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This has never occurred to me but that seems obvious. I wonder if it's just not something on lawmaker's radar. It appears to kinda be. I've got the following e
by mikestew 5y ago
This has never occurred to me but that seems obvious. I wonder if it's just not something on lawmaker's radar.
It appears to kinda be. I've got the following equipment from Lowe's (U.S. home improvement store) Kobalt brand:
1. Mower
2. Weed trimmer
3. Electric snow shovel
...all of which take the same battery. But the same battery from Lowe's that (as others point out) probably has a 90% margin. And I think it is a fair question on the part of the manufacturers to ask, "how do we know those other batteries aren't going to go 'pop'?" The standard would have to be segmented as well. I don't to drag around a drill that is using the same battery as the lawn mower; my forearms aren't in that good shape.
All of that said, it is nice to just pull a battery off the lawn equipment charger and not worry about which battery goes where.
- rootusrootus 5y ago> all of which take the same battery It's very effective. Almost 100% of my cordless power tools are DeWalt, for exactly that reason. E.g. I'm in the market now for a cordless air compressor, and it turns out that DeWalt makes one that takes the 20V batteries just like the other tools I carry. Of course it's first on the list.
- bluGill 5y agoIf the lawmakers would just make 4 standards: 2 milwaukee (12 and 18 volt), 2 DeWalk (12v and 20/60 flex) it would cover most people who care about keeping their existing tools and be good enough for everything.