My question for this in particular is if I should go with Li-ion or Li-ion polymer. Probably the former, since that's what the L&M is.
Thanks for the inspiration.
You have nothing to lose but the price of the raw cells if the current pack is dead. As long as you put it back together carefully so the cells don't short it's not going to explode because you still have the protection circuitry from inside the pack.
Unless I missed something, Lithium Polymer is all flat packs like in a cell phone. You want LiIon which is cylindrical cells.