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A monstrosity, but this would be kind of cool for stationary tools like lights or the Ridgid heater. This guy has some interesting videos in general.
That thing is massive!
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Imaging using that thing overhead all day!
And it would only cost $100, since the 2.0 batteries are $20 a piece. I’m gun-shy on attempting this myself since I have no soldering experience, but if I were to start off experimenting I’d try combining the $10 1.5 amp batteries. Kobalt’s 24v stuff is awesome btw.
His videos are indeed really cool overall.
aabee wrote:
6 minutes ago, aabee said:And it would only cost $100, since the 2.0 batteries are $20 a piece. I’m gun-shy on attempting this myself since I have no soldering experience, but if I were to start off experimenting I’d try combining the $10 1.5 amp batteries. Kobalt’s 24v stuff is awesome btw.
His videos are indeed really cool overall.
It’s not that difficult, just make sure to NOT use lead-free solder and get some flux paste. Lead-free solder is not necessary and it has a higher melting point. You’d want flux core solder, 60/40 or 63/37.
Not gunna lie I’ve pondered doing this with some random cells I have into a black top Dewalt battery… Only thing that’s stopped me is the randomness of the cells… Though I have considered grabbing a pile of Kobalts to do this too.
Cr8ondt wrote:
On 7/6/2017 at 11:57 AM, Cr8ondt said:Not gunna lie I’ve pondered doing this with some random cells I have into a black top Dewalt battery… Only thing that’s stopped me is the randomness of the cells… Though I have considered grabbing a pile of Kobalts to do this too.
don’t use random cells to do this with, get new cells of the same type, preferrably Exactly the same brand and and model.
rbacon705 wrote:
On 7/6/2017 at 6:50 AM, rbacon705 said:Imaging using that thing overhead all day!
it would last all week