On 16/06/2017 11:00, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Theo wrote:
Capitol wrote:
I see That these are on sale next week. I'm considering buying
one with a view to modifying it to fit my 18V drills which have
clapped NiCd. Does anyone know if these batteries have current and
voltage discharge limiting built into them?

Hmm, 20V is a funny voltage for a lithium pack - it would seem to be
5-and-a-half cells. Unless it's really a 5-cell 18v pack with some
added marketing (declare each cell to be 4v not 3.6v).

Ah yes, there's even a little graph that says so (p4):
https://www.lidl.de/de/asset/other/283237_DE.pdf

I would have expected they would put the monitoring in the battery
rather than the tool, especially since you could swap in a higher
capacity battery. If it's the same as in the leaflet above, there's a
button to get the battery state on the side - I'd be very surprised if
there wasn't also a low voltage cutoff built in.

17 quid for a 2 amp.hr 18v and charger looks somewhat of a bargain.

I have the previous generation saw, jigsaw and drill that share the same
1.5 a.hr batteries, and spares for that were near 30 quid.


Me too - I bought a spare at the time. Two batteries have died, so I'm
left with 2 batteries and 3 chargers. Batteries are £18.50 inc (I think)
p+p:

https://www.kompernass.com/index.php...egory&path=855

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Cheers, Rob