Comment on DIY Universal Power Tools?
blue_morpho@lemmy.world@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You mean something like this but put it inside the battery?
Comment on DIY Universal Power Tools?
blue_morpho@lemmy.world@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You mean something like this but put it inside the battery?
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly like that for part 1, part 2 would be adapting the battery port to use a compatible plug instead of the current property nonsense.
blue_morpho@lemmy.world@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So you want to change the tool and the battery to USB? So the battery plugs into the tool with USB and then the battery whrn unplugged is charged with usb?
I hate the proprietary too but I don’t think usb-c is robust enough for power tools. Vibration and dirt will kill it quickly.
There are numerous adapters on printables to convert one charger to another so you aren’t stuck with one brand of battery. Although I’ve taken the lazy way and buy 3rd party batteries which are super cheap.
However one brand puts the BMS inside the tool, not in the battery but I can’t rember which brand and quick Google didn’t help.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s my biggest worry, I’d hate to do all the work just to have to redo it regularly, so I’m not attached to USB-C, that’s just the current trend and I’d like to build this idea to last.
The battery to tool converter is actually how I got to this idea. I live by the idea than anything worth doing is worth overdoing, so why stop at an adapter when I can just make my own interface and modify all future tools with that? It will look cleaner, and all I’ll need to do going forward is solder in the port for any new tools I get.
You do realise that by using usb-c in this way, you’d be creating a proprietary connector, because there’s a lot more to usb than just the shape of the plug?
Not to mention that it would probably fail pretty quickly as the contact resistance is too high to handle the currents of a power tool. Compare a connector people usually use for batteries like an xt30/xt60 to a tiny usb-c one and you’ll see what I mean.
If the goal is to make it so you can buy any brand battery and use it with any brand tool, I’d look into making contact adapters instead.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I’m picking up that usb-C isn’t the option.
I’m basically looking to take a contact adapter to the next level and just replace the contacts on all current and future tools with something that’s easy to buy in bulk and reliable. The xt## may be what I’m looking for.