Re: (ET) Using Homelite appliances on Elec-Trak

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>]

On 26 Jun 2004 at 15:35, Chris Zach wrote:

> These
> devices used a 1ah or so battery pack (12 1.2 volt AA size NiCDs) so 
> they are
> not going to suck down a 100+ah set of T105's unless you're running 
> around all
> day with them (in which case you really need to think for awhile about 
> this:
> These are not heavy duty tools).

I'd echo that caution.  I haven't seen these tools, but I wouldn't be
surprised if they were designed to run about as long at a stretch as the
battery's charge would last.  After that, they'd want a nice cooldown 
period
while the battery was charging.

I suspect that when run from an external power supply, many people will be
tempted to keep using them until the smoke escapes from their motors.  But 
I
could be wrong.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
1991 Solectria Force 144vac
1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
1974 Avco New Idea 36vdc
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