Car charging a drill battery.

[marter]

I have a dewalt 20v kit, impact/hammerdrill and flashlight.

I hate having dead batteries and using the locations outlet to charge them, plus its just one more thing that i could (and have) forgot and left at a jobsite.

Now im no electrician but a 20v drill battery and a 12v car system :gah:

[tbirdtbird]

get a small inverter to run off your cig lighter socket in the truck, plug in your charger, and u can charge as u drive between jobs

[jac6695]

get a small inverter to run off your cig lighter socket in the truck, plug in your charger, and u can charge as u drive between jobs

+1. I usually have one charging all the time. Unless it is a weekend and I won't be driving my truck. But that is unusual.

[Greend88]

Little More complicated than that need one that works with those chargers, cheap small ones go up in smoke.... Preferable get a pure sine wave inverter. Or a charger made by dewalt specific for this purpose. http://www.dewalt.com/tools/chargers-dcb119.aspx

[jpsmith1cm]

Little More complicated than that need one that works with those chargers, cheap small ones go up in smoke.... Preferable get a pure sine wave inverter. Or a charger made by dewalt specific for this purpose. http://www.dewalt.com/tools/chargers-dcb119.aspx

I was going to share the same caution.

I smoked a Craftsman charger and the inverter by using an inexpensive inverter.

I think that I'd opt for a purpose built 12V charger

[Greend88]

I was going to share the same caution.

I smoked a Craftsman charger and the inverter by using an inexpensive inverter.

I think that I'd opt for a purpose built 12V charger

Several years ago I did the same thing. But it actually blew the fusible link in the battery somehow when I plugged them into the charger on the inverter.

[uniservice]

Still using older Dewalt 14.4 volt. Use a charger that plugs into a cigarette lighter. It works fine, and says it'll do 18 volt batteries.

[marter]

$110 for the car charger.. Ha nope ill stick with the wall

[zw17]

I also burnt out a Rigid 18v battery using a cheap inverter.

[Reeferman]

Expect to pay about three times the price for a pure sine wave inverter but you will have no more problems. A decent 1000 watt continuous will take about $400.00. Depending on what you want it to do a 200 or 300 may work. Considering how much they used to cost they are cheap now.

[Bmvbrfd]

I have been using a 300 watt in my truck to charge batteries for like 2 years and it works great. I just put a 500 watt one in my other truck from home depot and it was like $40. I just ran a 14 gauge braided wire from the battery to it. They do not work good enough off of the cigarette lighter.

[Greend88]

I have been using a 300 watt in my truck to charge batteries for like 2 years and it works great. I just put a 500 watt one in my other truck from home depot and it was like $40. I just ran a 14 gauge braided wire from the battery to it. They do not work good enough off of the cigarette lighter.

Whats the brand of the inverter and what you charging with it? Some will work some won't......

[Bmvbrfd]

I charge 18 volt ridgid batteries. My brother gave me the powerline one and I took the cigarette lighter plug off and hooked it straight up to my battery. I had wiring for a subwoofer amp already run into the cab and under the floor so it's in the back seat of my Chevy personal truck and it's worked fine for like 2 years. I just put the black and decker one from home depot in a few weeks ago. It didn't work right from the cig lighter so I took the time and ran the wire from the battery in my ford company truck. 280051280061

[Phase Loss]

I use a 700 watt continuous & charge my drill's, laptop, H10PM. its worked well, Have used it for 4 years now.