Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair

[WhitewaterWoman]

Can anyone explain what this thing is? It is brand new in box found in a cluttered corner I am trying to clear out.

More than what it is, how would one use it? Or more specifically, how would I use it? Or should I just put it in the donation box?

Thank you.

 

[Mary Terry]

I googled it. It's a car battery charger. Might come in handy someday.

 

[Forest Cat]

Yes, as Mary Terry said, that's a battery charger. Handy to have.

 

[Nitro]

it has a pulse/repair function that helps restore borderline iffy batteries that are on the way out.

I own several of them.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Thank you, Nitro, Mary Terry and Forest Cat.

OK. It is a battery charger. It sounds like I should keep it.

Would it charge my car battery if my battery failed at home (where I have electric.)?

What else would it charge that I might have here?

 

[Mary Terry]

Thank you, Nitro, Mary Terry and Forest Cat.

OK. It is a battery charger. It sounds like I should keep it.

Would it charge my car battery if my battery failed at home (where I have electric.)?

What else would it charge that I might have here?

Maybe your tractor or lawnmower battery? The guys would know better than I do.

 

[Nitro]

any lead acid batterya 12 to 24 volts, but never anything that ia LiPo


12 volts are typically automotive, motorcycles or power lawn equipment

the choices are for what types of lead acid batteries
generally they are simply flooded plate units which is the default setting on most of these chargers

the repair function will be the last choice in the menu

the 24 volt systems are generally heavy equipment or over the road big trucks

 

[Hypnalis]

A complement to Nitros post:

Two and a half examples of what a lead-acid battery might be optimized for:

ICU engines take a lot of power to start, so car batteries have to be able to take repeated "hits" followed by fairly limited use (barely loaded when the car is running) so steady charging. They're engineered for that of course.

Batteries to run the fridges, TVs, etc on boats, RVs etc when the motor isn't running are optimized for low/slow draw from a bank of batteries, with (in general) much less charging time compared to draw time.
Again, battery guys have been doing this "forever", so you can buy batteries that are good for this usage.

I looks .like you have a setting to simulate solar recharge too (long low slow charge + slow draw), so I guess there are batteries optimized for that.

So to me it looks like that thing can be told to charge using a pattern that matches the battery, plus the "repair" one Nitro one explained.

If you're in the middle of nowhere, with a risk of no main power, and backups via a generator, and some solar, plus ICU vehicles, a fancy charger like that could be very useful.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Electric/Battery powered tools that I need to use now. Please let me know your advice on how this battery operated screw driver (I think) and the batteries that should fit, but don't, and also I can't find any place to insert a charging cord. Help!

I tried to put these in order, but that did not work. Basically you see a battery operated screw driver, along with the (I think) battery packs that should go with it. But none of the battery packs fits the driver. They do on okay, but do not lock in place.

I've tried to show different sides and the bottoms of these tools. I hava also include a shot of a rack with a bunch of these kinds of tools which will need the same things. So if I can figure out this one, I can probably get the others working.

Thank you!!!!

 

[Nitro]

Electric/Battery powered tools that I need to use now. Please let me know your advice on how this battery operated screw driver (I think) and the batteries that should fit, but don't, and also I can't find any place to insert a charging cord. Help!


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I tried to put these in order, but that did not work. Basically you see a battery operated screw driver, along with the (I think) battery packs that should go with it. But none of the battery packs fits the driver. They do on okay, but do not lock in place.

I've tried to show different sides and the bottoms of these tools. I hava also include a shot of a rack with a bunch of these kinds of tools which will need the same things. So if I can figure out this one, I can probably get the others working.

Thank you!!!!

20 volt Porter Cable tool batteries take a dedicated charger.
I found a Porter Cable impact driver similar to yours and was doing a search for an propriated charger when I discovered this.

The generic knockoff versions also accept the Black and Decker batteries.
This sparked my curiosity to see why.

The batteries are proprietary to each brand.

The difference between the these two brands is a keyed notch on the rail that engages with the tool

I simply added the Black and Decker sided slot to the PC battery and placed the tool back in service at no additional cost to me.

 

[Nitro]

Technically that is an impact driver for running threaded fasteners.
Most modern drills are capable of driving the same fasteners but without the advantage of the impact function.

 

[Outdated]

But none of the battery packs fits the driver.

Insert the battery from the front and slide it towards the back until it clicks and locks in to place.

 

[Hypnalis]

Lots of pix here:

https://www.portercable.com/
Batteries and chargers:
https://www.portercable.com/products/accessories/batteries-chargers

 

[Nitro]

Because chasing the driver bits and accessories for all of my cordless tools becomes a hassle, I went with this system:

The brightly colored holders are quick disconnects dedicated to the tool shanks

They are on carabiners which I daisy chained to a larger one to keep them all on one place

Extremely useful in my honest opinion.

 

[Nitro]

pictures of my driver:

 

[Nitro]

Because the battery game got so far out of shape, some aftermarket suppliers now offer battery adapters so the wrong batteries can be used on a tool you already own.

I found two brand new slide in Makita batteries and then located an adapter to use them on my Ryobi one+ push in socketed tools

Not a bad deal considering I got some high end higher capacity batteries for a song to begin with.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

20 volt Porter Cable tool batteries take a dedicated charger.

Aren't any of those chargers dedicated to Porter Cable? Some of them have "Porter Cable" written on them.

I found a Porter Cable impact driver similar to yours and was doing a search for an propriated charger when I discovered this.

The generic knockoff versions also accept the Black and Decker batteries.
This sparked my curiosity to see why.

The batteries are proprietary to each brand.
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The difference between the these two brands is a keyed notch on the rail that engages with the tool
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OK. I see the orange circle, but what is it pointing out? I don't recognize the "keyed notch on the rail" that you are referring too.
I am pretty sure these chargers were being used by my husband on his tools. If they aren't correct, then I need to keep looking for others.

I simply added the Black and Decker sided slot to the PC battery and placed the tool back in service at no additional cost to me.

How do you do that?

 

[Nitro]

the charger in your image is not for a PC power tool.
Pentax made cameras.

The notch I am referring to was to let you see that a generic charger for a Black and Decker cordless tool will also charge a Porter Cable battery.

I was simply illustrating what the difference was and how I got away from buying a specific Porter Cable charger by simply taking a knife to the Porter Cable battery so it would fit the Black and Decker specific battery.

That saved me from buying a Porter Cable charger.

My PC battery:

yours:

They look the same to me.
Except that I modified mine to fit my Black and Decker charger.

 

[Nitro]

The generic chargers are often half the cost of the oem units.
We all like to save when we can.

 

[Nitro]

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