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I run mower batteries in my eBike (40V) but it requires a 3d printed adapter to pigtail leads. The main gripe i have is the greenworks started adding DRM on on
by pcdoodle 2y ago
I run mower batteries in my eBike (40V) but it requires a 3d printed adapter to pigtail leads.
The main gripe i have is the greenworks started adding DRM on one of the pins so I can't run in reverse: my large non greenworks 40V battery cannot power any of their tools.
Milwaukee M12 tool batteries are a little different, their cells are not protected from over discharge internally (the tool uses 3 pins to monitor). So this is something to watch out for.
A standard battery would be ideal. 4.2V fully charged cells are everywhere and if protected, series/parallel configurations could cover so many bases and eliminate a lot of waste.
Where could we pressure a few cross platform uses? So far it's been eBike/Lawncare batts for me. Pretty safe if you respect the discharge/charge rates.
- ravenstine 2y ago> The main gripe i have is the greenworks started adding DRM on one of the pins so I can't run in reverse: my large non greenworks 40V battery cannot power any of their tools. Imagine being the developer tasked with implementing such anti-consumer crap. I'd like to think I'd flip off my boss and quit on the spot if I were they. Thankfully, I've yet to be handed such an opportunity.
- notjulianjaynes 2y agoI do the same with EGO 52 volt batteries. These also have no unedrvolt/over-discharge* protection but for me this is better because my controller handles that and I can regen brake (p sure you can't with I assume you're talking about Ryobi 40v as they're the most common maker I've seen of that standard for power tools.) *This is also true for Dewalt 20v.