Gave it a bit of a hammering today. Cutting 15mm Contiboard. I'd guess the
very thin blade is easier on the battery. Wonder how well it will last.
But a very useful tool for when cordless is handy - like putting up
shelves in a lockup garage with no power. Was quite surprised how long the
battery lasted.

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:48:44 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Gave it a bit of a hammering today. Cutting 15mm Contiboard. I'd guess the
very thin blade is easier on the battery. Wonder how well it will last.
But a very useful tool for when cordless is handy - like putting up
shelves in a lockup garage with no power. Was quite surprised how long the
battery lasted.

Did you find it 'strange' how quickly (if not surprising) it went from
'running perfectly' to 'dead' (assuming it happened like that with
you), or are you just more familiar with Li-ion powered tools than me?

I was working in Mums garden with the circular saw, jigsaw and drill
(Lidl) and whilst I had power out there (I needed it for the belt
sander) it was nice to be free of power cords (as I was reminded
several times whilst using the belt sander) and none of the tools
seemed to struggle.

I think I might look for a finer blade for the circular saw as
daughter and I used it on some (old) polycarbonate sheet and it was
cracking and splintering quite a bit.

Cheers, T i m

In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:48:44 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Gave it a bit of a hammering today. Cutting 15mm Contiboard. I'd guess
the very thin blade is easier on the battery. Wonder how well it will
last. But a very useful tool for when cordless is handy - like putting
up shelves in a lockup garage with no power. Was quite surprised how
long the battery lasted.

Did you find it 'strange' how quickly (if not surprising) it went from
'running perfectly' to 'dead' (assuming it happened like that with
you), or are you just more familiar with Li-ion powered tools than me?

It's the same as other tools in that range that use the same battery. My
guess is it's to give the battery a longer life.

I was working in Mums garden with the circular saw, jigsaw and drill
(Lidl) and whilst I had power out there (I needed it for the belt
sander) it was nice to be free of power cords (as I was reminded
several times whilst using the belt sander) and none of the tools
seemed to struggle.

I think I might look for a finer blade for the circular saw as
daughter and I used it on some (old) polycarbonate sheet and it was
cracking and splintering quite a bit.

Yes - obviously it's a general purpose one. Not sure how easily you'll get
a 'thin' one to fit.

Cheers, T i m

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:21:35 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:48:44 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Gave it a bit of a hammering today. Cutting 15mm Contiboard. I'd guess
the very thin blade is easier on the battery. Wonder how well it will
last. But a very useful tool for when cordless is handy - like putting
up shelves in a lockup garage with no power. Was quite surprised how
long the battery lasted.

Did you find it 'strange' how quickly (if not surprising) it went from
'running perfectly' to 'dead' (assuming it happened like that with
you), or are you just more familiar with Li-ion powered tools than me?

It's the same as other tools in that range that use the same battery. My
guess is it's to give the battery a longer life.

Yes, probably (over)discharge protection of the cells etc. It's just it
went from what sounded and felt like full power to off with no warning
(slowing) at all.

I was working in Mums garden with the circular saw, jigsaw and drill
(Lidl) and whilst I had power out there (I needed it for the belt
sander) it was nice to be free of power cords (as I was reminded
several times whilst using the belt sander) and none of the tools
seemed to struggle.

I think I might look for a finer blade for the circular saw as daughter
and I used it on some (old) polycarbonate sheet and it was cracking and
splintering quite a bit.

Yes - obviously it's a general purpose one. Not sure how easily you'll
get a 'thin' one to fit.

I was thinking more 'fine' (as in teeth) than 'thin' Dave, assuming there
would be one with the right size (diameter and hole)?

Cheers, T i m

Li-on batteries must not be over discharged and protection is usually built in to prevent that. The result is that unlike NiCads which exhibit a tailing off of power Li-on devices tend to stop suddenly this is true for my Dewalt combination drill and a floodlight I have.

Richard

On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:39:04 -0700 (PDT), Tricky Dicky
wrote:

Li-on batteries must not be over discharged and protection is usually built in to prevent that.

Funnily enough, I posted a question about that whole area recently
because of a Li-Ion battery pack I was trying to fix for a friends
friends scooter.

The result is that unlike NiCads which exhibit a tailing off of power Li-on devices tend to stop suddenly

Yes, that is what I was experiencing (and haven't done so in such a
marked way before. Even my Stanley FatMax Li-Ion drill tails off
slightly first).

this is true for my Dewalt combination drill and a floodlight I have.

Ok, thanks.

Cheers, T i m

On 31/03/2016 20:05, T i m wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:21:35 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:48:44 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Gave it a bit of a hammering today. Cutting 15mm Contiboard. I'd guess
the very thin blade is easier on the battery. Wonder how well it will
last. But a very useful tool for when cordless is handy - like putting
up shelves in a lockup garage with no power. Was quite surprised how
long the battery lasted.

Did you find it 'strange' how quickly (if not surprising) it went from
'running perfectly' to 'dead' (assuming it happened like that with
you), or are you just more familiar with Li-ion powered tools than me?

It's the same as other tools in that range that use the same battery. My
guess is it's to give the battery a longer life.

Yes, probably (over)discharge protection of the cells etc. It's just it
went from what sounded and felt like full power to off with no warning
(slowing) at all.

My Hitachi 18v SDS and 18v Combi Li-ion do that and it mentions it in
the instructions. They just stop dead to protect the batteries.



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman

In article ,
T i m wrote:
Yes - obviously it's a general purpose one. Not sure how easily you'll
get a 'thin' one to fit.

I was thinking more 'fine' (as in teeth) than 'thin' Dave, assuming
there would be one with the right size (diameter and hole)?

The blade on mine seemed a lot thinner than similar mains saws I'd seen,
so wondered if this was how it managed a decent battery life?

--
*He's not dead - he's electroencephalographically challenged

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:14:55 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
Yes - obviously it's a general purpose one. Not sure how easily you'll
get a 'thin' one to fit.

I was thinking more 'fine' (as in teeth) than 'thin' Dave, assuming
there would be one with the right size (diameter and hole)?

The blade on mine seemed a lot thinner than similar mains saws I'd seen,
so wondered if this was how it managed a decent battery life?

That's a thought ... doing less work be removing less material?

Cheers, T i m