Medical Question

[brianmoooore]

Just as well I didn't get carried away last Friday, and invest in a cordless SDS drill (the only everyday sparky tool I don't have in cordless).
A neighbour of mine called in yesterday and presented me with a free 36V Bosch SDS, with one 4A good battery, a 18/36 volt fast charger and a second 4A battery that had failed a while ago. The reason for him presenting me with this, was that the charger had been used in the rain, had gone bang, and he has decided to change to Milwaukee.
Took the bottom cover off of the charger, was obvious by the blown tracks on the PCB that it would never charge again, so a look on eBay found one at £30 with 0 bids and 2 hours to go, which I subsequently bought as the only bidder.
The dud battery will be inspected at a later time, but the last failed Bosch battery I looked at simply had a failed spot weld on one of the straps linking the cells together.

 

[SparkySy]

I suffer from the same issue!
Not just electrical kit either but I do woodwork metalwork and Welding too which doesn't help.
I also have a fair amount of mates that are always buying kit, if I go to see them they will always say 'got this the other day' then let me use whatever it is. This makes me instantly need one too!
Had to stop going to the tool fairs it's just too much temptation to need new gear!

 

[timhoward]

Just as well I didn't get carried away last Friday, and invest in a cordless SDS drill (the only everyday sparky tool I don't have in cordless).
A neighbour of mine called in yesterday and presented me with a free 36V Bosch SDS,

I've had one of those for years, it's a great little beast and just keeps going on and on.

 

[SparkySy]

I've had one of those for years, it's a great little beast and just keeps going on and on.

I have also got one from about 12 years ago, still going strong, both batteries still ok but starting to feel the strain and the sds chuck is well worn but will still hold bits.
They are an excellent drill!

 

[brianmoooore]

Batteries have the three green LEDs on them, so I don't think it can be too many years old .