On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:31:18 GMT, "Upscale"
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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"Dave in WA" wrote in message
news:bUW_c.2231$Q44.947@trnddc09...
Just because it can be done is no reason to do it. Corded tools are
probably safer and I'd bet a hell of a lot more powerfull...pound for
pound,
or comparably priced.

Maybe so, but I can think of a few reasons to do it. Car battery on hand,
cordless batteries have died or are not retaining much of a charge. Maybe
cost of new batteries or rebuilding batteries is too much.

Actually, it's interesting. I have a rellay expensive 12V cordless.
The guts are great, but the supplied battery packs (at $120 per pack)
are dead. They were proprietary NiCds, and a ripoff.

Suddenly it occurs to me that I can get NiMH cells with umpteenth the
capacity, for a tenth of the price of replacement of the prop packs.

The only trouble is, of course, that the charger will go in the bin,
and that I will have to crack the pack to charge the new cells in the
intelligent NiMH charger. Temperature and all that.

There has to be a market there somewhere. I have a couple of 2-ways
that you can get in-radio chargers for, but of course the chargers
take 24 hours to charge 800mAH NiMh cells, because a quick charger
cannot measure temp if the cells are still in the radios. Devices that
talk to the chargers? Why not? Probably $1 to make and $10 on the
price.


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