From: none@none.com99
On 9/23/2024 10:20 PM, James Waldby wrote:
> Snag wrote:
>> On 9/23/2024 6:02 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> On 9/23/2024 3:39 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>> My preferred cordless tool line for a long time was Milwaukee.
> [...]
>>>> I just spent $700(+) dollars on four legit (not Amazon or eBay knock
>>>> offs) 8ah DeWalt batteries. I figure after dropping real coin on
>>>> batteries I'll walk in the shop tomorrow and find melted pools of
>>>> yellow DeWalt plastic everywhere there used to be a DeWalt cordless tool.
>>> [...]
>
>> DeWalt has been my go-to for many years for battery tools . When I
>> was building cabinets I used the 12 volt drills because they were
>> lighter and had plenty of power . I'm using the 18 volt stuff now except
>> for one 20V drill I picked up at a yard sale .
>
> Re 20V Max vs 18, the working voltage is the same, ~18 volts, because
> 20V Max batteries typically have units of 5 Li ions in series, so
> 5x3.6 = 18V working vs 15x1.2 nominal for NiCad or NiMH. Fresh from the
> charger 20V Max may read 20 but for most of the discharge cycle, ~18. See
>
> (sic)
>
> If you have 18V XRP batteries with stems vs the flat tops of 18V XR or
> 20V Max batteries you can get $10-$15 adapters - contacts in a plastic
> shell - that let you use 20V Max batteries on 18V XRP. Eg google for
> `adapt 20v max to 18v`. I got one adapter, needing another 18V XRP to
> avoid moving batteries from tool to tool during a project.
A couple of the tools came with battery adapters already on them.
Everything will use the 20V max batteries.
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