I was on another forum (MySwag.org) the other day and a guy was going to throw out his rechargeable drill as the batteries were stuffed and it was going to cost more for the batteries than what the drill cost. So what he did, he simply soldered two wires to the positive and negative in the bottom of drill where battery went and fitted a set of alligator clips to other ends and he had a handy tool to wind up stabiliser legs, drilling jobs etc.
I tried it myself last weekend and worked perfect for me too
Sol
-- Edited by Sol on Saturday 4th of May 2013 06:22:14 AM
Wombat 280 said
12:59 AM May 6, 2013
Great idea if it's a 12 volt .Most of my battery operated tools are now 18 volts. Your right the batteries are more costly than the entire tool Why?
hako said
01:12 AM May 6, 2013
Most are probably aware of this, but if you get the polarity wrong when soldering the cables to the drill, the first time you turn the drill on it will burn out the variable speed electronics and you then need to rewire the drill so the switch goes straight to the drill motor. I've burnt out two of them doing this, but there are always more at the dump.
Regards Denis
Sol said
01:01 PM May 6, 2013
Mine was an 18v, but still worked on 12v. Just a little slower.
Cheers Sol
bill12 said
11:13 PM May 6, 2013
I just bought one from supercheap online , called a Rockwell 12v cordless ,for $35.99 , free postage .It works well and has a 1 hour charge. When the battery wears out , you put wires to the terminals and connect it to a 12v battery. Bill
Sol said
11:21 PM May 6, 2013
bill12 wrote:
I just bought one from supercheap online , called a Rockwell 12v cordless ,for $35.99 , free postage .It works well and has a 1 hour charge. When the battery wears out , you put wires to the terminals and connect it to a 12v battery. Bill
I was on another forum (MySwag.org) the other day and a guy was going to throw out his rechargeable drill as the batteries were stuffed and it was going to cost more for the batteries than what the drill cost. So what he did, he simply soldered two wires to the positive and negative in the bottom of drill where battery went and fitted a set of alligator clips to other ends and he had a handy tool to wind up stabiliser legs, drilling jobs etc.
I tried it myself last weekend and worked perfect for me too
-- Edited by Sol on Saturday 4th of May 2013 06:22:14 AM
Regards
Denis
Cheers Sol
Exactly. That's what I did mate