Any Power Tool, One Battery: EU's Genius Plan

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  • Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
  • The European Union aims to standardise power tool batteries, mirroring the push for USB-C adoption in mobile devices. Through the European Battery Interface (EBI), competition in the power tool market is set to surge. Delve into the details of this new standard with the eFIXX team as they unveil the design of the standardised power tool battery.
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    00:00 Leaked memo from the European Power Tool Association
    00:33 The problem with existing power tool batteries
    01:14 Battery charger chaos
    01:44 Revised European Battery Standard
    02:30 Metabo tried to drive a standard - CAS
    02:40 European Battery Interface - EBI
    03:10 Transitionary period - battery adapters
    03:54 Mains adapter interface
    04:30 DIY & Professional grade batteries
    05:35 Revealed: The new EU battery platform
    06:20 New innovations
    07:20 Implementation dates
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    #dewalt #makita #milwaukeetools
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Комментарии • 166

  • @efixx
    @efixx  Месяц назад +3

    Sometimes this stuff really happens.
    ruclips.net/video/Jn-oXHOQ6K8/видео.htmlsi=pt-N5Od_7_hwSUf-

  • @LickorishAllsorts
    @LickorishAllsorts Месяц назад +41

    The problem with your April 1 videos is that they are bloody good ideas. Still looking forward to that sleeved earth cable.

    • @Dog-whisperer7494
      @Dog-whisperer7494 Месяц назад +5

      That cable with the earth already sleeved is called earth sure and has been on the shelf’s since last month.

    • @adventuresofanathan
      @adventuresofanathan Месяц назад +1

      The sleeved earth does actually exists its in screwfix now

  • @gottliebdee263
    @gottliebdee263 Месяц назад +29

    Shame it's an April fool. This is my biggest gripe about battery powered tools.
    All they need to do is design keys into the casework to make sure that 18V cannot be used in a 12V tool for example and specify size and location of where the battery vent port is and we're good.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for commenting 👍🏻

  • @DS-lb8uf
    @DS-lb8uf Месяц назад +80

    Genius idea, pity is April Fools Day

    • @n4thb4dc0
      @n4thb4dc0 Месяц назад +1

      And metabo also do a common battery which most European manufacturers use anyway

    • @1BigBen
      @1BigBen Месяц назад +1

      had he said 1st of January 2026, I wouldn't have taken this as April Fools joke

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +6

      CAS is a great system - shame it’s not standard.

    • @DarylRaverty
      @DarylRaverty Месяц назад

      Haha April fools..😂

  • @keswickcowboy
    @keswickcowboy Месяц назад +23

    Ya buggers... nearly had me there...😂

  • @Computim
    @Computim Месяц назад +9

    You Brits have that deadpan comedy that makes me think it was serious -- literally watched to the end and was like "well.. that's.. interesting.. wait.. how?"
    You got me, sigh. Once again, well played 😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +2

      😉👍

  • @JohnDoe-tx8lq
    @JohnDoe-tx8lq Месяц назад +12

    I was so hopeful, damn it!! 😢 The very last second is flippin' hilarious!! 😁

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Thanks 🤣

  • @mark_just_mark
    @mark_just_mark Месяц назад +8

    I wonder how many takes that took without smirking and laughing…😂

  • @daniellittle7846
    @daniellittle7846 Месяц назад +9

    You had me there untill you said Ryobi battery

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      🤭

    • @DEADB33F
      @DEADB33F Месяц назад +1

      Heh, same

  • @srpacific
    @srpacific Месяц назад +9

    Jokes aside this is more meaningful than the Apple decision

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      True

    • @shaneclk9854
      @shaneclk9854 Месяц назад

      How so? Sales of electronic devices far outstrip tools hence why apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world.

  • @T0NY66
    @T0NY66 Месяц назад +22

    God I hate April Fools Day

    • @andreblanchard8315
      @andreblanchard8315 Месяц назад +1

      Ya, the one day you can't believe anything you see a on the Internet.🙃

  • @AnttiImpio
    @AnttiImpio 3 дня назад +1

    I'm gonna share this video so hard that this becomes reality. We need a common interface.

  • @kelvinseabourne7029
    @kelvinseabourne7029 Месяц назад +11

    love the skid mark

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @dg2908
    @dg2908 Месяц назад +4

    I was waiting for the Made in Yorkshire EBAI Great Universal Module

  • @mre3820
    @mre3820 Месяц назад +6

    About time batteries were regulated. Thank goodness for the EU, the skid mark champion.

  • @electrician247
    @electrician247 Месяц назад +4

    Long overdue although I think we should have had a draft for public comment before we choose ryobi to be the one.

  • @Ben-gm9lo
    @Ben-gm9lo Месяц назад

    Gary, you look amazing. Well done. Keep it up!
    Guys, your channel videos are consistently lower in volume than pretty much everything else out there. Could you please do an analysis and should you agree could you up the volume? As soon as I start an eFIXX video up goes the volume. Then I go to watch something else (yes, really, there are other videos out there) I forget to turn down and my speakers blare out until I can get to the volume control.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Thanks for the feedback (literally) - which other channels do you tune in to regularly and we’ll have a listen to calibrate.

    • @Ben-gm9lo
      @Ben-gm9lo Месяц назад

      @@efixx Thanks for replying.
      Without listing my entire 100 plus subs (it is great being retired!), here are the main ones: Everything Electric Show, Cutting Edge Engineering, RSymons RSEV, Out of Spec Motoring, Munro Live, Veritasium, Fully Charged Show, Just Have a Think, James Shack, Colin Furze. I think all of these have more volume than your channel. Please bear in mind that I play my sound from my PC via a stereo amplifier and hifi quality speakers. I am a bit of an audiophile in this regard, so most listeners on headphones or with economic speakers probably won't suffer in the same way.

  • @atlasz911
    @atlasz911 Месяц назад +2

    You've got me with this! It was a good one!
    Would be wonderful. Imagine charging all those batteries with a usb-c charger!

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @Satters
    @Satters Месяц назад +4

    i got to the last minute before realising todays date !

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      Congratulations 👍🏻

  • @JamesTM
    @JamesTM Час назад

    A friend shared this today, a month late, and totally got me. :(

  • @tekknorat
    @tekknorat Месяц назад

    That would actually be a great thing to have one battery platform across all brands. Yes, from a business point of view it's bad.

  • @ZBott
    @ZBott Месяц назад

    Making the Ryobi post batteries standard would be just the way to really upset everyone. Make us all feel like skid marks. And I like my Ryobi set.

  • @kelvinpankhurst9379
    @kelvinpankhurst9379 Месяц назад +3

    Nearly got me, next thing you will be telling that they are insulating the CPC wire in twin and earth cable

    • @robboinc1
      @robboinc1 Месяц назад +1

      Ah but then what happened, these April fools jokes seem to be a bit prophetic 😂

  • @rickterry8148
    @rickterry8148 Месяц назад

    very entertaining 🤣🤣🤣 How did you keep a straight face, I was in tears when it came to the skid marks.

  • @jamesb3240
    @jamesb3240 Месяц назад

    its the 0.5mm T&E that got me the other year

  • @jonathandixon7693
    @jonathandixon7693 Месяц назад +3

    Thats easily the best announcement I've seen today 🤣

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Thanks 👍🏻

  • @dougsaunders8109
    @dougsaunders8109 Месяц назад +2

    At least you can buy adapters to cross platform tools. This part thank goodness is not April fools

  • @shiamjad
    @shiamjad Месяц назад +2

    Great idea none the less
    ...
    ..
    .
    for 1st of April

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Sure is

  • @MarcusHawksley
    @MarcusHawksley Месяц назад +4

    I should have realised that such a sensible well thiugt out piece of legislation would only be released on this day before midday.
    I kept watching with willing delusion that this could be true all the way until you named Ryobi as the standard.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +2

      Great idea..?

    • @MarcusHawksley
      @MarcusHawksley Месяц назад +1

      @@efixx all the way up to using Ryobi as a standard, it sounded like what should be on the books. There is no single brand that makes the best of every tool.
      Standardising a 18v, 36(40)v and ~90v battery and charging system would be to everyone's benefit. Something similar to the USB C communication protocols to allow for fancier charging voltages/currents would allow for flexibility. All decent batteries have charge controllers integrated in the battery, so there really doesn't need to be any objections. When you started talking about cables power connectors, it was like a tradesman's wet dream. (Sorry)
      Obviously it would be an irritation during the change over. But many brands are introducing a change over as higher voltage platforms are being introduced. I have resisted personally upgrade to Makita 40v system purely for the hassle of the change over, even though there is a noticeable improvement in performance across the range. I did get my employer to start making the change though, one work crew at a time.

  • @daifeichu
    @daifeichu Месяц назад

    No one is locked into a system. We have the freedom to choose a second or even a third system.

  • @lezbriddon
    @lezbriddon Месяц назад +2

    parkside x-team 20v have a lovely little chip in them to protect 'you'. if you over discharge one somehow then it will no longer send its secret password to the charger.
    I've tried everything to reset this and found no way to do it after a lot searching, cant even get a chip datasheet, self expiring batteries, best april fool if it wasnt real

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      🤔

  • @tomcardale5596
    @tomcardale5596 Месяц назад +2

    Good job keeping straight faces though this!

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      It was fun 👍🏻

  • @connordines667
    @connordines667 Месяц назад +1

    You had me to said royobi would be battery of choice 🤣🤣

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @dperreno
    @dperreno 28 дней назад

    I was totally buying into this video until you pulled out the Ryobi platform as the basis for the common batteries... :-)

  • @PerMejdal
    @PerMejdal Месяц назад +1

    The only thing unrealistic in this video is the 2 years from memo to execution. Give it 8-10 years, and it will be true.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      And a raft of legal battles and a veto

  • @alanbaltic
    @alanbaltic Месяц назад +2

    I was waiting for your latest April Fool's video and was wondering what crazy great idea you had snuck up your sleeve for this year. 😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks. We enjoyed this one 🤭

  • @keithcrampton2178
    @keithcrampton2178 Месяц назад +3

    How did ya say “skid mark” at least twice without grinning 🙈😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      🤣🤣

  • @pankajmakwana2300
    @pankajmakwana2300 Месяц назад +2

    Nearly got me as well.Wish it was real😂😅

  • @OctavChelaru
    @OctavChelaru 14 дней назад

    Would ceetainly be good to have universal smart batteries.

  • @user-zl2ow6lo6d
    @user-zl2ow6lo6d Месяц назад

    A 'Skid Mark' Position 🤣

  • @ivanbuckingham2302
    @ivanbuckingham2302 Месяц назад

    I was so happy about this until you said when it was coming into force 😅 right, I'm off to buy a Stanley SDS

  • @TorqueTestChannel
    @TorqueTestChannel 6 дней назад

    Let me start by saying love the vid and idea for it. But Americans dont get British humor, and channels like ours are getting dozens of comments and corrections telling people the EU is enforcing this soon. Not just my channel either. We for instance update 4/1 videos with the date in the title after. We humbly encourage something similar. People are lost.

  • @YoutubeHero666
    @YoutubeHero666 Месяц назад +1

    I rushed and brought all the Ryobi I could get!

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Likewise 👍🏻

  • @scottsparky1
    @scottsparky1 Месяц назад +2

    Metabo already do this.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      👏🏼

  • @MyProjectBoxChannel
    @MyProjectBoxChannel Месяц назад

    People have been 3d printing adaptors for years now.

  • @jamieclarke321
    @jamieclarke321 Месяц назад +1

    Wasn’t until he kept saying skid mark I realised I had been duped

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🤣🤣

  • @Mircea007
    @Mircea007 Месяц назад +1

    because I have a number of Ryobi tools and batteries, I really want to believe this is true

  • @retrozmachine1189
    @retrozmachine1189 Месяц назад

    Good one guys, but only saw this one after the 1st. It's a real shame it isn't real though but it's all part of brand lock-in to keep you buying just that particular brand's tools.

  • @user-ng2jk1pr9u
    @user-ng2jk1pr9u Месяц назад +2

    Thanks for the April Fools joke and update for joking about 😂😂😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @Technics68
    @Technics68 Месяц назад

    I had to be honest i went sick watching this with using 2 different battery platforms Metabo and DeWalt then i was reading the comments and got to breath again !!!!
    VERY WELL PLAYED GUYS

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Cheers 👋

  • @robboinc1
    @robboinc1 Месяц назад

    Almost fell for that, was a great start but as soon as ryobi battery's were brought up it fell apart

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      The ironic thing is that Ryobi & Milwaukee are the same company.

  • @TigerP1
    @TigerP1 Месяц назад +1

    I already have plenty of skids to mark the pile.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      As does Gordon 👍🏻

  • @orca984
    @orca984 Месяц назад +1

    How do i report a video again on RUclips

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Write to the 🇪🇺

  • @unwired
    @unwired Месяц назад

    If they can force Apple to use USB-C (which sucks) why they can’t force the tool makers to adapt single power source systems.

  • @Shane1112
    @Shane1112 17 дней назад

    Wish this was true, I was thinking wow this is fantastic news

  • @danniland6467
    @danniland6467 20 дней назад

    Thank fuck the comments cleared up that this video was from April fools day 😂 f*king ryobi would have killed me off 😢

  • @brianwood5220
    @brianwood5220 Месяц назад +1

    Very good guys, but I think your full of "Skid Marks" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🤭

  • @anthonylangton3664
    @anthonylangton3664 Месяц назад +1

    shame it's April the first

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Sure is

  • @zahidshabir4038
    @zahidshabir4038 Месяц назад

    I was fooled till I saw the comments because when I heard the part where you said Ryobi batteries were gonna be the standard I thought why those batteries. They are unusually shaped and will make all non Ryobi power tools already on the market unnecessarily long and I went to the comments section just to see other people's views only to see comments about April Fools. Even though I am not christian I was not expecting any April Fools in fact I forgot about it I was expecting Easter (I am pretty sire April Fools is not christian but Easter is)

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      The origin of April fool is unclear - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

    • @zahidshabir4038
      @zahidshabir4038 Месяц назад

      @@efixx thanks for the info

  • @Senshikaji
    @Senshikaji Месяц назад +1

    But where does the bucket of steam come in?

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🤣🤣

  • @brianmac001
    @brianmac001 Месяц назад +2

    If only it was true😢

  • @christaverner3560
    @christaverner3560 Месяц назад

    This got me, great work 😂 👏

  • @SparkyStew98
    @SparkyStew98 Месяц назад

    it wouldnt surprise me

  • @samevans30
    @samevans30 Месяц назад

    The April fools jokes are hilarious 🎉

  • @paulmatthews5470
    @paulmatthews5470 Месяц назад +1

    I guess I’ll stick to my badaptors!

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @ShadowzGSD
    @ShadowzGSD Месяц назад +2

    should have turned off comments, might have fooled a few people if it was not for the muppets in the comments section.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @ElliottVeares
    @ElliottVeares Месяц назад

    It may be a fools day video, but how long until the EU makes this a reality?

  • @86abaile
    @86abaile Месяц назад +1

    If only.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @fudgedonkey
    @fudgedonkey Месяц назад +2

    I just bash incompatible batteries in with a hammer and all my tools work fine👍

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @majsonpawel
    @majsonpawel Месяц назад +1

    Always best folks 😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Thanks 👍🏻

  • @freepress8451
    @freepress8451 Месяц назад

    In a perfect world

  • @sockitz.splatez
    @sockitz.splatez Месяц назад +1

    Classic Efixx 😂

  • @billdoodson4232
    @billdoodson4232 Месяц назад +1

    If only it was all true.

  • @davefish8107
    @davefish8107 Месяц назад +1

    Bad , you have given the EU a idea

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🥶

  • @inh415
    @inh415 Месяц назад

    Non issue. Battery adapters for almost all brands on eBay.
    Also April fool.

  • @michaelfairchild
    @michaelfairchild Месяц назад

    April Fools.
    One battery standard would be a bad idea as it would kill the developement of the batteries. Here you got few companies who update their trying to make them better than competitor.

    • @rlfvacslakenheath
      @rlfvacslakenheath Месяц назад +1

      i disagree if all the battery tech people all join forces great leaps could be made in no time at all. like the space program and neuclear bombs

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      Take the cover off - most are Samsung cells and the electronics are all very similar.

  • @narkyspark
    @narkyspark Месяц назад +1

    Yes it's true so they can use the saved lithium for car batteries 😇 😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @tombickerton5909
    @tombickerton5909 Месяц назад +1

    April fools 🎉

  • @eliadbu
    @eliadbu Месяц назад +1

    oh come on! why can't it be a real thing?

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      So true

  • @bernjackson8568
    @bernjackson8568 Месяц назад

    Very funny! 😂

  • @Irilia_neko
    @Irilia_neko Месяц назад +1

    I'm sure the European union, is working on it actually, but you aren't in the European union 🤣

  • @madhutter4241
    @madhutter4241 Месяц назад

    very good 😄

  • @peterjohnson2245
    @peterjohnson2245 Месяц назад

    Skid marks.....

  • @11mroscar
    @11mroscar Месяц назад

    April fools oh no

  • @JonNelson90WBN
    @JonNelson90WBN Месяц назад +1

    Happy April fools

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🤭

  • @PearsallEu
    @PearsallEu Месяц назад

    Skid mark... Bullshit 😂

  • @timballam3675
    @timballam3675 Месяц назад +1

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

  • @Dog-whisperer7494
    @Dog-whisperer7494 Месяц назад +1

    Ha ha ha 😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      ☺️

  • @JamesKooper
    @JamesKooper Месяц назад +1

    🤣🤣🤣

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      👍🏻

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      🤣

  • @adoughertycontracting7243
    @adoughertycontracting7243 Месяц назад +1

    🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад +1

      👍🏻

  • @andyarchitect
    @andyarchitect Месяц назад

    Well that was a waste of 8 minutes of my life

    • @efixx
      @efixx  Месяц назад

      Guess you’ve already invested in a full suite of Ryobi.

    • @andyarchitect
      @andyarchitect Месяц назад

      @@efixx Ryobi was the point at which things stopped making any sense.

  • @alanrainey5022
    @alanrainey5022 Месяц назад

    😂🤣😂😅🤣