In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
You can also get adaptors that will let you fit the modern LiIon packs
onto the old drills although you need to be careful to not run the packs
too low since the old drills don't have any smarts to communicate with
the battery management system in the new batts - so you run a higher
risk of bricking a battery.

On my Lidl stuff, I'm fairly certain that protection is in the battery,
not drill?

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