Jim Yanik wrote:
"T Shadow" wrote in
:

Any chance these batteries will become the electronic version of Jarts?

This Old House showed a 36volt 7-1/4" circular saw last week.




battery voltages will become so high,the weight of the packs will make
people return to corded tools. ;-)

Or the pack(backpack?) will have to be separate with a cord to connect to
the tool.

I've already seen one brand with a belt-mounted battery pack and a coilcord
to the tool.


Still more convenient than finding a *fixed* outlet and running a cord
to it...and dragging around/tripping over said cord. In fact still much
more convenient when any potential outlet is more than a few dozen feet
away from the work.

Cordless tools in general have made some jobs possible that never were
before. They've also made many jobs easy to do--meaning that they
actually *get done*--that were difficult before.

jak