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How about standardizing battery replacements as well as standardizing on battery packs for power tools?

by formvoltron 5y ago

endisneigh 5y ago
I’m surprised no one has made a series of adapters for this so you can use any battery on any tool.
- bin_bash 5y ago
  yes they have https://badaptor.com/us/ https://badaptor.com/us/
- twblalock 5y ago
  Some of the modern batteries are electronically controlled by the tool. It's not as simple as just an electrical connection anymore.
aaomidi 5y ago
I mean, there's always going to be more things. This one is a huge step and I hope it goes through.
twblalock 5y ago
I'd rather not. Competition in the power tool market has resulted in very impressive batteries over the last few years. Combined with the new brushless motor tech, consumers of cordless power tools are better off now than they have ever been. If we had standardized on the old 18v-style batteries, with the stick that goes up into the tool handle, we might still be stuck with them. Similarly, if the EU had gone through with standardizing on micro-USB plugs for smartphones several years ago, as it threatened to do, I doubt we would now have phones with USB-C which is so much better.
- inetknght 5y ago
  You can innovate in batteries while standardizing on form factor. I very much don't want to have to buy ten different batteries for devices and have none of them work with each other. AAA, AA, C, D, 9V... these are all very much handy to have. You can find them with Alkaline, NiCad, NiMH, Li-ion, and the only thing is whether you can, and if so then how often, you can recharge them
sneak 5y ago
Both the battery packs, as well as the sockets, as well as some lights, for the Ryobi 18V one+ system are made by third parties now. I've built a few projects that use the 3p one+ sockets, wired up to buck converters to give 12V, using 3P 9AH batteries. As sibling commenters pointed out, there are also adapters to/from most common tool batteries around.

How about standardizing battery replacements as well as standardizing on battery packs for power tools?

endisneigh 5y ago

I’m surprised no one has made a series of adapters for this so you can use any battery on any tool.

bin_bash 5y ago
yes they have https://badaptor.com/us/ https://badaptor.com/us/
twblalock 5y ago
Some of the modern batteries are electronically controlled by the tool. It's not as simple as just an electrical connection anymore.

aaomidi 5y ago

I mean, there's always going to be more things. This one is a huge step and I hope it goes through.

twblalock 5y ago

I'd rather not. Competition in the power tool market has resulted in very impressive batteries over the last few years. Combined with the new brushless motor tech, consumers of cordless power tools are better off now than they have ever been. If we had standardized on the old 18v-style batteries, with the stick that goes up into the tool handle, we might still be stuck with them. Similarly, if the EU had gone through with standardizing on micro-USB plugs for smartphones several years ago, as it threatened to do, I doubt we would now have phones with USB-C which is so much better.

inetknght 5y ago
You can innovate in batteries while standardizing on form factor. I very much don't want to have to buy ten different batteries for devices and have none of them work with each other. AAA, AA, C, D, 9V... these are all very much handy to have. You can find them with Alkaline, NiCad, NiMH, Li-ion, and the only thing is whether you can, and if so then how often, you can recharge them

sneak 5y ago

Both the battery packs, as well as the sockets, as well as some lights, for the Ryobi 18V one+ system are made by third parties now. I've built a few projects that use the 3p one+ sockets, wired up to buck converters to give 12V, using 3P 9AH batteries. As sibling commenters pointed out, there are also adapters to/from most common tool batteries around.