![]() ![]() It lets you use 20V Max batteries in most of their 18V tools. As an example, the DeWalt DCA1820 battery adapter ( $39.99) claims compatibility with most DeWalt 18V tools. Just to cover our bases-yes, we know some battery adapters work without any issues. While a manufacturer may not know whether or not you used third-party batteries with their product, you still risk voiding a warranty if or when they find out. It can even shorten the lifespan of the tool. That can present a problem and run the tool hotter than expected. If a tool cannot communicate properly to a battery pack, you can end up in a situation where it asks for too much power. Manufacturers don’t like when you bypass the safety communication protocols built into either their batteries and/or tools. Using a tool with third-party battery adapters can have a similar effect. Bounce that drill off a roof onto concrete and you’re unlikely to get it serviced under the warranty. 3 – Potentially Voiding the Manufacturer’s Warrantyīelieve it or not, manufacturers actually care about how you use their tools and batteries. Nobody enjoys either a dead battery or a burned-up tool. Now you’ve created a potential “brick” pack that can no longer take a charge. What’s more-if a lithium-ion battery is “dumb” because the tool is smart, then putting it on a “dumb” tool means you can now drain the pack down below its nominal level. ![]() In both cases, all of the built-in protection that keeps both the tool and the battery from going so far that it damages itself is gone. Unfortunately, when you bypassed it with a battery adapter or voltage converter, you likely took away its ability to protect itself. Your car is most likely going to shut itself down before permanent damage occurs, and your cordless tool does the same. ![]() Just like the battery adapter, you’ve bypassed the electronic communications to do so. You’re just telling the tool to push the gas pedal farther. The same thing goes for these voltage boosters. See how long it takes for your temperature gauge to rise and idiot lights to illuminate. Tool battery adapters largely ignore the lines that govern safe use of a tool. Yes, we can push the tool and battery beyond what they’re rated for, but not for long and not without consequences. Just like the car, there’s an optimal operating range. This comes from extreme heat production in the motor and/or pack. Some more expensive units may have 120V outlets on both windings, and in that case you will not need to worry about this solution.Driving the motor beyond what it is designed to maintain will most likely result in failure. Rest easy knowing now you are spreading that load evenly over both windings in your generator.Īlways make sure to check your generator’s owner’s manual to see if all the 120V outlets are attached to only one winding. If two outlets are not enough, you can still plug an ordinary triple tap or distribution cord into the splitter. Using this splitter will save you the headache of tripping breakers, and not getting the power you need from your generator. Loading this end with too many items won’t stall the generator, but it might trip the breaker on the generator. Worst case scenario is the breaker fails, causing the winding to prematurely wear / fail. ![]() If you only plug into the 120V outlets, you only have access to 2500 watts. What can happen if you don’t use the splitter? You are now taking full power from both windings in your generator and using the unit to its full capacity. Splitting this outlet into two regular outlets will yield 2500W to both of them. The left outlets can only deliver 2500 watts because it is wired to one winding. The right outlet is wired to both. The home outlets are typically wired to one winding. However, the 240V outlet is wired to both windings on the generator. It has the typical household outlets, and a 240V outlet. This means it has two separate 2500 Watt, windings. The 120V outlets will only use 1 live wire, and connect it to only one winding, limiting your power usage. Each are wired differently in the generator.Ģ40V outlets use 2 live wires to carry current, and are wired to both windings on most generators. Many generators give you a single 240V outlet, and two or three 120V standard household outlets. A good example of this is our 30Amp to (2) 15/20Amp Power Splitter. The best way to get the full power out of your generator’s 240V outlet is by using a Generator Power Splitter. ![]()
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