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From the headline, I thought this would be for tools that get stolen from trades people's vans. That would be useful. It seems to be a very common occurrence, a
by gadders 5y ago
From the headline, I thought this would be for tools that get stolen from trades people's vans. That would be useful. It seems to be a very common occurrence, and you often see the locks on vans upgraded.
- kotaKat 5y agoDewalt (and a few others) already have Bluetooth-enabled batteries that can do this. You can take some of their "Tool Connect" batteries and disable them over Bluetooth, or put them into a time-limited "lending mode" that kills the pack after X amount of time. https://www.dewalt.com/products/power-tools/connected-products/20v-max-tool-connect-5ah-battery/dcb205bt https://www.dewalt.com/products/power-tools/connected-produc...
- andylynch 5y agoI noticed Milwaukee mentioned in this thread as one of the vendors involved - yes, they can do this too (https://onekey.milwaukeetool.com/Connected-Tools https://onekey.milwaukeetool.com/Connected-Tools) - this sounds like an extension of the same idea.
- gadders 5y agoThanks (& to kotaKat). That sounds like good news.
- leephillips 5y agoWhen I lived in Washington, DC, and was fixing up a house there were contractors who simply would not take jobs there. They knew it meant getting their tools stolen from their vans. They would travel long distances for jobs within VA or MD, but refuse to drive a few miles into DC.