"Oughtsix" wrote in message
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I think the trick setup would be to build a battery belt. This way
you could put all the weight of the tool around your waist and still
have the convienence and portability of battery power but use higher
capicity D sized cells instead of the usual "sub C" cells. I have
taken apart my dead Dewalt battery and it has thin bus bars welded
between the batteries and a wire no more than 16 gauge from the last
cell back to the power connector. A coiled telephone cord would be to
light but if you could find a coiled 16 gauge cord this would be
perfect.

I have known a couple of professional photographers that have worn
battery belts or battery vests to power their cameras and get decent
recycle time on their high power flashes.



IIRC Hitachi or Makita offered the remote battery belt 2 or 3 years ago,
they may still offer it.