Re: Li tool warning - a really long rant Part 2
- From: "Nonny" <somebody@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:47:56 -0800
"Peter Huebner" <no.one@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:MPG.256034e34feecfb798989a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <d9e8a140-7133-4a0b-8b61-
f4473796781a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, nailshooter41@xxxxxxx
says...
They had a few old DeWalt NiCads left on the shelf. With the XT
batteries, they were pretty hard to beat. There is some talk that
with the unpopularity of the Li (there are some temp problems with
some) that DeWalt will continue on with the NiCad lines. They seem
abundant on Amazon, and even new NiCad models are available.
I guess the reason this pisses me off so much is that I got stung with
the whole NiCad to NiMh battery switch. I still have a Makita that
works well when charged, but I was disappointed that I spent $300 to
upgrade from my favorite old DeWalt, only to find that I didn't get
the performance of my $239 DeWalt compact drill driver. I felt like
Makita burned me good, and since there wasn't anything technically
wrong with the drill, after more than 90 days of wrestling with it, my
vendor wouldn't take it back. So I have a $300 "shop only" drill.
Verrrry practical. And it pisses me off any time I see it.
It is a horse when charged, but will easily discharge (almost
completely) itself in the truck when not used in about 2 weeks. It
forced me to carry a corded drill for backup, which I never did when I
had the DeWalt. DW seemed like it was always ready to go, and it
would hold a good charge in the truck for a month. I don't want to
get to a house to install new hardware and hinges and have to wait on
the drill to charge every time. And I don't want to start carrying a
backup drill for my front line drill again.
Long, long ago, my friend had a service van he used to make calls on homes and business as part of his electrical contracting business. He was using the Makita long-handled drills (I don't recall voltage) and would run into dead battery syndrome all too frequently. His solution was to simply buy a small inverter and fasten it and a Makita battery recharger to one of the shelves in his van. He also got a mechanical interval timer and installed it between his van battery and the inverter, so he could give it a twist to run the inverter for 4 hours, for instance. It worked like a charm.
He was on a new construction site when one of the finish carpenters had a cussing fit: his Paslode airless nailer's battery was dead. My friend let him recharge it in his service van and then helped the guy install a similar arrangement in his own pickup.
FWIW, we drive a Toyota Sienna van, and it comes complete with a 120vac outlet in the back for recharging things, such as my wife's scooter.
--
Nonny
You cannot make a stupid kid smart by
handing him a diploma. Schools need standards
to measure the amount of education actually
absorbed by children. Don't sacrifice the smart
kids to make the dumb ones feel good about themselves.
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