Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob La Londe Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Got 4Ah, not 5Ah, battery 18V (20V) - done right thing? Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 12:16:57 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 21:16:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9f78e37e77d4428033f09237a887e7ec"; logging-data="3715054"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DWjpMM5qKYmXcr/dLQpDF" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:oIEN3daammlbHcbtkRScrw4P5m8= In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 240519-6, 5/19/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3178 On 5/18/2024 8:04 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote: > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v2bokb$36cch$1@dont-email.me... > > On 5/17/2024 11:23 PM, Richard Smith wrote: >> Hi all >> Thanks for comment. >> At the time I needed it there were only 4Ah batteries in stock, and I >> got what I got. >> >> I must be doing something right, because I got into the >> meet/introduce/interview event of a local mine which is re-opening. >> >> For light tools 4Ah is fine and I now have two. >> If I do lot-lot-lot of bigger drilling, might stock-up on higher Ah >> batteries.  Come that time there could be some "new" battery I am glad >> it is my option to get. >> >> Comment / reminder - I got the biggest drill using "small tool" >> batteries. > > To be fair... My experience is that you still get useful power out of > the "moderately" large batteries like your 4AH as opposed to 5AH.  It > just may not be "as powerful."  Where you see huge differences in base > power even over a very very short time is the smaller batteries.  Often > the "cheap" batteries packaged with an all in one kit. > Tool/battery/charger...  They don't give you full power for a short > time.  They just don't give you full power at all. > Bob La Londe > CNC Molds N Stuff > > ---------------------------- > If you could access the electrical circuit a PZEM-051 meter would give > you all the useful data. For under $20 they measure DC up to 100V and > 100A, calculate the power and the total energy in Watt-hours. > Torque Test Channel does some decent testing using a load. I don't need to be an expert on the details. I just need to know the results, and remember my anecdotal, but not irrelevant, direct experience. -- Bob La Londe CNC Molds N Stuff -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com