![]() ![]() I noticed when repairing a Dewalt Type 1 18V charger last week for a friend that the circuit board had a clearly laid out connector for a communications header, I doubt they have that in any of the newer chargers. I noticed on the HF 80V Atlas batteries I took apart to check them out that they slathered the circuit board in epoxy so it can not be cloned as easy. The Hyper Tough 20V Max 2.5 Ah Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery can be used to power any Hyper Tough power and garden tool in the HT Charge family. HackAday featured a few articles about people defeating the DRM to rebuild packs, but, defeating the DRM to use another OEM's (lithium Li-Po) battery in your tool, pretty much impossible. Using DRM they make it just about impossible to swap one battery pack to another line of tools without risking inferior performance or a melt down. ![]() On many of the newer battery packs, they communicate with the tool, to manage power and heat levels. There are basically no converters for the HF stuff. You used to be able to take the red button packs and adapt them to the yellow button packs. > I'm really trying to find anything to fit my Chicago Electric 18V! I will get pics tonight of the batteries and post them if people want to do the same. I have 18v dewalt stuff (older stem style), 20v earthquake (harbor freight), 20v hyper tough (Walmart), 18v Chicago electric (old maroon/yellow harbor freight tools). I figured by now there would be an awesome cross reference site for this but there is not one that I found to be worth while. A few brands, including DeWalt, Makita, and Milwaukee, sell battery mowers that run on 18- or 20-volt batteries that also power their hand tools, including drills and circular saws. I'm wanting to know what batteries and if mods are needed like re-wiring or filing tabs down. I know you can BUY a conversion that changes the old 18v dewalts to the new slide in style batteries but that's a horse of a different color and not what I am talking about. I've read about a few online like black and decker fitting craftsman or something like that. There's SOOO much 20v stuff anymore there's got to be a few that are interchangeable. I can post pics of the batteries I have if people want to get serious about this. ![]() (The actual voltage of a 40V battery is 36 Volt but it jumps to 40 when fully charged) in series and charge your 40V battery with. Do check the output voltage ratings on the back of the charger. You can easily charge an 18V battery with the 18-20 volt chargers. It didn't, but I'm sure there's some peeps on here who know what tools are interchangeable. An Apple Macbook chargers (The old Megsafe ones) are rated at 14/16/18/20V. I have a few 20v stuff that he doesn't have so I brought a battery over to see if it would work with anything he had. Me and a friend were trying to see what batteries will work with other brands. So I'm hoping to get a lot of replies on this topic. ![]()
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