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trade tool battery convertors
« on: October 09, 2020, 06:14:10 AM »
Found this store today who sells convertors which will allow you to change battery types on different brands, could be handy for some who have dead batteries and a set of old tools lying around. They also make soldering irons which clip onto a battery tool

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/yourtoolbox/m.html?item=274521350315&hash=item3feabf60ab%3Ag%3AuPYAAOSw3tNfeu07&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2020, 09:58:08 AM »
The ALDI batteries are pretty unbeatable bang for you buck, the 4Ah are usually $40 and they have good Samsung cells in them, you probably can't even buy just the cells that cheaply, you can also sometimes get them cheaper on clearance as well.

Thingiverse also has quite a few designs if you, or someone you know has a 3D printer. https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=ALDI+battery&type=things&sort=relevant&page=1

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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2020, 11:30:21 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2020, 11:57:52 AM »
Spewing. Nothing for the old Milwaulkee V28 gear I got.

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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2020, 12:01:58 PM »
Thanks for that, just bought a soldering iron
Been after one that runs off my drill batteries for a while
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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2020, 12:08:09 PM »
Find a plan and get the printer going

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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2020, 12:26:54 PM »
Thanks for that, just bought a soldering iron
Been after one that runs off my drill batteries for a while

Thinking about gettting one myself, starting to need a good one for some projects coming up

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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2020, 12:56:40 PM »
Spewing. Nothing for the old Milwaulkee V28 gear I got.

Looks like that would need 28v batteries, all the cheaper batteries are 18v (or 20v which is actually 18v) that I know of.

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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2020, 01:24:55 PM »
Looks like that would need 28v batteries, all the cheaper batteries are 18v (or 20v which is actually 18v) that I know of.
Yeah. Maybe 2 *18v paralleled with a few diodes to reduce the voltage

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« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2020, 01:47:06 PM »
Yeah. Maybe 2 *18v paralleled with a few diodes to reduce the voltage

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People have harvested the 18650 cells out of the ALDI batteries to replace Makita etc batteries, but it's pretty fiddly. Looks like the V28 used different cells though so probably out of luck with that option too.
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Re: trade tool battery convertors
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2020, 02:14:02 PM »
Thinking about gettting one myself, starting to need a good one for some projects coming up

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