Questions: What’s the best way to make sure the newly purchased replacement Makita cordless drill battery doesn’t drain too low, so it doesn’t make it an expensive brick? Should I just charge the power tools battery once a month to keep it topped up or can I leave it every 2 months or even longer? And should I leave the tool battery disconnected from the drill when not using for a long period of time? Anyone have good experience of the cloned batteries on Batteryfast.org? Will the Makita quick charger still work and fast charger it.

AussieBatt Battery Experts Answer: If you storing a lithium cordless tools battery long term its best to keep it around 80%. The big thing is you don’t want to leave a Makita PA14 tool battery with a low charge sit too long lithium-ion batteries still self discharge. If that happens the charger won’t let you charge the battery packs. Makita had a bit of an issue with that on the older LXT batteries the newer packs have corrected the design fault.

Keep the cordless drill batteries fully charged and disconnected from the tool. Modern technology is great with the lithium batteries it won’t hurt to leave them connected or half charged, don’t leave them dead though. Best bet is just keep them charged.

Dont keep Makita drill batteries on the tool for weeks without use.

Dont keep tool batteries on the charger for days. If theyre full –> take them off.

And empty drill batteries should always be charged before putting thema away for long times.

You are gonna spend quite some cash on a top of the line drill. The Engineers at Makita have put in the neccesairy protection circuits so your tool will have a long life. That also includes good tool batteries. I do not think you should gamble with that by saving some money on fake batteries.