EHL65 no plug it cord!

[Programmergeek]

ok I have to get this off my chest I have totally converted to the plug it system and all my vacuum hoses have plug it cords attached so when I herd of the new plainer I was excited to finally get rid of the old big one and no plug it cord!  Till I went to look at this cool new tool and released it does not have a plug it cord on it

Also no conversion kit avaiable, festool want to make things work together but this is a major PIA for me is the fact that they are bringing in new tools with out the plug it cord and NO CONVERSION KIT AVAIABLE because they are to lazy or it is to costly to bring it over.  Can someone explain to me why this makes any sense I pay a preminum for there tools and they short cut something silly like the cord and then don't even make a retrofit kit avaiable at any price!

 

[AlexThePalex]

Why doesn't the standard conversion kit work?

 

[Frans]

The EHL65 isn't a new tool, it's about 10 years old, so it dates from the pre-plugit age. It just wasn't available in the US.

 

[pingvinlakrits]

As mentioned before: it can be done:
http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=6573.0

You will need the longer of the Plug It cords, strip down some of that green wire and carefully fit it inside as the layout doesn't permit any thicker cabling inside. (The original has very thin wiring hence the necessity of stripping.)

It was a bit fiddly but it works fine. The Pigtail is not in the way either.

 

[dirtydeeds]

i put a plug it lead conversion on my EHL

i reconverted it before id shot half a dozen doors