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Im just wondering if theres a limit as to how much can be plugged in to the radio? Can I some how overload it if I say plugged in a whole bunch of splitters to it and a bunch of power tools? Not that I would just home depot nor fastenal could answer that question yesterday when I purchased it.
I’m sure Dewalt has some sort of fuse or breaker on the outlets so you cant pull too many amps at one time
I couldn’t see nothing and i looked everywhere
It has a 10 amp fuse so nothing more than that unless you like changing fuses.
One more question, do the li ion batteries use the same charger as the ni cad batteries cause I only see the ni cad charger but everywhere is saying it charges all. And again im not going to do that to my radio I was just curious is all and no one could answer it lol.
No you cannot use a nicad rated charger with lithium ion batteries, You have to use a charger or radio charger that can handle dual battery chemistries. If the the lithium battery will even charge with a nicad charger it might not just for safety reasons, but if the charger did allow you to charge a lithium battery it could damage the cells permanently or even make the battery pack explode or catch on fire.
The first radio/charger (DC011) will only work with NiCad batteries, the DC012 will charge both NiCad and lithium . DeWalt has made minor changes to the tip of the battery that inserts into the tool or charger, the lithium batteries will not fit in a NiCad charger. When you are talking 7.2 -18 volt chargers, the rule of thumb is a black charger will only charge NiCad batteries and yellow chargers will charge both NiCad and lithium.
Grumpy is correct. It will charge both Ni-Cad and Li-ion 18v batteries.
So the 18v li ion batteries are different than the 20v li ion batteries, I guess that’s where the confusion is I thought all li ion batteries were 20v, Can my dewalt dc825 accept an 18v li ion battery?
Except for a few tools all of the Dewalt 18v tools can use 18v lithium ion packs. It’s only a few tools that can’t use the lithium packs anyways. The 20v label is a marketing thing to differentiate between the new slide pack batteries that the 20v max tools use and the stem pack battery packs that the 18v batteries use. Here is a video that explains whats going on with Dewalt’s naming system http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBehZbptnCw
xcaliber81 wrote:
So the 18v li ion batteries are different than the 20v li ion batteries, I guess that’s where the confusion is I thought all li ion batteries were 20v, Can my dewalt dc825 accept an 18v li ion battery?
Yes, the DC9180 & DC9181 (Both li-ion) will fit in the DC825.
Alright I think they are just trying to confuse us.