I Built the Ultimate Battery Charging Wall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- I had meant to get around to this project sooner, but never found the time. Patience is a virtue, however, and I am very happy with how this battery charging wall turned out. I was able to get my Ryobi 18v, Milwaukee M12, Milwaukee M18, and Ryobi 40v chargers all in one place and controllable from a single switch. I added some backlighting as well....because why not.
What would you have done differently?
Looks great! Nice DIY project. Looking forward to the next video!
Wow looks great. Love organization and no cords. Keep the videos coming
Thanks!
I have a lot of chainsaws some of them high end Husqvarnas and every single one leaks bar oil. It’s not really a completely sealed system, but something you can do is open up the reservoir after use to release any pressure that may be built up.
Fair point. I will take your advice in terms of letting out the pressure in the future. Thanks for the tip!
Cool setup Peter! Have you thought about the dangers of all the lithium batteries? Maybe a fire proof drywall setup between garage and house, and fire alarm and fire suppression system. I have a charging station in my garage and worry about fire control.
Thanks, Doc. I haven’t given too much thought to fire suppression. What I’ve taken to doing is turning off the surge protector when I am not in the garage, and generally removing batteries once they’re full. Will have to give more thought to the rest of it
I added a countdown timer to my charging station. When I charge a battery or batteries I set the timer for a little over typical charge time. Usually around 1.5 hours. Then the timer shuts the power down. I have my chargers mounted on concrete too.
Another great video
Thanks, Justin!
Love the videos! Especially the snap on ones. Keep it up!
Thanks! I should have another snap on unboxing in the next week or so 😄
Looks great!
Thanks!
I'm invested in two (kinda three, but really two), DeWalt 20v/60v, and Snap-On 14.4v.
DeWalt 60v saws are the bees knees. And the batteries work on their 20v tools too. I got a couple DeWalt 12v tools, but those have been relegated to backup duty only. Snap-Ons 14.4v is superior to both DeWalt and Milwaukee 12v stuff. And DeWalt 20v and 60v have been becoming superior to all others in every way lately.
The ryobi charger has a transformer in the wall plug so it’s low voltage
The Milwaukee plugs are 120v in the wire. I don’t think you can solder 120v ac connections.
I’m not an electrician. But I know you can’t splice romex in your house like that, either a junction box or a molex self contained connector
I know in a shop if an extension cord is nicked it’s trash, can’t mend it
You can add plug ends to them but no splicing
Edit. Can’t find anything that says your 120V AC splice is ok
Complete rewire or plug ends or molex self contained or a junction box
Great Job
Thanks, Scott!
Looks real nice
Thanks, Warren!
Cool video Peter!
Thanks, Hunter!
Why would you cut the cords on all of chargers ?
I was unaware of another way to run their cabling behind the board. Some folks have since recommended I added a new plug rather than splicing, which is fair. I hadn’t considered that. The cords themselves are soldered to the chargers so I couldn’t unplug them to hide them
@HeyDerFolks you drilled a 3/4 inch hole in your board to run the wire through the hole the plug should have fit through that 3/4 inch hole without cutting the cords on all chargers
It did not fit in the hole I drilled, I tried. Perhaps if I had drilled a 1 inch hole it would’ve, but then I didn’t have the rubber grommet and I indexed towards impatience
why didnt you just go to homedepot and get new plugs?
Not following. How would that have helped? What new plugs would I be buying, exactly?