DerbyDad03 wrote in
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On 12 Oct, 21:54, Jim Yanik wrote:
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:25:42 -0700, terry
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On Oct 5, 11:43 am, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On 5 Oct, 04:12, wrote:

I have one of those cordless drills that has a 24 volt battery.
I was wondering what would happen if I unplugged the charger
from the wall, and left the battery in it. Will the charger
discharge the battery if I dont pull it out of the charger?

Also, someone gave me an 18 volt drill that has the identical
looking battery, except the battery is an 18 volt, not a 24.
That drill did work when he gave it to me, but his charger
died, and he just bought a new drill. Can I plug that 18V
battery in the 24V charger or will I damage the battery? It
does fit into the hole on the charger. I dont think 6 volts is
that much different, but it may be for the battery.

GMU

Here's a thought: Call the manufacturer and give them the model
number of the charger and batteries. I'll bet they know the
answer to both questions.

Agree some models (Bosch for example) appear to use the same
charger for several voltage ranges. e.g. 13.8, 14 and 18 volt. But
you can't assume that and you could cook the the batteries or with
certain types overcharge them so they won't discharge properly.
(memory effect).

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.

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.

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).

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.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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Hi Jim, nice to see you back.

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:

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BTW here's something I find interesting...In one post you said:


- 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.

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.


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net