XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair   
   From: nowhere@somewear.co.uk   
      
   On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:37:42 +0100, M Philbrook    
   wrote:   
      
   > In article , andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk   
   > says...   
   >>   
   >> In article ,   
   >> 	"James Wilkinson Sword"  writes:   
   >> > How hard can it be to put some kind of electronic limiter on a power tool   
   so if you over-stress it, it doesn't consume enough current to melt the coils?   
   >>   
   >> You can buy professional power tools with that sort of protection,   
   >> or you can buy much cheaper DIY tools without it. My Metabo SDS   
   >> drill has it, but it cost well over £300.   
   >>   
   >> > I assume something like this must be done on electric cars, or instead of   
   stalling the engine, you'd wreck the motor.   
   >>   
   >> Vastly more expensive power controller than the light dimmer used   
   >> as a speed control in DIY power tools.   
   >   
   > The cost of basic protection is far less than replacing the tool at   
   > every turn, however, the cost of this basic protection is offset by   
   > increasing the product price to approximate how many unprotected tools   
   > you can save via this cheap protection circuit..   
   >   
   >  SO you have a choice, keep buying the cheap one's that are always   
   > changing the design so you can't use old units for parts but if gives   
   > you that always new look! Or you can buy the protected one and allow it   
   > to get ratty looking, beat up looking, twisted, out of alignment etc..   
   > Now think of this from a used car salesmans perspective, put a fresh   
   > coat of paint on that car with no enigine cyou can sell it everytime..   
   >   
   >  The same holds true when showing up for a job with sparkling new tools   
   > which may give them the impression that you are a neat freak and that   
   > impresses the customers because they no absolutely nothing about what   
   > you are really selling!   
      
   The thing is, if you sell an unprotected tool, how many get broken within a   
   month by someone being clumsy or making a mistake, costing you the   
   manufacturer a lot of money in replacements?  I bought an £80 strimmer and got   
   a free one in 2 weeks when I    
   stalled it.   
      
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