🚨Battery adapters shown in the links below listed BATTERY you have to the brand of TOOL you want to run. *DeWALT 20v Battery -Craftsman 20v Max: amzn.to/31aqzfD -Craftsman C3 19.2v: amzn.to/3eCmgg0 -Ridgid 18v: amzn.to/3EynraY -M18 Milwaukee: amzn.to/315vcrg -M12 Milwaukee amzn.to/3Nczpy7 -HF BAUER 20v: amzn.to/3pBeeKQ -BOSCH: amzn.to/47CHggu -B&D/ Porter Cable 20v Max: amzn.to/3mL29Rl -OLD 18v Dewalt Nicad: amzn.to/2TLLiAb -Metabo HTP Hitachi: amzn.to/41abDZy -WORX 20v: amzn.to/3VhuroO -USB charging ports: amzn.to/2S4TWr0 *M18 Milwaukee Battery -Dewalt: amzn.to/46yZoqx -Makita 18v amzn.to/3Glezca -M12 Milwaukee amzn.to/3Gp5Cyl -Ridgid amzn.to/3sYQtRm -old Milwaukee v18: amzn.to/3atw8W5 -RYOBI 18v: amzn.to/2HsO5qG -BOSCH: amzn.to/47CHggu -CRAFTSMAN 19.2V: amzn.to/46zOWih -18v Old Dewalt Nicad: amzn.to/3CYcLSn -WORX 20v: amzn.to/3TyaF75 -USB charger and power source: amzn.to/2S6a4sa *Makita 18v Battery 20vMax Dewalt: amzn.to/32E8Jlx M18 Milwaukee: amzn.to/37rB7nv M12 Milwaukee amzn.to/46MuQli Metabo HTP: amzn.to/413egw4 20vMax PORTER CABLE Black Decker: amzn.to/3cVwLKJ 18v Nicad Makita: amzn.to/3E4RKqw Bosch 18v: amzn.to/35frqdA Ryobi 18v : amzn.to/3rfc1Gg 14.4v Nicad Makita: amzn.to/30XSrPi 20v WORX : amzn.to/34R49yS to USB charging ports: amzn.to/37KzHW8 *Craftsman v20 Max Dewalt 20v Max: amzn.to/3ECBTyH Milwaukee 18v: amzn.to/3HCHrLJ *20v Porter Cable, Black and Decker, Stanley batteries(18v Bostitch) -Makita 18v: amzn.to/3aoCSqF -Craftsman 20v lithium: amzn.to/3qBwCm8 -Craftsman 19.2v: amzn.to/31ZMeDc -Dewalt 20v Max: amzn.to/32N1VBX -DeWalt 18v OLD Nicad: amzn.to/38vNMal -Nicad 18v Black & Decker: amzn.to/38h50dZ -Porter Cable OLD 18v : amzn.to/2RmH3cQ -BOSCH 18v: amzn.to/2HpH7CM -RYOBI 18v: amzn.to/2UWsNtm *Dewalt 20v AND *Milwaukee M18 (accepts both brands) Makita: amzn.to/2YX9G2N Ryobi: amzn.to/47CgGnW BOSCH: amzn.to/47CHggu CRAFTSMAN 19.2V: amzn.to/46zOWih 18v Old Dewalt Nicad: amzn.to/3CYcLSn *BOSCH 18v Makita 18v: amzn.to/3leQYj3 Ryobi 18v: amzn.to/3qwBybX Twin USB charging ports: amzn.to/319wvRJ *Ridgid 18v Ryobi 18v: amzn.to/3zbToF9 Milwaukee 18v: amzn.to/3mIp2oz Dewalt 20v: amzn.to/3qSvtYM USB power source: amzn.to/2RN7Fni *Metabo HPT /Hitachi 18v Ryobi amzn.to/3mKTApP Makita amzn.to/49XalVz *18v Ryobi Ryobi to Dewalt amzn.to/47V6DKd Ryobi to Milwaukee amzn.to/3Rbnn9E Ryobi to Makita amzn.to/3RnXELh *KOBALT 24v all other tools: amzn.to/3sWWwG8 *WORX 20v to old 18v WORX tools: amzn.to/3oTq1BQ Some of the links are affiliate links and I may or may not make a few cents off of them. If you can wait a month you can get them for a few dollars less from China. MAKE YOUR OWN BATTERY CONVERTER ADAPTER. I've made adapters from scratch without too much trouble and you could do it in about an hour. ruclips.net/video/q2eaKCzf04c/видео.html One word of cation with Ryobi(and possibly Ridgid): They are the only current made tool with no low battery shutoff built into the tool itself. They control this entirely through the battery as their tools are backwards compatible with their 20+yr old Nicad packs. So you will need to monitor battery voltage and stop when the meter shows or when the tool starts to slow. Continuing to use the tool when it's dying could damage the Dewalt, Makita, etc battery pack. *Lithium to Nicad tools adapters: ruclips.net/video/q2eaKCzf04c/видео.html You will need to stop using the tool before you drain the battery too low. Don't continue using the tool to the point that the tool is getting weak(low battery) or worse stops. Stop and Charge the battery. Lithium packs can be charged anytime and have zero memory effect unlike the old Nicad. Continuing to use the tool when it's dying could damage the Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Black Decker etc battery pack. Impact Wrench, Drill, Hammer Drill, Impact Drill, Rotary Hammer, Band Saw, Circular Saw, Reciprocating Saw, Angle Grinder, Lights, etc. instagram.com/sixtyfiveford/ facebook.com/sixtyfiveford/ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL or support the SHOP DOG's treat addiction: Buy Ginger a new bone: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NS699E56WTYHL
What about kobalt I love my kobalt tools I have their drill screa impact driver their big circular saw sawsall grinder flash light radio fan multi tool ect. the selling point.. BATTERY PRICE!!!
I have everything DeWalt. But a lot of my tools are the older 18 volt NiCad types. So I bought adapters for the 20 volt lithium Ion batteries to fit the older 18 volt tools and never looked back. And then bought some used tools that are designed to use 20 volt Lithium Ion batteries and the charger and they fit everything now. Amazing how much longer the tools run now... The charger charges a lot quicker and every tool uses the exact same battery without any issues. No more old tech NiCads!
Awesome info man. Actually pretty life changing in the cordless power tool ownership world. At work i was issued an out of date dewalt impact, an adapter, and a new style battery and charger. I thought it was going to be shit, but I've been using it pretty much daily for a year and a half without any problems. I told my coworker, only a matter of time before they come out with adapters to cross brands....and totally forgot about it till now. I appreciate this video so much man.
I never understood why a big company like Energizer or Eveready Etc didn't start making batteries for these tools. Unfortunately I think the window of opportunity has passed for them. Now they all have smart technology that communicates with the specific tool they are designed for which complicates matters.
Just so we're clear. You guys are advocating for a government regulation to standardize a universal tool battery, which I happen to think is an extremely good thing. That's the one and only thing that's ever made anything standard across any industry, companies actually do not want and actively resist doing that on tjier own.
@@joshuapowers4623 Im sure they just hate it! O well ! Also to add to that , the batteries arent the problem its the cases the batteries are in! Usually when your tool batt goes bad its 1 or 2 batts. Inside the case! And they are readily available in old laptop battery packs! They are 18650 lithium are are in damned near everything that requires lithium batteries! Laptops ,cordless tools, etc. So save those old laptop packs !
Thanks! Had no idea these adapters were even available! In a perfect world, cordless tool batteries would be standardized, as with D, C, AA, and AAA. But this will really help me with tool battery expenses and charger clutter. Really appreciate this, thanks again!
I had all Craftsman cordless power tools, and my wife bought a massive DeWalt kit for me for Christmas. Now I can still use all the tools and not have to worry about deleting tools and batteries. I appreciate the video. Got a new subscriber because of this video!
This might finally be the thing that pushes me over the line and gets me to actually get more cordless tools. I didn't want to play the battery game, so I have avoided many of the tools that I've wanted for a long time.
hellcat1988 I took the plunge after years of cable tools, reluctant to go to battery because shitty nicad tools left me high and dry with no real power. With modern batteries you won’t be disappointed, they are impressive.
Dude thank you! That is an awesome trick. The headache of all these older stuff not working with newer stuff you completely kicked that right out the door, your the man
I've used a Milwaukee 18v NiCd tool to a Milwaukee M18 adapter for several years. It was one of the best purchases I've made since I'm a Milwaukee tool fan. It runs my older reciprocating saw, metal circle saw, and wood circle saws. I am so impressed by the longevity of M18 batteries and tools. I also like Makita tools, but have always balked at purchasing them due to the battery incompatibility with Milwaukee so this video does in deed "open up the world". Thanks.
Thanks for sharing this information. I didn’t know they had come out with battery adapters for hand tools. I should’ve checked because I recently donated my 18V Hitachi tools that were 8 or 9 years old but in very good condition because one battery died and the other two were starting to develop a shorter operating time. I was going to replace them with the 20V Hitachi set but I decided on the 20V Dewalt due to cost. Oh well, at least the charity I donated them too will be able to get more use out of them. I’m going inform the charity labout the adapters in case they aren’t aware. Thanks again!
This guy blows my mind. He comes up with the best "why didn't I think of that" stuff. And he comes up with his own original stuff that almost boggles the mind. A different kind of genius he is!
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This is definitely awesome. I had several 18v DeWalt tools and had to buy a new cordless circular saw, so I went to the 20v. I have a 18v jig saw that I thought I had to replace until I found the 20v battery to 18v tool adapter, which I thought was SO cool. I also have a bunch of 18v Ryobi batteries and tools. Knowing that there's an adapter out there that allows me to swap batteries between my various tools is a real game changer!
It's been really helpful to be able to keep using my old ni-cd tools, primarily black and decker stuff. I actually used to wire up my own adapters until I finally found some pre-made ones online.
@@RiffRaffMama.Bro these power tool batteries all use the same lithium cells. Its nit like dewalt and all the other tool brands make batteries they just repackage them. Its like a tv remote with double AAs inside. All these lithium batts use 18650 batts.
Ridgid uses 21700 cells they are slightly bigger but last alot longer a capable of putting out more current [amps]. that's why Tesla started using the 21700s from the 18650s in the sport models
Your an absolute legend mate :) (Yes I'm Australian, hence the word mate....lol). For WAY TOO many years there has been restrictions on which battery you have to buy with branded cordless tools. I'm so glad I stumbled onto your video, and just wanted to give you a huge thank you for sharing this, with this information I can now buy whichever brand I want to.
This is too cool. I bought off of Ebay an adapter for my 18 volt DeWalt circular saw so I could use my 20/60 volt batteries with it...and I think I paid $13 each and I bought 3 or 4 of them to use my drills and stuff with them as well. But this just opened up another avenue for me as I have Makita and Porter Cable tools as well. Thank you for this video. Very cool!
Just bought a dewalt to Milwaukee. My girlfriend has a few DeWalt tools and only two small batteries. I have like Milwaukee’s whole line and a bunch of batteries so it only makes sense. Thanks for the video, Moe!
Four years later, I just found this video. I looked it up because I recently just started doing this and it is the best thing that has ever happened to battery powered tools.
Finally a product that's very useful! As you've shown, this make switching brands a snap. You can even keep an eye out for batteries on clearance and save $. Great video.
@@chrisE815 The coffee maker is awesome, I purchased one for a gift, and ended up getting one for myself. I get about 5 or 6 brews out one 5ah Makita battery. It comes with two adapters to choose from, regular ground coffee with the built in filter, but I use the adapter for the “Italian Coffee pads” for easy cleanups, they have a nice three flavor pack to try out, I just reordered 180 of the “creamy” flavor. I’m almost tempted t get another coffee maker for backup, my luck, they won’t be around when mine dies. Anyways, I’m definitely getting a few of these battery adapters also, I had no clue that they even existed, tnx!
Thank you for posting this! I bought two 20v PC battery adaptors for my old 18v PC tools and productivity has increased enough my boss gave me a raise. I owe you one 👍
This is fantastic. Absolutely I have 20 Makita Batteries, so I'm not going to go into another system. However, now I can buy one of these adapters and a bare tool, and I'm all set! I've been quite frustrated at Makita doesn't have a framing nailer.
Give it time and I'm sure China will make more adapters. Some of the adapters here have only been on the market for sub 6 months. One word of cation with Ryobi: They are the only current tool with no low battery shutoff built into the tool itself. They control this entirely through the battery as their tools are backwards compatible with their 20+yr old Nicad packs. So you will need to monitor battery voltage and stop when the meter shows or when the tool starts to slow. Continueing to use the tool when it's dying could damage the Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, etc battery pack.
@@user-jx2zz4lb5dI simply check my battery indicator and swap out battery when it has one bar left....also the tools won't slow when low, they'll just do full speed then stop
I love these. I started my collection of these adapters when it was time to upgrade from my Craftsman c3 19.2v nicad setup. Found the eBay adapters that were compatible with both Milwaukee 18v and DeWalt 20v. The adapters have been going strong now for over a year with no signs of degradation to the batteries themselves. Thanks for the tip on adapter stacking!
@@technicalitems731 18v and 20v are identical just marketing. Lithium cells have a nominal voltage of 3.6volts. They are fully charged at 4.2volts and dead at 3volts. There are 5 cells in a row(series); so 5 times 3.6v equals 18volts and this is the number some manufactures like to use. Dewalt/Porter Cable/Black Decker likes to use the marketing "20v Max" as that is the voltage the battery pack is approx when fully charged. They are fully interchangeable.
@@user-jx2zz4lb5d I watch my battery indicator pretty closely. But honestly even in normal tools you notice a slight decrease in performance and that's when I stop using it. I'm doing this with Bauer tools too I just had to bypass Bauer's internals to make it work.
Thank you so much for the video. This fixes the problem of being beholden to one manufacturer. No longer doomed to repeat history of proprietary batteries!
The only thing that would make this better is for example to go from a DeWalt battery to a Milwakee Tool the bottom should be yellow and have the case of the adapter red. Then you could tell at a glance what is what.
That's exactly what I was thinking while watching this. Having to mix different color plastics would make the production process more expensive, but for another couple bucks per unit I think it would be a huge improvement.
Thank you so much for turning me on to these great options for adding batteries to my existing tool line. Like you, I did not want to add a new battery platform to my already full battery charging station but there are brands that offer different uses that would help me in my business. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Bet its irritating the big tool brands.
Electrical engineer here, i was wondering when stuff like this was gonna come out! Generally a pretty simple process, obviously the adapters will have SOME loss when converting voltages but converters have gotten pretty efficient over the years. Whats REALLY going to be game changing is when we get to the point where you can have on-the-fly conversion & then we'll have companies making ONLY battery packs not tools as well, and the competition should bring out some stellar stuff. If BLDC tech advances as well, and we get larger optimum voltage ranges for tools (i.e. constant torque at a wider range of speeds/RPM's) you could see batteries w/adjustable voltages from an internal converter and thus be able to reaaaallly fine tune speed/impact force/etc. Fuckin cool shit!
There's actually no converting voltages at all in these. They're just direct connections from one battery to the tool. The only thing that adaptors do is provide a mechanical union and in some instances a fake battery temperature reading to the tool.
Throwing every thing away is why I quit buying battery tools they chang crap every 5 years and I still have a bunch of good tools they can set a battery company wide and leave it alone, when u can’t buy batteries or chargers for good tools I just don’t need them anymore
My first adapter I put on my 18v hammer drill with a 20v batt and the drill immediately shorted the expensive battery after 5 min of hard use. Works great on the bandsaw and the simple tools but the nicer hammer drills are Nicad only. Be sure to check compatibility lol.
Superiorpowerwash definitely! I have some Milwaukee tools but only 3 2.0 batteries and they die pretty quick. I have a bunch of Dewalt 5.0 batteries that I will now use on my Milwaukee tools. I need to see more research on this adapter, because I don’t want to destroy tools or batteries.
@@akaredcrossbow like he stated, all of the 18V batteries use the same internal battery cells. Unless the adapter is wired horribly wrong, you will be fine.
I did open all the adapters and look over the circuit boards, wiring, soldering etc. They are bypassing the temperature sensor in some. However this is mainly only used when the charger is trying to charge the battery and it needs to know if it is too hot or cold to charge. You won't use the adapter for charging so this isn't a concern here.
Great video! Of course you see no difference, all batteries are 18V and similar amperage, so similar power output. The problem is, however, that you don't have a temperature alarm from the battery with an adapter. You can see that there are only 2 pins connected in the adapters while the batteries have 3-4-5 pins. Those additional pins tell the tool if the battery has overheated. That is not transferred with an adapter, for some reason.
@@billycolwell4263 probably true most of the time. High-end tools could pay attention to battery temperature however. Most of the time they check the voltage though, and if it drops too low, the tools shut off to avoid over-discharging and ruining the battery.
@@Surmoka I'm sorry I'm not good at English. As you say, each battery has a different BMS model, so in the above case, using a battery converter from makita to dewalt or .... the consequence will be that our battery will be drained leading to the situation. damaged right? I have 1 question (I'm just a newbie in electronics) each battery has a different BMS, so if we use a battery adapter like this, even Dewalt's BMS will not work when inserted into the Makita drill. right? Thank you TDLong
@@longtranuc8738 don't worry, your English is very good. BMS models are very similar in all 18V batteries, so that creates no problem when you are using an adapter. The problem is that the tool will not detect an overheat in the battery through the adapter because the thermal connection is missing. The reason for this is that thermistors are _very_ different among brands, so it would take expensive electronics to simulate a different thermistor in the adapter. The BMS really works only when you are charging the battery. When using your drill (discharging the battery), the BMS simply passes the current through and only checks for sudden drops in battery voltage (which means cell damage) or short circuit. The BMS's main task is to distribute current among the cells when charging the battery. But this does not affect the usage in the tool. In short, if you make sure that your battery never overheats in the tool, you are about 100% safe with an adapter.
I have been using some adapters on old Ryobi drills and saws etc, just generic Makita adapters with two output wires because the old Ryobi batteries are not available. I just split the casings and solder or crimp the two adapter wires to the existing wires, reassemble then glue the adapter to the tool.this is really easy to do and works perfectly!
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Thank you, definitely made my day ,I have a hard time letting go of some tools that I've gotten very comfortable with, and you just gave great information. I'll definitely be dropping in more.
For me the most useful thing is these adapters make it possible to buy a tool out of the product line that I am invested in. Sometimes you just need that one off tool that your brand of tools just doesn't have a good one for, or even if you brand makes a good tool, it's overly pricy/ overly built for an occasional use tool.
Many years ago bosch use to make a sds drill that connected to a battery with a short lead , you would have the battery on a belt great idea takes a bit of the strain away from using tools all day and could have bigger battery
Porter Cable hasn't always been a "DIY" brand. From '81 to '04 they made some really good pro quality tools. When Black and Decker bought them in '04 they destroyed the company creating the zombie brand it is today.
Just be careful leaving the batteries in the ones with the USB ports. The step down circuit might have a constant draw that could kill a li-ion battery if you leave a mostly discharged battery in the adapter and forget about it for a few months.
Been doing it for years, I just have wires set up with proper connection for X-brand battery to run X-brand tool. But I have to bungee/strap the battery to the tool. These adapters will definitely make things a little easier. I'm all in on Makita tools (can't change now, too invested); but I have random tools from other brands (rigid, ryobi, hitachi, craftsman). I even run my old handheld dirtdevil off my lithiums. Got workarounds for the makita battery chip as well; just piggyback faulty battery off good battery's chip. And anytime I can sub an 3.7v litho for 3xAA/AAA (flashlight) I do that as well. Run drones off mobile phone batteries. Also have for my camcorders usb power cords which allows me to run them off any power adaptor. And I try and avoid anything run off those coin style batteries (only cause ive never seen a re-chargable one).
Yeah, there need to be adapters for the major make tools (Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, etc.) to Harbor Freight Hercules batteries. I'd 100% buy some Dewalt 20v to Hercules battery adapters
@@sixtyfiveford And then HF will make knock offs! Lol! Seriously, HF should carry adapters for their own batteries. They'd probably sell a ton of batteries to poeple that might not consider buying their tools.
I'm tired of the Black & Decker saw that I've had for years. Now that I'm getting ready to retire and looking at woodworking as a hobby, I think it's time to swap it out. I have a DeWalt drill and started wondering if the batteries I have for the DeWalt would work on a DeWalt circular saw. I'm so glad you posted this! Now I can look at other makes and models and don't have to feel limited to either DeWalt or having to spend $200 on a saw and then another $150 for a new battery and charger!
Wow. Outstanding info. It will save me a ton of money as I have Milwaukee, Dewalt and Ryobi tools. I like them all. Cant wait to try this out. Great video. Keep up the good work.
Beautiful is like my phone is listening or knows what I’m thinking ! I’m telling you this algorithm is working know I can use my other cordless tools . Thanks bud great video.
I've been doing this for a few years now. Porter Cable is my main platform. I'm using PC batteries on Ryobi cordless nailers, black and decker blowers, craftsman cordless shop vac and just now got a converter for dewalt. Again, all my batteries and main tools are Porter Cable and I use tools daily.
GAME CHANGER!! I just purchased a few DeWalt tools to differ from the others at work. Sick of them using all the batteries and not charging them...They all use Makita and Milwaukee. Now I can use my DeWalt batteries and theirs.. hahahahahaha.. Great video brother..
I tell you what I did a few years back. I had a side job helping to do some remodel work. There was not power at the house and the stupid HOA would not lets us run a generator. Well the 18 volt DeWalt saw worked great until the batteries died. SO I took an old battery that would not long take a charge and gutted it. It ran wires from it to three 6 volt golf cart batteries. We even ended up putting the batteries on a wheeled cart. The man I was working for was friends with the man that ran the local golf course so batteries was not a problem. By the time the job was over we had built a second power pack cart.
@@kirkjohnson9353 I been thinking about do that with my cell phone. Wired it to the wall so I do not have to charge it all the time and will stop miss placing the thing every time I need it.
If I had a $1 for every month I waited for Dewalt to come out with their version of “new” 4 year old tech...well, I’d be able to invest in another platform haha.
@@nickcrane8329 Eh, I have seen some people who are not so happy with big red. Made me decide to stick with Makita since I know they treated my family well for years.
I have a large collection of Craftsman 19.2. Most of my batteries have quit. I didn't want to buy new batteries or throw away my tools. Found adapters, started with Dewalt 20v batteries in Craftsman 19.2. It has worked great. Now I have added some Dewalt tools to my collection. As well as a couple Bauer aka Harbor Freight tools too, a fan and brad nailer. Yes, I found an adapter for that one too. Too cool.
I need to find an adapter so that all my old Milwaukee NiCad tools (which still worked fine) will run. Milwaukee just decided one day they weren't going to do NiCad anymore and left all us commercial users to either buy all new tools or switch brands. Have hated the Milwaukee Corporate pinheads ever since.
Why hate Milwaukee for that? It's the same move every brand makes. Technological progress. Do you still have a tube tv in your house, or do you hate those companies too?
Wow, I just thought of something with these adapters. Can you imagine 4 of these on the DeWalt power station and using milwaukee batteries. Milwaukee guys are going to be very happy. Well until milwaukee makes one.
I started having issues with different batteries that I can not use on other tools and having issues getting a second battery when one runs out of charge, I am so glad I came upon your video although I won't find all the adapters I need some are from Habor Freight but I now know of this option I did not know about . Thank you so much for putting all the info in comments I now follow you and look forward to your videos.
Thank you very much for sharing this information I had no idea such things were out there I also enjoyed your video about bungee cords from car tires very much best wishes from Wisconsin!
I thought about trying this, I couldn't. I know there are some pretty cheap Ryobi finish nail guns that are way cheaper then Dewalt I use to want but couldn't afford. Now I know it works.
Lmao, right? Put him to real work on a real workday and watch him either whine and cry for a corded version because his cordless won't have enough power, OR he'll bullheadedly swear by his home handyman juice packs and all the while spend a quarter of the day running back n forth putting his two batteries (that he was certain would last all day) back on the charger while he keeps saying "I don't know what the deal is, usually I don't have any problems with this thing..." Meanwhile u sit back and watch what looks like a Barnum and Bailey act while just shaking your head at the whole ordeal. 😞
Plus I bet he loves Harbor Freight and buys everything they sell there. He's a tool collector, he loves gadgets. Wait til he gets a job and tells his new boss, "I already have all my own tools, I have every tool u can imagine!" *LATER THAT DAY...* "Um, hey boss.. I need to leave early cuz I have to go to, uh, Harbor Freight and check on all these warranties, don't worry they're all covered!" *THE NEXT DAY...* No show, no call... *SITTING AT HOME HUGGING ALL HIS REPLACEMENT TOOLS AND SAYING "I'll never do that to u guys again, boyscouts honor!"*😩🤞 LMFAO!
My old buddy used to find batteries in the dumpster at Sears Store. Warranty exchanges etc. Well being a popular science trained guy ,he would take the batteries apart and solder all the good cells into working battery packs. He made me up a couple dumpster drills I used for pre drilling wood when do was roofing old houses and building cornice s. Kept 2 drills in my pouch . I had 12 volts long before they came out . They looked gnarly but they worked great.
There actually is something of the sort. A benchtop power supply, powered off an adapter to your favorite batteries. has various outputs, usb chargers, replaces the old 110v to variable voltage Radio Shack power supply. The issue with alternate use of batteries, is running them below rechargable state. Li-Ion is not the same as NiCad.
thank you for turning the voice down while cutting, first I thought that the video was going to make ear-piercing but surprisingly it was silent and made me happy.
Gonna add my request for Harbor Freight Bauer, Hercules, or Earthquake adapters!! If any adapter manufacturer in China is reading this... (PS I saw your other video from Feb 2017 about building an adapter, great content)
Sometimes the adaptor spins the battery into a weird position and it makes the tool unusable. In my case the M18 battery adaptor to use in an 18volt deWalt circular saw. The batter hung down lower than the saw plate.
The scary part of an adapter is the fact that most of the big companies have Smart batteries that communicate with the actual tool and tell them when they are too hot or too cold to shutdown. Without that you can potentially Rune $200 battery because it runs too low before shutting down or too hot.
I see.. for a diy guy like me, it probably wont matter as much since a single battery can probably last me a few uses. Still ill definitely want to keep this in mind
These adapters are GREAT so long as you stick with the 18/20 volt (same, just numbered differently for marketing purposes) platforms. I'm glad you didn't bring the "big dog" into this fight because while you can find an adapter to put a 24 volt Kobalt battery on other brand tools, the big difference in voltage will quickly draw that magic puff of smoke out of your favorite tool.
An 18V Li-Ion cordless tool battery has 5 cells in series, or more in a series-parallel config, adding up to 18 to 21 Volts when fully charged. My Makita 18V hold 20.5 V after 5 years. A 24V Kobalt or other company using Li-Ion cells is simply having an extra 3.6V-4.2V Cell in series in there (or more in series-parallel) . I highly doubt that overvolting these little DC motors with 4 Volts is going to do much harm.
This makes swapping brands uncomplicating, for example I can continue using my Porter Cable and replace them with whatever brand as they die and not have the initial battery investment
Most tools have chips in the batteries that talk to the tools to prevent high current discharge which will.prevent the battery from deep discharging. I don't see swapping batteries between manufacturers actually will allow this protection system to work. Buyer beware
The PCB is usually inside the battery of the lithium battery packs. They usually protect the cells from being overcharged/discharged, over heating, and balancing the charge each cell gets in the battery pack.
Yes you made the right decision to invest in Makita. Makita is the best cordless tool, hands down. I've had my impact gun run over by a car twice (Don't ask me how). Battery life, longevity - performance is where Makita is at.
Makita tools are just so smooth and put no fatigue into the operator. It makes a huge difference when using all day. DeWalt and Milwaukee can make some more powerful tools but they are rough on the operator. Milwaukee especially is not as refined.
Let me preface my state with my background, i have a degree in both computer science and electrical engineering......this is absolutely a bad idea for dewalt flexvolt and milwauke HD batteries. Aside from those 2 mentioned the rest is interchangeable
These adapter won't work in a 60v tool. The batteries will work just fine in other though. There's no magic just crude electrical connections and a Flexvolt batttery will fit the adapter and then fit into a Makita, Milwaukee etc tool suppling it with 18-20volts..
It’ll render the battery a higher amp hour not increase the voltage to the tool. That’s how the Hitachi/Metabo 36/18 volt batteries work. 4 amp hour in a 36 volt tool or 8 amp in a 18 volt tool.
There’s guys out there who absolutely bleed yellow, red, teal or green. Then there’s this guy who laughs in battery savings at every single one of em’. I’ve had Dewalt for years and accumulated 5 batteries. Always wanted a Milwaukee high torque impact and this is the perfect solution. This is tool system freedom right here. 👍
The irony of this is that if we didn't have such an absurdly regulation adverse society in the US, we could've simply had a standardized battery that would've increased the tangible freedom of choice that regulation opponents tout in the abstract. Consider the number of choices you'd have with a universal battery design, 4 different brands requires the purchase of a dozen adapters in order to achieve the goal that a single regulation would. Seem the lack of one is a major benefit to companies & detriment to consumers, but that not what we keep getting told.
This makes too much sense for some people to comprehend it,and I will add back when I was a car mechanic I thought why can't all cars have similar wheel lug pattern to interchange rims,or how about all cyl motors use the same bolt pattern on the starter.And yes one battery type fit all would be great,the companies could still put their name and internal battery parts.
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One word of cation with Ryobi(and possibly Ridgid): They are the only current made tool with no low battery shutoff built into the tool itself. They control this entirely through the battery as their tools are backwards compatible with their 20+yr old Nicad packs. So you will need to monitor battery voltage and stop when the meter shows or when the tool starts to slow. Continuing to use the tool when it's dying could damage the Dewalt, Makita, etc battery pack.
*Lithium to Nicad tools adapters: ruclips.net/video/q2eaKCzf04c/видео.html
You will need to stop using the tool before you drain the battery too low. Don't continue using the tool to the point that the tool is getting weak(low battery) or worse stops. Stop and Charge the battery. Lithium packs can be charged anytime and have zero memory effect unlike the old Nicad. Continuing to use the tool when it's dying could damage the Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Black Decker etc battery pack.
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I wanna make a Kobaukee! (KOBALT X MILWAUKEE)
Too bad they don't do a 24V - 18V conversion adaptor
What about kobalt I love my kobalt tools I have their drill screa impact driver their big circular saw sawsall grinder flash light radio fan multi tool ect. the selling point.. BATTERY PRICE!!!
@@broughttoideas Kobalt at 24 volts is in a different class and you won't find any adapters.
How about some Hitwaukee?
I have everything DeWalt. But a lot of my tools are the older 18 volt NiCad types. So I bought adapters for the 20 volt lithium Ion batteries to fit the older 18 volt tools and never looked back. And then bought some used tools that are designed to use 20 volt Lithium Ion batteries and the charger and they fit everything now. Amazing how much longer the tools run now... The charger charges a lot quicker and every tool uses the exact same battery without any issues. No more old tech NiCads!
Awesome info man. Actually pretty life changing in the cordless power tool ownership world. At work i was issued an out of date dewalt impact, an adapter, and a new style battery and charger. I thought it was going to be shit, but I've been using it pretty much daily for a year and a half without any problems. I told my coworker, only a matter of time before they come out with adapters to cross brands....and totally forgot about it till now. I appreciate this video so much man.
I was hoping that the day would come when we could use any battery on any tool. Awesome
I never understood why a big company like Energizer or Eveready Etc didn't start making batteries for these tools.
Unfortunately I think the window of opportunity has passed for them.
Now they all have smart technology that communicates with the specific tool they are designed for which complicates matters.
Just so we're clear. You guys are advocating for a government regulation to standardize a universal tool battery, which I happen to think is an extremely good thing. That's the one and only thing that's ever made anything standard across any industry, companies actually do not want and actively resist doing that on tjier own.
Lots of money wasted buying all those different batteries and chargers to go with them!
@@joshuapowers4623 Im sure they just hate it! O well ! Also to add to that , the batteries arent the problem its the cases the batteries are in! Usually when your tool batt goes bad its 1 or 2 batts. Inside the case! And they are readily available in old laptop battery packs! They are 18650 lithium are are in damned near everything that requires lithium batteries! Laptops ,cordless tools, etc. So save those old laptop packs !
Well it only took a little while but phone charges are all gonna be the same so maybe cordless batteries will be the same
Thanks! Had no idea these adapters were even available!
In a perfect world, cordless tool batteries would be standardized, as with D, C, AA, and AAA. But this will really help me with tool battery expenses and charger clutter. Really appreciate this, thanks again!
if you take apart any battery pack they all use the same type cells
Hey Thanks for turning the mic down while cutting. Didn't think I'd appreciate it did ya ??? 🎧😁
James Johnson I’m wearing headphones - I noticed!! Not all heroes wear capes!
That sucks when people play sounds like this at full volume.
Now if only we couldget television producers to understand we can't hear whispers and when it gets loud we go deaf
@@mdeamicis i totally agree
Big props to this. I thought maybe for a second my audio cut out, but it was actually refreshing. Great work @sixtyfiveford
I had all Craftsman cordless power tools, and my wife bought a massive DeWalt kit for me for Christmas. Now I can still use all the tools and not have to worry about deleting tools and batteries. I appreciate the video. Got a new subscriber because of this video!
Awesome
This might finally be the thing that pushes me over the line and gets me to actually get more cordless tools. I didn't want to play the battery game, so I have avoided many of the tools that I've wanted for a long time.
hellcat1988 I took the plunge after years of cable tools, reluctant to go to battery because shitty nicad tools left me high and dry with no real power. With modern batteries you won’t be disappointed, they are impressive.
Oh, you're just having your period. Just go back in the house and play with your dolls, Melissa.
Same for me. Have all those corded tools. Lol
You corded tool guys are stuck in the past. Modern high-end cordless tools are just as good, if not better than corded
Batteries u need alot
Dude thank you! That is an awesome trick. The headache of all these older stuff not working with newer stuff you completely kicked that right out the door, your the man
I've used a Milwaukee 18v NiCd tool to a Milwaukee M18 adapter for several years. It was one of the best purchases I've made since I'm a Milwaukee tool fan. It runs my older reciprocating saw, metal circle saw, and wood circle saws. I am so impressed by the longevity of M18 batteries and tools. I also like Makita tools, but have always balked at purchasing them due to the battery incompatibility with Milwaukee so this video does in deed "open up the world". Thanks.
Thanks for sharing this information. I didn’t know they had come out with battery adapters for hand tools. I should’ve checked because I recently donated my 18V Hitachi tools that were 8 or 9 years old but in very good condition because one battery died and the other two were starting to develop a shorter operating time. I was going to replace them with the 20V Hitachi set but I decided on the 20V Dewalt due to cost. Oh well, at least the charity I donated them too will be able to get more use out of them. I’m going inform the charity labout the adapters in case they aren’t aware. Thanks again!
This guy blows my mind. He comes up with the best "why didn't I think of that" stuff. And he comes up with his own original stuff that almost boggles the mind. A different kind of genius he is!
Wow Thanks Man.
@@sixtyfiveford I'm using my air broom, you are full of great ideas. Thank you
I live in Holland and I just use my windmill to power all my tools it's a little cumbersome all the tubes and hoses but hey it's a living
🤡
Nobody ever said the Dutch were smart!
@@OldDunollieman think what you want about the dutch, but this wind-powered sawmill is pretty cool in my opinion: ruclips.net/video/X4UoJcD4I5U/видео.html
Now that's funny! Bahahahaha....
Here in Australia we still use the good ol windmill but it just pumps water for us on our farm
Holy shit, I've been saying that these should be a thing for years. Someone finally did it!
This is definitely awesome. I had several 18v DeWalt tools and had to buy a new cordless circular saw, so I went to the 20v. I have a 18v jig saw that I thought I had to replace until I found the 20v battery to 18v tool adapter, which I thought was SO cool. I also have a bunch of 18v Ryobi batteries and tools. Knowing that there's an adapter out there that allows me to swap batteries between my various tools is a real game changer!
Thanks. I get a kick of grabbing any brand battery(fully charged) off my shelf and putting it in whatever tool I'm currently using.
@@sixtyfiveford hi sorry to bother you. Where can you purchase these battery adaptors? Many thanks
It's been really helpful to be able to keep using my old ni-cd tools, primarily black and decker stuff. I actually used to wire up my own adapters until I finally found some pre-made ones online.
How did you wire up your own adapters? Do you have any pics of them?
@@RiffRaffMama.Bro these power tool batteries all use the same lithium cells. Its nit like dewalt and all the other tool brands make batteries they just repackage them. Its like a tv remote with double AAs inside. All these lithium batts use 18650 batts.
Ridgid uses 21700 cells they are slightly bigger but last alot longer a capable of putting out more current [amps].
that's why Tesla started using the 21700s from the 18650s in the sport models
Your an absolute legend mate :) (Yes I'm Australian, hence the word mate....lol). For WAY TOO many years there has been restrictions on which battery you have to buy with branded cordless tools. I'm so glad I stumbled onto your video, and just wanted to give you a huge thank you for sharing this, with this information I can now buy whichever brand I want to.
This is too cool. I bought off of Ebay an adapter for my 18 volt DeWalt circular saw so I could use my 20/60 volt batteries with it...and I think I paid $13 each and I bought 3 or 4 of them to use my drills and stuff with them as well. But this just opened up another avenue for me as I have Makita and Porter Cable tools as well. Thank you for this video. Very cool!
Where is the best place to find these adapters?
@@daveballinger1548 did you find a place to buy the adapters
Insane to have so many brands. Imagine the different chargers and batteries before those adapters were available.
IF THIS CATCHES ON AT ALL, IT WILL MAKE THE TOOL MFG LOWER THEIR BATTERY PRICES BIG TIME!!!!!!!
I hope so.
They better
Or they put chips in their batteries
Awesome. Thank you for making this very informative video!!!
@@vb1gbg That's EXACTLY what they'll do. Just like printer ink. I despise corruption and blind greed like that!
Just bought a dewalt to Milwaukee. My girlfriend has a few DeWalt tools and only two small batteries. I have like Milwaukee’s whole line and a bunch of batteries so it only makes sense. Thanks for the video, Moe!
That's awesome. That's exactly where these adapters will make a difference and one of the main reasons I picked them up.
Four years later, I just found this video. I looked it up because I recently just started doing this and it is the best thing that has ever happened to battery powered tools.
Finally a product that's very useful! As you've shown, this make switching brands a snap. You can even keep an eye out for batteries on clearance and save $. Great video.
That's the boat I was in.
I’m buying a Makita coffee maker tomorrow so I can run it off of my Milwaukee batteries
that's a good one, one that isn't available in yellow either. same as the red cordless mag-drill
I would need a 12ah High Output to make me enough coffee every morning.
@@chrisE815 The coffee maker is awesome, I purchased one for a gift, and ended up getting one for myself. I get about 5 or 6 brews out one 5ah Makita battery. It comes with two adapters to choose from, regular ground coffee with the built in filter, but I use the adapter for the “Italian Coffee pads” for easy cleanups, they have a nice three flavor pack to try out, I just reordered 180 of the “creamy” flavor.
I’m almost tempted t get another coffee maker for backup, my luck, they won’t be around when mine dies.
Anyways, I’m definitely getting a few of these battery adapters also, I had no clue that they even existed, tnx!
I thought you were making a joke.
This is sop helpful i had no idea that this was a thing. Gonna save me so much money (dewalt guy here)
Thank you for posting this! I bought two 20v PC battery adaptors for my old 18v PC tools and productivity has increased enough my boss gave me a raise. I owe you one 👍
That's a great comment.
First video I’ve ever seen from this guy and that video earned a subscription totally worth it
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Same here! Subscribed soonest!
Wish there was a DeFault to Bauer...
Ditto. Good job. Subscribed.
Me too
Thank you for lowering the volume for the test, thats such an underrated thing for tool review videos.
I have been sticking to one platform, this opens up a whole new world. Thanks Bro!!!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
This is fantastic. Absolutely I have 20 Makita Batteries, so I'm not going to go into another system. However, now I can buy one of these adapters and a bare tool, and I'm all set! I've been quite frustrated at Makita doesn't have a framing nailer.
I have all 18v makita tools aswell,if your gonna buy an adapter,buy the adapter to run makita batteries on ryobi,best one to have
If anyone finds an adapter for Makita to Metabo HPT, that'd be awesome.
Give it time and I'm sure China will make more adapters. Some of the adapters here have only been on the market for sub 6 months. One word of cation with Ryobi: They are the only current tool with no low battery shutoff built into the tool itself. They control this entirely through the battery as their tools are backwards compatible with their 20+yr old Nicad packs. So you will need to monitor battery voltage and stop when the meter shows or when the tool starts to slow. Continueing to use the tool when it's dying could damage the Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, etc battery pack.
If you have only 20 batteries I can sell you another dozen or so.
Thank you for curbing my ecosystem anxiety. I'm 99% DeWalt but I like the idea of buying other tools when I need.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I've been doing this for years
I run all my brands on Milwaukee.... eBay has them
China, Russia, or Australia
I liked the Australian made ones
China is always my last choice, every time I have to put on a mask, it reminds me to boycott China
@@tomedgar4375 Underrated -amen
@bizno booyo, how are you managing not to drain the batteries too much? Do you simply stop using them when the tool starts to slow?
@@user-jx2zz4lb5dI simply check my battery indicator and swap out battery when it has one bar left....also the tools won't slow when low, they'll just do full speed then stop
I love these. I started my collection of these adapters when it was time to upgrade from my Craftsman c3 19.2v nicad setup. Found the eBay adapters that were compatible with both Milwaukee 18v and DeWalt 20v. The adapters have been going strong now for over a year with no signs of degradation to the batteries themselves.
Thanks for the tip on adapter stacking!
Awesome!
So what’s the deal with 18 versus 20 volt? All volt variations are interchangeable? Thanks
@@technicalitems731 18v and 20v are identical just marketing. Lithium cells have a nominal voltage of 3.6volts. They are fully charged at 4.2volts and dead at 3volts. There are 5 cells in a row(series); so 5 times 3.6v equals 18volts and this is the number some manufactures like to use. Dewalt/Porter Cable/Black Decker likes to use the marketing "20v Max" as that is the voltage the battery pack is approx when fully charged. They are fully interchangeable.
@jeffrey blouin, how do you decide when to stop using the battery in order to not not over discharge it?
@@user-jx2zz4lb5d I watch my battery indicator pretty closely. But honestly even in normal tools you notice a slight decrease in performance and that's when I stop using it. I'm doing this with Bauer tools too I just had to bypass Bauer's internals to make it work.
Thank you so much for the video. This fixes the problem of being beholden to one manufacturer. No longer doomed to repeat history of proprietary batteries!
The only thing that would make this better is for example to go from a DeWalt battery to a Milwakee Tool the bottom should be yellow and have the case of the adapter red. Then you could tell at a glance what is what.
That's a fantastic idea. I just painted them and posted pics on Instagram. #sixtyfiveford
Superb idea.
That’s a cosmetic thing. A paint pen would work well for this.
That's a great idea. Beats writing on them or forgetting which is which
That's exactly what I was thinking while watching this. Having to mix different color plastics would make the production process more expensive, but for another couple bucks per unit I think it would be a huge improvement.
Excellent presentation, just when I thought all hope was lost!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Perhaps the companies now will figure out a way to brick the system when using these. They are greedy AF! Cheers!
Thank you so much for turning me on to these great options for adding batteries to my existing tool line. Like you, I did not want to add a new battery platform to my already full battery charging station but there are brands that offer different uses that would help me in my business. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Bet its irritating the big tool brands.
yes, prob the reason for 2020 lol.
Money saving tips. everyone loves those! Never knew they had them widgets.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Electrical engineer here, i was wondering when stuff like this was gonna come out! Generally a pretty simple process, obviously the adapters will have SOME loss when converting voltages but converters have gotten pretty efficient over the years. Whats REALLY going to be game changing is when we get to the point where you can have on-the-fly conversion & then we'll have companies making ONLY battery packs not tools as well, and the competition should bring out some stellar stuff. If BLDC tech advances as well, and we get larger optimum voltage ranges for tools (i.e. constant torque at a wider range of speeds/RPM's) you could see batteries w/adjustable voltages from an internal converter and thus be able to reaaaallly fine tune speed/impact force/etc. Fuckin cool shit!
There's actually no converting voltages at all in these. They're just direct connections from one battery to the tool. The only thing that adaptors do is provide a mechanical union and in some instances a fake battery temperature reading to the tool.
Throwing every thing away is why I quit buying battery tools they chang crap every 5 years and I still have a bunch of good tools they can set a battery company wide and leave it alone, when u can’t buy batteries or chargers for good tools I just don’t need them anymore
@sixtyfiveford thai is my question. If you have a 18v tool but put on a 20v battery with no conversion, will the tool get damaged?
18v and 20v battery systemsare exactly the same, as stated in this video and countless others. It's just a matketing gimmick. @@anonymous.369
My first adapter I put on my 18v hammer drill with a 20v batt and the drill immediately shorted the expensive battery after 5 min of hard use.
Works great on the bandsaw and the simple tools but the nicer hammer drills are Nicad only.
Be sure to check compatibility lol.
Great information, I did not know these battery adapters were available, this will change a lot of things for a lot of people. Thank you.
Superiorpowerwash definitely! I have some Milwaukee tools but only 3 2.0 batteries and they die pretty quick. I have a bunch of Dewalt 5.0 batteries that I will now use on my Milwaukee tools. I need to see more research on this adapter, because I don’t want to destroy tools or batteries.
That makes both of us, I didn't know either. In fact I don't know a lot of things. 😁
@@akaredcrossbow like he stated, all of the 18V batteries use the same internal battery cells. Unless the adapter is wired horribly wrong, you will be fine.
Nathan Waidelich 👍🏻👍🏻
I did open all the adapters and look over the circuit boards, wiring, soldering etc. They are bypassing the temperature sensor in some. However this is mainly only used when the charger is trying to charge the battery and it needs to know if it is too hot or cold to charge. You won't use the adapter for charging so this isn't a concern here.
Great video! Of course you see no difference, all batteries are 18V and similar amperage, so similar power output. The problem is, however, that you don't have a temperature alarm from the battery with an adapter. You can see that there are only 2 pins connected in the adapters while the batteries have 3-4-5 pins. Those additional pins tell the tool if the battery has overheated. That is not transferred with an adapter, for some reason.
I've never had a temp alarm. The tool wouldn't recognize it. The charger would.
@@billycolwell4263 probably true most of the time. High-end tools could pay attention to battery temperature however. Most of the time they check the voltage though, and if it drops too low, the tools shut off to avoid over-discharging and ruining the battery.
@@Surmoka I'm sorry I'm not good at English.
As you say, each battery has a different BMS model, so in the above case, using a battery converter from makita to dewalt or .... the consequence will be that our battery will be drained leading to the situation. damaged right?
I have 1 question (I'm just a newbie in electronics) each battery has a different BMS, so if we use a battery adapter like this, even Dewalt's BMS will not work when inserted into the Makita drill. right?
Thank you
TDLong
@@longtranuc8738 don't worry, your English is very good.
BMS models are very similar in all 18V batteries, so that creates no problem when you are using an adapter. The problem is that the tool will not detect an overheat in the battery through the adapter because the thermal connection is missing. The reason for this is that thermistors are _very_ different among brands, so it would take expensive electronics to simulate a different thermistor in the adapter.
The BMS really works only when you are charging the battery. When using your drill (discharging the battery), the BMS simply passes the current through and only checks for sudden drops in battery voltage (which means cell damage) or short circuit. The BMS's main task is to distribute current among the cells when charging the battery. But this does not affect the usage in the tool.
In short, if you make sure that your battery never overheats in the tool, you are about 100% safe with an adapter.
@@Surmoka Thank you so much for replying to me, too much information for me 🤗
I have been using some adapters on old Ryobi drills and saws etc, just generic Makita adapters with two output wires because the old Ryobi batteries are not available. I just split the casings and solder or crimp the two adapter wires to the existing wires, reassemble then glue the adapter to the tool.this is really easy to do and works perfectly!
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Thank you, definitely made my day ,I have a hard time letting go of some tools that I've gotten very comfortable with, and you just gave great information. I'll definitely be dropping in more.
For me the most useful thing is these adapters make it possible to buy a tool out of the product line that I am invested in. Sometimes you just need that one off tool that your brand of tools just doesn't have a good one for, or even if you brand makes a good tool, it's overly pricy/ overly built for an occasional use tool.
Now that's a game changer, I love it!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Many years ago bosch use to make a sds drill that connected to a battery with a short lead , you would have the battery on a belt great idea takes a bit of the strain away from using tools all day and could have bigger battery
Porter Cable hasn't always been a "DIY" brand. From '81 to '04 they made some really good pro quality tools. When Black and Decker bought them in '04 they destroyed the company creating the zombie brand it is today.
I believe Black and Decker make Milwaukee, Dewalt, Porter Cable, and the Craftsman cordless series.
I have some older, corded, Porter Cable tools, and they are journeyman quality. The recent versions of these tools don't compare.
Just be careful leaving the batteries in the ones with the USB ports. The step down circuit might have a constant draw that could kill a li-ion battery if you leave a mostly discharged battery in the adapter and forget about it for a few months.
Thanks for that !
I did test this and there was zero battery draw with nothing plugged into the USB.
100% a thing watch out
yes my radio has one and killed my battery!
Exactly... . I already kill like 3 Batterys.. till I figure out.
Been doing it for years, I just have wires set up with proper connection for X-brand battery to run X-brand tool. But I have to bungee/strap the battery to the tool. These adapters will definitely make things a little easier. I'm all in on Makita tools (can't change now, too invested); but I have random tools from other brands (rigid, ryobi, hitachi, craftsman). I even run my old handheld dirtdevil off my lithiums. Got workarounds for the makita battery chip as well; just piggyback faulty battery off good battery's chip. And anytime I can sub an 3.7v litho for 3xAA/AAA (flashlight) I do that as well. Run drones off mobile phone batteries. Also have for my camcorders usb power cords which allows me to run them off any power adaptor. And I try and avoid anything run off those coin style batteries (only cause ive never seen a re-chargable one).
how do you manage not to over discharge the batteries?
Yeah, there need to be adapters for the major make tools (Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, etc.) to Harbor Freight Hercules batteries. I'd 100% buy some Dewalt 20v to Hercules battery adapters
Joseph Siclari, Esq. Ryobi typically has fantastic sales on their batteries
Absolutely. Someone needs to get on these adapters for the various harbor freight batteries.
These adapters are pretty new to the market so I'm sure HF adapters are coming soon.
@@sixtyfiveford And then HF will make knock offs! Lol!
Seriously, HF should carry adapters for their own batteries. They'd probably sell a ton of batteries to poeple that might not consider buying their tools.
Even better make an adapter to use dewalt 20 volt batteries iwth harbor freight tools.
Thanks a lot, I didn’t know this existed, what the tool companies don’t want you to know
I'm tired of the Black & Decker saw that I've had for years. Now that I'm getting ready to retire and looking at woodworking as a hobby, I think it's time to swap it out. I have a DeWalt drill and started wondering if the batteries I have for the DeWalt would work on a DeWalt circular saw. I'm so glad you posted this! Now I can look at other makes and models and don't have to feel limited to either DeWalt or having to spend $200 on a saw and then another $150 for a new battery and charger!
Wow. Outstanding info. It will save me a ton of money as I have Milwaukee, Dewalt and Ryobi tools. I like them all. Cant wait to try this out. Great video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Ryobi is bad for these converters since the stick on the end makes it hard to create an adapter.
Beautiful is like my phone is listening or knows what I’m thinking !
I’m telling you this algorithm is working know
I can use my other cordless tools . Thanks bud great video.
I've been doing this for a few years now. Porter Cable is my main platform. I'm using PC batteries on Ryobi cordless nailers, black and decker blowers, craftsman cordless shop vac and just now got a converter for dewalt. Again, all my batteries and main tools are Porter Cable and I use tools daily.
Do you have a link for the adapter ? I’m trying to use 20v Porter cable batteries in a 20v craftsman blower.
Love your dog's adventures at the end of your vids. Great info. Thanks!
She's a great companion and always by my side waiting to play. Thanks.
Definitely one of the best, enlightening videos ever. Cheers.
GAME CHANGER!! I just purchased a few DeWalt tools to differ from the others at work. Sick of them using all the batteries and not charging them...They all use Makita and Milwaukee. Now I can use my DeWalt batteries and theirs.. hahahahahaha.. Great video brother..
I live in Australia. Can you please send me the link to use Milwaukee batteries on DeWalt tools (18v). Thank you in advance👍🏾.
These are great. Now all we need is an AC adapter so we can plug our tools in for those long jobs.
That would be an awesome attachment
Afew companies make those! I believe metabo or Hitachi and ridgid makes one under their overseas brand that works in our ridgid
And eventually someone could make tools that don't need batteries at all- you simply plug them in to the wall. I can only dream...
I tell you what I did a few years back. I had a side job helping to do some remodel work. There was not power at the house and the stupid HOA would not lets us run a generator. Well the 18 volt DeWalt saw worked great until the batteries died. SO I took an old battery that would not long take a charge and gutted it. It ran wires from it to three 6 volt golf cart batteries. We even ended up putting the batteries on a wheeled cart. The man I was working for was friends with the man that ran the local golf course so batteries was not a problem. By the time the job was over we had built a second power pack cart.
@@kirkjohnson9353 I been thinking about do that with my cell phone. Wired it to the wall so I do not have to charge it all the time and will stop miss placing the thing every time I need it.
If I had a $1 for every month I waited for Dewalt to come out with their version of “new” 4 year old tech...well, I’d be able to invest in another platform haha.
That's funny!
That's why I switched to Milwaukee. Always ahead of the game
@@nickcrane8329 Eh, I have seen some people who are not so happy with big red. Made me decide to stick with Makita since I know they treated my family well for years.
I have a large collection of Craftsman 19.2. Most of my batteries have quit. I didn't want to buy new batteries or throw away my tools. Found adapters, started with Dewalt 20v batteries in Craftsman 19.2. It has worked great. Now I have added some Dewalt tools to my collection. As well as a couple Bauer aka Harbor Freight tools too, a fan and brad nailer. Yes, I found an adapter for that one too. Too cool.
Can you share the link for the adapters? My dad has a slew of the Crapsman19.2v & DeWalt 18v & Makita as well & i was going to get him some
I need to find an adapter so that all my old Milwaukee NiCad tools (which still worked fine) will run. Milwaukee just decided one day they weren't going to do NiCad anymore and left all us commercial users to either buy all new tools or switch brands. Have hated the Milwaukee Corporate pinheads ever since.
They make an adapter to run older Milwaukee with new Lithium batteries. Milwaukee m18 to v18 adapter amzn.to/3atw8W5
Why hate Milwaukee for that? It's the same move every brand makes. Technological progress. Do you still have a tube tv in your house, or do you hate those companies too?
@@INSERTaccountHERE When you run a commercial business and buy tens-of-thousands of dollars in tools, it'll all make more sense to you.
@@sixtyfiveford Ordered. Will def try it out on the remaining deprecated v18 tools we have in storage.
@@INSERTaccountHERE DeWalt did make an adapter
Wow,
I just thought of something with these adapters. Can you imagine 4 of these on the DeWalt power station and using milwaukee batteries. Milwaukee guys are going to be very happy. Well until milwaukee makes one.
Heck Yeah.
@@sixtyfiveford
Even the dewalt 4 port and single rapid chargers.
Imagine using this on a ridgid cordless vacuum with any battery.
I started having issues with different batteries that I can not use on other tools and having issues getting a second battery when one runs out of charge, I am so glad I came upon your video although I won't find all the adapters I need some are from Habor Freight but I now know of this option I did not know about . Thank you so much for putting all the info in comments I now follow you and look forward to your videos.
Thank you very much for sharing this information I had no idea such things were out there I also enjoyed your video about bungee cords from car tires very much best wishes from Wisconsin!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Those bungee cords are one of my favorite things I've ever made.
IM A MECHANIC THIS VIDEO IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE THANKS
I thought about trying this, I couldn't. I know there are some pretty cheap Ryobi finish nail guns that are way cheaper then Dewalt I use to want but couldn't afford. Now I know it works.
Thank you for this. I never knew about this. I just bought the USB makita adapter.
You are an amazing human being. Never knew this existed, thank you.
me either!
Can't help but to notice how clean all of your tools are
....
Lmao, right? Put him to real work on a real workday and watch him either whine and cry for a corded version because his cordless won't have enough power, OR he'll bullheadedly swear by his home handyman juice packs and all the while spend a quarter of the day running back n forth putting his two batteries (that he was certain would last all day) back on the charger while he keeps saying "I don't know what the deal is, usually I don't have any problems with this thing..."
Meanwhile u sit back and watch what looks like a Barnum and Bailey act while just shaking your head at the whole ordeal. 😞
Plus I bet he loves Harbor Freight and buys everything they sell there. He's a tool collector, he loves gadgets. Wait til he gets a job and tells his new boss, "I already have all my own tools, I have every tool u can imagine!"
*LATER THAT DAY...*
"Um, hey boss.. I need to leave early cuz I have to go to, uh, Harbor Freight and check on all these warranties, don't worry they're all covered!"
*THE NEXT DAY...*
No show, no call...
*SITTING AT HOME HUGGING ALL HIS REPLACEMENT TOOLS AND SAYING "I'll never do that to u guys again, boyscouts honor!"*😩🤞
LMFAO!
I'm gonna over-volt my old craftsman impact driver!
Heck yeah
I need the adapter for the different craftsman v20 to bolton battery and the old 18v ones as well
My old buddy used to find batteries in the dumpster at Sears Store. Warranty exchanges etc. Well being a popular science trained guy ,he would take the batteries apart and solder all the good cells into working battery packs. He made me up a couple dumpster drills I used for pre drilling wood when do was roofing old houses and building cornice s. Kept 2 drills in my pouch . I had 12 volts long before they came out . They looked gnarly but they worked great.
Didn't know that these existed.
Now all we need to find is an adapter to fit a car battery ;)
Heck Yeah!
Famous last words.
Cool. I'd be busting lug nuts all day with a dewalt 1/2 impact using a 94r agm car battery.
@@Rock_Reggae_Riff and busting your back carrying it around lol
There actually is something of the sort. A benchtop power supply, powered off an adapter to your favorite batteries. has various outputs, usb chargers, replaces the old 110v to variable voltage Radio Shack power supply. The issue with alternate use of batteries, is running them below rechargable state. Li-Ion is not the same as NiCad.
thank you for turning the voice down while cutting, first I thought that the video was going to make ear-piercing but surprisingly it was silent and made me happy.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Gonna add my request for Harbor Freight Bauer, Hercules, or Earthquake adapters!! If any adapter manufacturer in China is reading this... (PS I saw your other video from Feb 2017 about building an adapter, great content)
Yep if I can run harbor freight tools off my dewalt batteries I'd actually buy them
Andrew have you tried the new HD bauer batteries?
Sometimes the adaptor spins the battery into a weird position and it makes the tool unusable. In my case the M18 battery adaptor to use in an 18volt deWalt circular saw. The batter hung down lower than the saw plate.
True.
That's a bummer
I have multiple battery chargers Porter Cable, Black & Decker, Ryobi, Bosch...as long as I get the job done, it was worth it.
The scary part of an adapter is the fact that most of the big companies have Smart batteries that communicate with the actual tool and tell them when they are too hot or too cold to shutdown.
Without that you can potentially Rune $200 battery because it runs too low before shutting down or too hot.
I see.. for a diy guy like me, it probably wont matter as much since a single battery can probably last me a few uses. Still ill definitely want to keep this in mind
This is amazing! How did I not know about this?
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
These adapters are GREAT so long as you stick with the 18/20 volt (same, just numbered differently for marketing purposes) platforms. I'm glad you didn't bring the "big dog" into this fight because while you can find an adapter to put a 24 volt Kobalt battery on other brand tools, the big difference in voltage will quickly draw that magic puff of smoke out of your favorite tool.
An 18V Li-Ion cordless tool battery has 5 cells in series, or more in a series-parallel config, adding up to 18 to 21 Volts when fully charged. My Makita 18V hold 20.5 V after 5 years. A 24V Kobalt or other company using Li-Ion cells is simply having an extra 3.6V-4.2V Cell in series in there (or more in series-parallel) . I highly doubt that overvolting these little DC motors with 4 Volts is going to do much harm.
I'm waiting for an adapter/converter device that will attach to my cordless circular saw and other tools and plug into the wall.
A few companies used to have this. I recall DeWalt doing this years ago.
Metabo does it
I wanted a battery that has an outlet on it so I could use some of my corded tools anywhere.
A bench power supply is what they call that
Dewalt flexvolt does.
This makes swapping brands uncomplicating, for example I can continue using my Porter Cable and replace them with whatever brand as they die and not have the initial battery investment
I am curious which batteries would fit porter cable tools and adapter needed
All the guys fighting over which brand is better. This guy knows whats up. All brands have some tools that are better than others.
SORCERY !
...awesome :-D
Heck Yeah!
Most tools have chips in the batteries that talk to the tools to prevent high current discharge which will.prevent the battery from deep discharging. I don't see swapping batteries between manufacturers actually will allow this protection system to work. Buyer beware
The battery monitors itself. It doesn't need the tool to be attached.
The PCB is usually inside the battery of the lithium battery packs. They usually protect the cells from being overcharged/discharged, over heating, and balancing the charge each cell gets in the battery pack.
yeah he doesnt mention that this method ruins your batteries and cuts their life span in half
Yes you made the right decision to invest in Makita. Makita is the best cordless tool, hands down. I've had my impact gun run over by a car twice (Don't ask me how). Battery life, longevity - performance is where Makita is at.
Makita tools are just so smooth and put no fatigue into the operator. It makes a huge difference when using all day. DeWalt and Milwaukee can make some more powerful tools but they are rough on the operator. Milwaukee especially is not as refined.
RUclips needs to get the f out of my amazon shopping history!
Got a Porter Cable to Makita adapter not too long ago and sure enough up pops this video!
@@matthewbowdoin weird....n uncool!
Let me preface my state with my background, i have a degree in both computer science and electrical engineering......this is absolutely a bad idea for dewalt flexvolt and milwauke HD batteries. Aside from those 2 mentioned the rest is interchangeable
I wish u would elaborate. One guy explained the flexvolt pretty well.
Please elaborate why it's a bad idea for the Flexvolt
Why? I've seen breakdown videos of the Milwaukee batteries and there's no magic circuitry inside, same as most other premium batteries.
These adapter won't work in a 60v tool. The batteries will work just fine in other though. There's no magic just crude electrical connections and a Flexvolt batttery will fit the adapter and then fit into a Makita, Milwaukee etc tool suppling it with 18-20volts..
Thank you for sharing, I started buying, just, Ryobi tools, for that reason, now I can branch out, great video!!!!
Enter flexvolt... other tools, “wtf am I supposed to do with 60v?”
Flexvolt ( at least the way sbd did dewalt version) has 20v tap and 60v tap on separate contacts. So the adapter just has to tap the 20v line.
Kobalt has 60volt batteries
It’ll render the battery a higher amp hour not increase the voltage to the tool. That’s how the Hitachi/Metabo 36/18 volt batteries work. 4 amp hour in a 36 volt tool or 8 amp in a 18 volt tool.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 ave was wrong
Separate contacts for 20 and 60 volts. The tools have different contact locations
"ONE TO RULE THEM ALL"
Thanks I'm glad you liked it
and in darkness bind them....
There’s guys out there who absolutely bleed yellow, red, teal or green. Then there’s this guy who laughs in battery savings at every single one of em’.
I’ve had Dewalt for years and accumulated 5 batteries. Always wanted a Milwaukee high torque impact and this is the perfect solution.
This is tool system freedom right here. 👍
Witchcraft. He's a witch. Get em!
Great info.
Heck YEAH!
I want to him put a portable adapter on a makita adapter that then goes on a dewalt adapter to power a Milwaukee light. Thanks
At least that way it would be at the rite height for a light lol
I got one for my Makita to Dewalt.. I been very happy with it.. .. now I have options for buying either Dewalt tools or Makita
I use these daily and haven't had a single issue. I love just grabbing the next fully charged battery in the stack and continuing to work.
*_Every tool company would like to know your mailing address_*
Flee to Utah, they are more accepting of battery polygamy...
Because they all want to send you special "house warming" gift.
Oh they are going to want to hang this guy lol. But thanks I’m definitely going to buy a ryobi to dewalt
ferndog1461 haha the only problem I see with that is the batteries aren’t pale white and brain washed!!
@@SF-jr1rt lol
The irony of this is that if we didn't have such an absurdly regulation adverse society in the US, we could've simply had a standardized battery that would've increased the tangible freedom of choice that regulation opponents tout in the abstract. Consider the number of choices you'd have with a universal battery design, 4 different brands requires the purchase of a dozen adapters in order to achieve the goal that a single regulation would. Seem the lack of one is a major benefit to companies & detriment to consumers, but that not what we keep getting told.
For sure, i think metabo is trying to get a european univeral design going.
Standardization works!!
Regulation kills innovation. Every. Single. Time.
Soooo, communism??
This makes too much sense for some people to comprehend it,and I will add back when I was a car mechanic I thought why can't all cars have similar wheel lug pattern to interchange rims,or how about all cyl motors use the same bolt pattern on the starter.And yes one battery type fit all would be great,the companies could still put their name and internal battery parts.
So glad i clicked on. I must have forty different tools and have are broken and twice as many batteries that i cant use thank you for the info