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Is there an off the shelf generic tool battery

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AVGresponding:
Just make an 18650 pack? These are so easily available tagged or untagged, and also the BPC and charger boards, it shouldn't be too hard to build a pack to your specific needs.
12V 8Ah would be quite unusual these days, most higher power tool packs are higher voltage so they can be lower current.

mikeselectricstuff:

--- Quote from: Simon on March 08, 2024, 09:23:59 am ---No we need to supply a battery. The customers won't be interested in sourcing a battery, they want it from us. We also don't want to be dealing with unknown battery setups when they call in with issues with the machine that are actually of their own making by using an incorrect battery.

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So make it compatible with, say Makita, and supply a Makita battery, or re-branded clone with it.

Siwastaja:
Makita LXT battery is not only common in itself, but also one of the most widely copied. Many cheap power tool manufacturers simply produce their own power tool series which accept Makita LXT batteries, and have their own clone battery series too. They of course do not mention the Makita brand name due to legal reasons.

So if the voltage (5s), capacity, and current capability are in the right range, and the physical shape seems OK for the purpose, this is a pretty easy way. Then again, you can always engineer your own battery pack, and then you get exactly what you need.

The Soulman:

--- Quote from: Simon on March 08, 2024, 09:23:59 am ---No we need to supply a battery. The customers won't be interested in sourcing a battery, they want it from us. We also don't want to be dealing with unknown battery setups when they call in with issues with the machine that are actually of their own making by using an incorrect battery.

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https://www.cordless-alliance-system.com/ ?


--- Quote from: Simon on March 07, 2024, 08:59:42 am ---We are looking to develop our next machine and people are not quite happy with the battery setup. This is a 100Wh lithium battery at about 12V although we do need 24+V a converter is fine.

It would be nice to find a battery similar in concept to the ones used in drills and similar hand held tools. People do do this but we'd need to seek permission etc with the manufacturer and it's a difficult political issue with our parent company that already has deals with certain tool makers etc. So it would be easier to find something completely different.

It's a bit like that Nokia 3310 battery that lives on long after the phone in many other products. Is there something similar but larger out there?

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--- Quote from: Simon on March 07, 2024, 06:38:28 pm ---We are not using power tool batteries, it's internal politics within the group that spans the world, so some one will always be pissed off or worried some one else will be pissed off.

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switchabl:
If you can't join an existing system, best chance is probably calling up battery pack manufacturers to see if they have some semi-generic designs that would make sense at the (low-ish?) quantities you need.

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