Dear Simple - he's cruising in Australia - see line 2 below - he won't
be back for many a year - and no Sears in Aust.


Simple ... if it's Sears, return it ... they're real good that way. Then go
get the right tool for the job.


"OMOO" wrote in message
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A friend bought a 19.2 v Sears cordless drill for use on his boat.
He's cruising now in Aust so no 110 VAC wall power. The charger won't
charge the 19.2 VDC battery on either his inverter or his Honda
generator. Sears doesn't have a 12VDC charger so now what.

Any ideas why and how to fix this ? Any possibility of a generic
charger that runs on 12 VDC? I don't know what the 110 VAC charger
puts out - maybe 25 V ??

I'm assuming that whilst he is "cruising" down here, he wants to charge
whist shore power is available. i.e. 240V 50 HZ not the 110 V 60 Hz the
charger is used to. Presumably neither the genset nor inverter would charge
it when moored in USA, I guess he didn't try it before he left.
I'd suggest he TRIES a 240 / 110 V transformer ( hoping the 50 Hz / 60 Hz is
not an issue,) or buys a new cheap drill which charges from 240V and 110 V.

Or buy a new inverter or genset ....

DF


"OMOO" wrote in message
...
Dear Simple - he's cruising in Australia - see line 2 below - he won't
be back for many a year - and no Sears in Aust.


Simple ... if it's Sears, return it ... they're real good that way. Then
go
get the right tool for the job.


"OMOO" wrote in message
.. .
A friend bought a 19.2 v Sears cordless drill for use on his boat.
He's cruising now in Aust so no 110 VAC wall power. The charger won't
charge the 19.2 VDC battery on either his inverter or his Honda
generator. Sears doesn't have a 12VDC charger so now what.

Any ideas why and how to fix this ? Any possibility of a generic
charger that runs on 12 VDC? I don't know what the 110 VAC charger
puts out - maybe 25 V ??

Even simpler ... return it when he gets back ... in the meantime, operate by
hand ... isn't that what lone sailors do :-)

"OMOO" wrote in message
...
Dear Simple - he's cruising in Australia - see line 2 below - he won't
be back for many a year - and no Sears in Aust.


Simple ... if it's Sears, return it ... they're real good that way. Then
go
get the right tool for the job.


"OMOO" wrote in message
.. .
A friend bought a 19.2 v Sears cordless drill for use on his boat.
He's cruising now in Aust so no 110 VAC wall power. The charger won't
charge the 19.2 VDC battery on either his inverter or his Honda
generator. Sears doesn't have a 12VDC charger so now what.

Any ideas why and how to fix this ? Any possibility of a generic
charger that runs on 12 VDC? I don't know what the 110 VAC charger
puts out - maybe 25 V ??