Cordless to corded?

[Dan Hahr]

Has anyone thought about wiring up a 12 volt cordless drill to a deep cycle battery or AC to DC transformer? I have an old drill that I won't spend the cash for new batteries and was wondering if it would work. It sure would be light and could hook it up to my truck if needed. I bet it would run for hours, too...

Dan

[Chris Friesen]

Given the current draw you'd probably need some fairly beefy cables.

[Johnny Kleso]

I have thought of it..
I have a DeWalt 18v and a friend at work bought a 24v and they come with a wall plug as well..

I think a Battery charge will be good but not sure if it will harm the motor..

I bought two 18v $19 HF batteries and changed them with the DeWalt batteries.

The HF batteries where a little shorter and the DeWalt has one battery in the plug part I had to use because the way the plug is made but with some 12g wire and soldering iron I swapped they out and they work very well.. Just as good as new I would say..

[Rich Engelhardt]

Hello,
Check out this thread:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37744&highlight=drill

Niki is usually ahead of the game where turning creative ideas into reality is concerned.

[Joe Chritz]

There is a guy around who replaces the battery core for a reasonable charge.

I have a few 14.4 Dewalt batteries that are DRT (dead right there) that I need to send in. If nobody beats me to it, I'll post the link if I can find it.

You could wire it up with an AC adapter with the proper output but for $25-$30 for a rewire it would likely not be worth the effort.

Now if you want to do it just to do it than have at it.

Joe

[Curt Harms]

There is a guy around who replaces the battery core for a reasonable charge.

I have a few 14.4 Dewalt batteries that are DRT (dead right there) that I need to send in. If nobody beats me to it, I'll post the link if I can find it.

Joe

Is this the guy you were thinking of? http://mtobattery.com/store/page2.html. (http://mtobattery.com/store/page2.html)
I've used and recommend them. Grizzly/Lee Valley-esque customer service and better-than-new battery packs.

Curt

[Tom Esh]

A battery would be safer for the tool. Inexpensive conversion devices may not (usually don't) deliver "clean" or properly regulated DC. That's generally not an issue for battery or motor cores, but it could stress or damage the other control electronics in the tool.