On Oct 16, 9:04*pm, John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:35:32 +0100, A.Lee wrote:

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Thanks for that. Having a PMF180 and found, like you, that the mains
power is a hassle, I've been eyeing this beast since I saw it (please
Santa ...:-)).

I guess one wouldn't expect the batteries to last that long: 180 watts for
the mains version divided by say 18V would be 10A which would be 1/5 hour
or 12 minutes for a 2Ah battery, so 15 mins from a 10V battery is not bad..
My use (or potential use) of the PMF180 is mostly quickly cutting
something in an impossible location for which the battery powered version
would be ideal, with occasional prolonged use say cutting through tiles
with the grit-edged saw, for which lower vibration (and noise?) might
still make up for the hassle of swapping batteries.

If its a big enough problem its poss to make a much bigger pack that
clips onto the belt etc, with a lead to a gutted battery pack.


NT