On 23/10/2020 16:14, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/10/2020 11:38, Andy Burns wrote:
John Rumm wrote:

Not sure if it would be a problem with the charger - since its the
tool that has an extra tab in the battery slot that prevents the
insertion of the new batteries. The new charger won't have the tab
either.

I've not seen photos of the "non-star" batteries, but here's how to
adapt tools to let them fit ...

https://youtu.be/SaJ13fUkNV0?t=72

Yup that will work, although with the caveat of taking care not to over
drain the batteries in case the lack of battery management comms causes
a problem.


Thanks for that Andy and John, I've passed the link on. As the
modification is only to the saw it's worth trying just to make sure the
saw works before investing in a new battery/