Cordless power rant....what we NEED

Posted by dnoyeB on June 9, 2008, 2:08 pm

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:45:30 -0400, RBM wrote:

>> Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws tillers, and 4 stroke
>> push
>> lawn mowers.Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company would
>> come up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL their
>> outdoor stuff such as lawnmowers, weed eaters.... I am waiting for it
>> to happen....Do you think Makita or Dewalt or Black & Decker can come
>> up with a simple rig that says "we have a product that is all
>> rechargable such as a lawn mower, weed eater,chainsaw, small cultivator
>> ....and.... WILL ALL USE THE SAME BATTERY!...They could set some kind
>> of standard...I'll buy like 10 batterys to have on charge and use
>> whatever product I want to use... I'd buy their entire product that has
>> anything that will run their batteries....thoughts?... I mean it only
>> makes sense...

> I don't think it makes sense, yet, as batteries would have to be too
> large to hold the charge you'd need for a lawnmower or any other outdoor
> power equipment. Maybe in a few years when MIT gets their capacitor
> battery on the open market, things will change

Actually, they all seem to use the same cells inside. So they inface are
using common parts but in different packages. If they made the package
servicable, then it might work. But it would just be annoying to pull 15
battery cells out to put 9 into some different device. Then to keep them
all charged. What a headache. But at least you would know which cell is
bad.

CL

Posted by Jim Yanik on June 9, 2008, 3:23 pm

> On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:45:30 -0400, RBM wrote:
>

>>> Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws tillers, and 4
>>> stroke push
>>> lawn mowers.Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company
>>> would come up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL
>>> their outdoor stuff such as lawnmowers, weed eaters.... I am waiting
>>> for it to happen....Do you think Makita or Dewalt or Black & Decker
>>> can come up with a simple rig that says "we have a product that is
>>> all rechargable such as a lawn mower, weed eater,chainsaw, small
>>> cultivator ....and.... WILL ALL USE THE SAME BATTERY!...They could
>>> set some kind of standard...I'll buy like 10 batterys to have on
>>> charge and use whatever product I want to use... I'd buy their
>>> entire product that has anything that will run their
>>> batteries....thoughts?... I mean it only makes sense...

>> I don't think it makes sense, yet, as batteries would have to be too
>> large to hold the charge you'd need for a lawnmower or any other
>> outdoor power equipment. Maybe in a few years when MIT gets their
>> capacitor battery on the open market, things will change

>
>
> Actually, they all seem to use the same cells inside. So they inface
> are using common parts but in different packages. If they made the
> package servicable, then it might work. But it would just be annoying
> to pull 15 battery cells out to put 9 into some different device.
> Then to keep them all charged. What a headache. But at least you
> would know which cell is bad.
>
>
> CL
>

you are not going to run a lawnmower[or a chainsaw] for very long on the
sub-C cells used in a cordless drill,and the mower is not going to cut
grass very well,either.Nor will a chainsaw cut well on sub-C cells.

I went and read reviews on the B&D CMM1200 and one said it was junk,and
Mother Earth said it was the best of the 3 they tested.
they all use 24v lead-acid batteries.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on June 8, 2008, 10:09 pm

> Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws tillers, and 4 stroke push
> lawn mowers.Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company would
> come up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL their outdoor
> stuff such as lawnmowers, weed eaters.... I am waiting for it to
> happen....Do you think Makita or Dewalt or Black & Decker can come up with
> a simple rig that says "we have a product that is all rechargable such as
> a lawn mower, weed eater,chainsaw, small cultivator ....and.... WILL ALL
> USE THE SAME BATTERY!...They could set some kind of standard

But battery powered yard tools don't work very well no matter how many
battery configurations you have.

Posted by zzyzzx on June 10, 2008, 4:09 pm

> But battery powered yard tools don't work very well no matter how many
> battery configurations you have.

I think we have a winner! I don't own any cordless tools for a
reason ... they all suck. Just use a long extension cord.

Posted by AZ Nomad on June 9, 2008, 12:41 am

> Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws tillers, and 4 stroke push
>lawn mowers.Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company would come
>up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL their outdoor stuff

The weight to power ratio is too poor.

Nobody wants to carry around the weight of ten car batteries for a chain saw.

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