I wish someone would come up with a universal charger that fits ALL of those drill (and other tool) batteries, and has a switch to select the voltage. I got at least 5 different tools/batteries here, and several dont have chargers. At the price of chargers, I'd rather just buy one for all tools. Hopefully someone will eventually make one. It's too bad that not all batteries were not initially made the same shape, not to mention voltage. Of course the voltage seems to keep getting higher, which means more power, but heavier batteries/tools. I'm wondering what will happen when they get to 120volts. Will they also plug in to a common outlet? (yeah, they will have to convert to DC).
snipped-for-privacy@oink.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
chances are,any no-name drill is going to come with a simple charger;no "smarts",charge times longer than 1 hour(3-5 hrs or more),and will probably discharge the battery once the line power is turned off,and will overcharge the pack if left on past the time needed to fully recharge the pack.
examine the charger and see what the charge times are. open it up if you can and see what IC is controlling the charge. Then look up the application note for that IC.(Google)
snipped-for-privacy@oink.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Why? where's the market for such a charger? (Considering that most drills come with a charger) If there's not a big enough market,there will not be any profit in making one.
you would have to have adapters for each type,as bases,electric connections and charge sensing will be different for each brand of battery. That is going to add up to a considerable cost.
That's why the change to Lithium-ion batteries;more energy at lower weight,plus the no-self-discharge characteristic. Also fewer cells to supply a desired voltage.
Last week you and I were having a discussion about the use of the Customer Service Reps vs. the manual and I don't recall see a response to my last question to you. Allow me to ask it again...perhaps I misunderstood the seemingly inconsistant comments you made in two different posts. Here's what I posted on 10-6:
***** Beg- It also conserves the phone support resource for truly necessary questions from deserving people.
Then in another post you agreed with the following sentiment, calling it a "Good one!"
"I'll do all I can to keep from talking to those foreign tech supporters who can't comprehend what I'm asking and don't have enough english vocabulary to explain the answers I'm looking for."
So which is it? Are the CSR's a precious resource to be reserved for truly deserving people or are they to be avoided because they can't speak your native language? I don't believe you can have it both ways.
DerbyDad03 wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@e34g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
Uh,the two are separate problems. Perhaps you honestly believe that employing cheaper foreign support people means there will be more of them,making for a larger resource.I am not that naive.
it appears you're looking for a fight here. Since it means SO much to you,here's my answer,FWIW;
I can agree with not wanting to deal with foreign tech support people;both on the basis of those jobs should be done by employing OUR citizens,and secondly because the foreigners don't have a good command of English or have a severe accent making them hard to understand.What good is an answer if you cannot understand it because the accent has garbled it? (at least a printed FAQ is accent-free;in English and readable.)
Certainly,calling any tech support when the answers you seek are on on a company website means that more tech support may need to be hired. (maybe raising the price of the product...) More phonecalls mean that more people and more phone lines are needed to handle the added volume;X number of techs can only handle so many calls per shift,or the wait gets longer.Asking questions that have been answered on the website uses up bandwidth(phone line/tech time).
Your being lazy,and that is what it is,usually means a longer wait for others that have questions not answered on the website.
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