"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
andrew wrote:
I'm tempted to scrap the batterry and run mine of one of those emergency
jump start thingies but then they're less than 12V.

Eh? They are a standard SLA 12v battery so as much 12 volts as anything
else that says it has a 12 volt battery.

But a cordless drill powered from an external pack isn't cordless any
more...


True, but it shares possibly the most important feature of a true
"cordless" tool, in that you aren't dependent on having a mains socket
local to the work you are doing.