Cordless drill to mains conversion, need adapter.

[loofer]

I've got an old 9.6V Black and Decker Proline  PL97 cordless drill whose batteries are dead. I can buy replacements for about £35 but 2 of those will cost more than a new drill. Stupidly I dumped the old batteries before I released I can rebuild the packs myself so that's not really an option without buying old packs first and that would cost too much again. 

So I'm going to do a mains conversion but I need a 240V AC - 9.6V DC adapter (I'm guessing 5A will cover me? not really sure) unfortunately  I'm getting nowhere with online searches. The only result I found was a chinese company that had a minimum order of 1000 units.....

Could anyone point me in the right direction to source something like this or let me know if that ampage is correct?

 

[Andy™]

it'll probably need more than 5 amps. using adapters to power battery tools is not really practical

 

[Blue Duck]

This has been asked before....

I'd just buy a new one, cordless drills have moved on a lot since the 1990's!



http://www.bigredtoolbox.co.uk/ryobi-llcdi-18022-combi-hammer-drill-18-volt-2-1-4ah-liion

http://m.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd776c2-gb-18v-1-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-xr/17648?filtered=true

 

[loofer]

it'll probably need more than 5 amps. using adapters to power battery tools is not really practical

Why do you say that?

This has been asked before....

I'd just buy a new one, cordless drills have moved on a lot since the 1990's!



http://www.bigredtoolbox.co.uk/ryobi-llcdi-18022-combi-hammer-drill-18-volt-2-1-4ah-liion

http://m.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd776c2-gb-18v-1-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-xr/17648?filtered=true

Yeah I've got a couple of newer drills I just hate to bin something that's perfectly usable. It's also handy to have a few drills so I can drill countersink and screw without fannying about changing bits.

 

[Blue Duck]

The carpenters at work use these:

http://www.bigredtoolbox.co.uk/makita-p-70552-flip-over-driver-set

I find it hard to chuck stuff out too but you have to give in at some point.

 

[loofer]

Cheers, that looks like a handy bit of kit, might grab one.

 

[Apache]

it'll probably need more than 5 amps. using adapters to power battery tools is not really practical

We have some clippers at work that have 2 lithium ion batteries and a snap in mains power pack. I see you lose the portability, but I don't know why its not more popular.

There is maybe an after-market opportunity for someone:

 

[OnOff]

We have some clippers at work that have 2 lithium ion batteries and a snap in mains power pack. I see you lose the portability, but I don't know why its not more popular.

There is maybe an after-market opportunity for someone:

Same as a lot of the old camcorders did. 

 

[Blue Duck]

We have some clippers at work that have 2 lithium ion batteries and a snap in mains power pack. I see you lose the portability, but I don't know why its not more popular.

There is maybe an after-market opportunity for someone:

Because when the batteries have given up no fool will spend £90 each on new ones when they can jus plug it in. :C

 

[NozSpark]

Why would you make a mains power supply for a cordless drill (making it a corded drill),,,, when you can buy a brand new corded drill for <£14

http://www.argos.co.uk/beta/static/Product/partNumber/7106062.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=cgid:14507206137|tsid:59130|cid:265006737|lid:18283950120|nw:g|crid:73382240337|rnd:14149097098060919759|dvc:c|adp:1o1|kw:&gclid=CjwKEAiAxfu1BRDF2cfnoPyB9jESJADF-MdJQM_8D74IilL4aTMPtgizlkGMRmMvxib5l4WE602ZexoCG4Xw_wcB

 

[OnOff]

Have a battery belt like Driller Killer!

 

[loofer]

Why would you make a mains power supply for a cordless drill (making it a corded drill),,,, when you can buy a brand new corded drill for <£14

http://www.argos.co.uk/beta/static/Product/partNumber/7106062.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=cgid:14507206137|tsid:59130|cid:265006737|lid:18283950120|nw:g|crid:73382240337|rnd:14149097098060919759|dvc:c|adp:1o1|kw:&gclid=CjwKEAiAxfu1BRDF2cfnoPyB9jESJADF-MdJQM_8D74IilL4aTMPtgizlkGMRmMvxib5l4WE602ZexoCG4Xw_wcB

It pains me to throw something out that could give another 20 years of good use, especially when the solution could be a tenners worth of new cells /new transformer. It amazes me that I have to do things like throw out a good scanner because no one makes drivers for it to talk to Windows whatever. Old fashioned I guess.

 

[Blue Duck]

Nah, just like the rest of us you don't like throwing stuff away!

Sad really as most suff these days isn't made to be fixed.

 

[loofer]

Yeah, it's great that stuff is cheap to buy new but I hate being driven into buying it by overpriced replacement parts. These guys could make a lot more by selling me a battery for £15 that costs them £3 to make than selling me a £15 drill that costs £8.

 

[NozSpark]

LOL.... I had to buy 2 x 18V 3Ah batteries for my Makita drills last year.... cost me £140  

 

[loofer]

You can solder a pack of these together for about £20 to replace the old cells.

http://www.all-battery.com/nicdsubc2200mahrechargeablebatteryflattop-1.aspx

 

[Blue Duck]

LOL.... I had to buy 2 x 18V 3.5Ah batteries for my Makita drills last year.... cost me £140  

Could have had 4Ah for twenty quid less.

http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-bl1840-18v-4-0ah-li-ion-battery?gclid=CjwKEAiAxfu1BRDF2cfnoPyB9jESJADF-MdJ_ttwyzFBelknE76_iw-ZfW93uvHAedyz-SgVGjN_HxoCj6nw_wcB

 

[NozSpark]

That is a good price.... but I don't think that they're compatible with my drills,,,, IIRC they're only compatible with the newer ones...

I also had to get a new trigger for my drill .... IIRC that cost £35

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

It pains me to throw something out that could give another 20 years of good use,

But will it give another 20 years of use? I note you said "could" but truth be known its doubtful that it will. Yes its a shame to have to bin stuff, but then the quality is not there any more, so if you change this part, how long before that part fails?