jonny round boy
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That's what I'd like to see.
I have a couple of 18V tools at the moment, with a total of 3 batteries (2x 4.2Ah, and 1x 3Ah). If I get enough in the tool budget, I'm planning on buying more cordless tools (TSC 55 and BHC 18, plus I suspect there'll be more 18v tools coming later this year). with Li-Ion developing as it is, and brushless motors, I think cordless is the future.
The current charger (TCL3) takes well over an hour to charge an empty 4.2Ah battery. I haven't timed it but it does seem slow - maybe even slower than the older, slightly larger charger? It's that bad sometimes that I end up not fully charging them, because I don't have time to wait. With the cordless Carvex working hard, it's quite easy to empty 2 full batteries before the 3rd has charged (exacerbated by the fact that when you do work them hard, the batteries have to cool down before you can charge them!).
With the new 5.2Ah batteries, it's going to take around 20% longer again.
How about a quicker charger? It's great having larger capacity batteries, as it means they'll need charging less often. But if it takes an age to charge them it's going to get old very quickly.
I think the 'reasonable limit' on charging time is around 40-45 minutes - I don't think given the competition that over an hour is acceptable (the new Makita 5.0Ah batteries charge inside 45 minutes). If they can do it, I'm sure Festool can.
In fact, while were on the subject, make it a 'double' charger for charging 2 batteries at once. That's definitely needed for the TSC anyway, shipping it with 2x single chargers was a bit of a cop-out. [tongue]
I'm not too bothered about the physical size either, make it a bit bigger if it helps. Even if it needs it's own systainer. Heck, maybe even built in to a systainer? Plus a fan for cooling, if that helps. It doesn't even need to replace the existing charger - the tools could be shipped with the TCL3, with the 'rapid charging station' as an extra.
So, a rapid charging station, to charge 2 batteries in under 45 minutes (5.2Ah). How hard can it be? [poke]
I have a couple of 18V tools at the moment, with a total of 3 batteries (2x 4.2Ah, and 1x 3Ah). If I get enough in the tool budget, I'm planning on buying more cordless tools (TSC 55 and BHC 18, plus I suspect there'll be more 18v tools coming later this year). with Li-Ion developing as it is, and brushless motors, I think cordless is the future.
The current charger (TCL3) takes well over an hour to charge an empty 4.2Ah battery. I haven't timed it but it does seem slow - maybe even slower than the older, slightly larger charger? It's that bad sometimes that I end up not fully charging them, because I don't have time to wait. With the cordless Carvex working hard, it's quite easy to empty 2 full batteries before the 3rd has charged (exacerbated by the fact that when you do work them hard, the batteries have to cool down before you can charge them!).
With the new 5.2Ah batteries, it's going to take around 20% longer again.
How about a quicker charger? It's great having larger capacity batteries, as it means they'll need charging less often. But if it takes an age to charge them it's going to get old very quickly.
I think the 'reasonable limit' on charging time is around 40-45 minutes - I don't think given the competition that over an hour is acceptable (the new Makita 5.0Ah batteries charge inside 45 minutes). If they can do it, I'm sure Festool can.
In fact, while were on the subject, make it a 'double' charger for charging 2 batteries at once. That's definitely needed for the TSC anyway, shipping it with 2x single chargers was a bit of a cop-out. [tongue]
I'm not too bothered about the physical size either, make it a bit bigger if it helps. Even if it needs it's own systainer. Heck, maybe even built in to a systainer? Plus a fan for cooling, if that helps. It doesn't even need to replace the existing charger - the tools could be shipped with the TCL3, with the 'rapid charging station' as an extra.
So, a rapid charging station, to charge 2 batteries in under 45 minutes (5.2Ah). How hard can it be? [poke]
i have the quadrive both festool and protool version! Quadrive trademark are set 7/21/2015 so i only speculating if they have something else in the pipeline for that when quadrive machines are way older, but maybe they only registred it now! think if black and decker take it [scared]
