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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
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 ?? |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
Correction/addition - what I should have said is that the fuse on the
110 VAC charger blows on both the inverter and the Honda - that's why the battery doesn't charge. 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 ?? |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
I am going to hazard a guess and say that the 120 VAC to 19.2 VDC charger
requires a good sine wave for operation. It could be that both the inverter and the honda genset (I believe it has an inverter also - or at least the web site said so) power output is a modified sine wave that does not get correctly inverted to 120 VAC. Perhaps he could try a pure sine wave inverter.... Mucho dinero! "OMOO" wrote in message ... Correction/addition - what I should have said is that the fuse on the 110 VAC charger blows on both the inverter and the Honda - that's why the battery doesn't charge. 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 ?? |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
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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 ?? |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
Ny the way the cheapest option may be a new drill :-)
"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ... I am going to hazard a guess and say that the 120 VAC to 19.2 VDC charger requires a good sine wave for operation. It could be that both the inverter and the honda genset (I believe it has an inverter also - or at least the web site said so) power output is a modified sine wave that does not get correctly inverted to 120 VAC. Perhaps he could try a pure sine wave inverter.... Mucho dinero! |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
My DeWalt will charge on little cheapo inverters like you can find at
WalMart. "Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ... Ny the way the cheapest option may be a new drill :-) "Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ... I am going to hazard a guess and say that the 120 VAC to 19.2 VDC charger requires a good sine wave for operation. It could be that both the inverter and the honda genset (I believe it has an inverter also - or at least the web site said so) power output is a modified sine wave that does not get correctly inverted to 120 VAC. Perhaps he could try a pure sine wave inverter.... Mucho dinero! |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 13:55:53 -0700, in message
OMOO wrote: Correction/addition - what I should have said is that the fuse on the 110 VAC charger blows on both the inverter and the Honda - that's why the battery doesn't charge. 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. If he has access to 220/240 shore power, then perhaps a 2:1 step down transformer will solve the problem for the drill and any other AC stuff on board. They are not too pricey, especially for a small load like a drill charger. Another possibility is that the charger draw on the non-ideal power is a little higher in a transient way -- he could try a slow blow fuse of the same rating. Ryk -- Unfortunately this address has been overrun by SPAM. If you want to be sure I see email from you, then please include the words "Ryk says it's OK" somewhere in your message. |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
OMOO wrote:
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 ?? try an inverter? -- Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore....... |
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Charging cordless drill on boat ?
I agree with those that think the problem is due to using a non-sine
wave inverter. I've recently seen low power true sine wave inverters advertised for a reasonable price, I think it might have been in the Norther tool catalog. In any case, I suspect the inverter may still cost more than a new drill as one writer said. If there is a valid use for the sine wave inverter other than charging the drill, that may be an option. Jim. OMOO wrote: 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 ?? |
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