Scott, don't waste your time with no name drills. The batteries suck. Buy a
Robi.


No name, but by a Robi...which is essentially a toy drill?
Even a low end B&D lasts longer! Buy a makita or even a MW...a real drill.

RB

When I was working in the trades everyone preferred Makita, though that's
probably changed. Standard these days is 18 volt, though I don't see why you
would need to carry one ON the boat. I can't think of any emergencies that
might require the use of a cordless drill. I looked at the description of
this particular drill, nothing stood out, not water resistant, doesn't even
come with a waterproof carrying case. Spend your money on a good 18v,
something you can leave at home, and take down to the boat on the rare
occasion that you actually need to drill some holes.
John Cairns
"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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Scott, don't waste your time with no name drills. The batteries suck.
Buy a
Robi. Best value.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

I have a 12V drill that needs 14.3V to charge, I suppose a 9.8V drill
vill charge on 12V.
I think that you can read the charge voltage on the charge-box that
comes with the drill.

I think any 12V drill will run on the boatbattery, but if you want to
charge maybe a 9V would be better.

The voltage on a boat system generally varies from 14.? to 11.5V,
depending on whether you are charging with a efficient charger or you
are using a half charged battery. A cheap measuring box will tell you
what your voltages are when you run your engine, charge with
shorepower or just take power from the battery.

Peter S/Y Anicula

"Scott Vernon" skrev i en meddelelse
...
Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill
which will
run and/or charge off your boat batteries?

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

On 23 Jan 2004 18:06:11 GMT, (SAIL LOCO) wrote this
crap:

Scott, don't waste your time with no name drills. The batteries suck. Buy a
Robi. Best value.

A "robi"? like R2D2? He's pretty handy at repair. And you can plug
him into your boat's central computer when you want hyper speed.




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No you nitwit. No.

"Horvath" wrote in message
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On 23 Jan 2004 18:06:11 GMT, (SAIL LOCO) wrote this
crap:

Scott, don't waste your time with no name drills. The batteries suck.
Buy a
Robi. Best value.

A "robi"? like R2D2? He's pretty handy at repair. And you can plug
him into your boat's central computer when you want hyper speed.




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If you stay at anchor (as I do most of the time) you might find it
inconvenient to have to run the engine for the time required to charge
the drillbattery. So if you prefer to run the drill on the drill
batteries, a 9.8V drill that will charge directly from the boat
battery might be more practical.

I prefer to run the drill directly form the boatbattery with a wire.
If you are sitting at anchor and has the time, you can carve a
dummy-battery with wire so you can switch between boatbattery and
drillbattery. You could even ad some metal to the dummy to make the
balance of the drill right.

Peter

skrev i en meddelelse
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:00:40 +0100, "Peter S/Y Anicula"
wrote:

I have a 12V drill that needs 14.3V to charge, I suppose a 9.8V
drill
vill charge on 12V.
I think that you can read the charge voltage on the charge-box that
comes with the drill.

I think any 12V drill will run on the boatbattery, but if you want
to
charge maybe a 9V would be better.


The same charging system that charges the boat's 12 volt batteries
will have no
problem charging the 12 volt batteries for the drill.

BB

The voltage on a boat system generally varies from 14.? to 11.5V,
depending on whether you are charging with a efficient charger or
you
are using a half charged battery. A cheap measuring box will tell
you
what your voltages are when you run your engine, charge with
shorepower or just take power from the battery.

Peter S/Y Anicula

"Scott Vernon" skrev i en meddelelse
...
Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill
which will
run and/or charge off your boat batteries?

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

I'm not interested in the Seafit, just gave that as an example of a 12v
drill. I buy most tools at Sears. I'm not out to impress people, just to get
the job done.

SV

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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Scott, don't waste your time with no name drills. The batteries suck.
Buy a
Robi. Best value.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

well it should be obvious I don't know what to do or I wouldn't have asked.


wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:16:37 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

I have an inverter. I'd like a drill that runs direct off the batts.


Any of them can if you know what to do. You don't need an inverter for
12 volt rechargables.

BB

SV

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Good guess, since I'm asking.


wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:00:17 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill
which
will
run and/or charge off your boat batteries?


All of them can if you know what to do. Oops! I guess that eliminates
you.

BB

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

I have a tab at White Castle.
SV

wrote

I think a factory reconditioned Seafit is probably more in line with
Scotty's financial situation. The bill for cheesburgers really adds up
when you buy 'em by the bagful.

BB

I buy most tools at Sears. I'm not out to impress people, just to get
the job done.

Scotty, Sears sells some crap too. Why do you want a drill that works from your
batteries, rather than a standard charger model? The Makita classic II (for
example) comes with two batteries. Both would give you plenty of usable drill
time and you small inverter could charge one while you use the other. You're
not likely to run out of power for the drill.

RB