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03-05-2016 02:17 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: tip battery I’m forever trying to figure out which of my cordless batteries are charged and which ones aren’t. My flash of insight (I needed to post it, since I don’t get too many)... Set them one way, and they are full, the other way they need a charge. And write on them which is which, so I don’t get confused. -- Troy | http://tf-workshop.com | The more I see nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator. - Louis Pasteur |
11 replies so far
#1 posted 03-05-2016 02:19 PM |
Simple and effective! |
#2 posted 03-05-2016 02:24 PM |
I’m not near as organized as you are. Mine get turned on the shelf. I just put a small piece of blue tape on them when I take them off the charger. I pull the tape off when I put them into the tool. -- Grant Wilkinson, Ottawa ON |
#3 posted 03-05-2016 02:27 PM |
Also a good idea. -- Troy | http://tf-workshop.com | The more I see nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator. - Louis Pasteur |
#4 posted 03-05-2016 06:19 PM |
I have 6 or 7 batteries and I’ve tried laying them on one side or the other, then I forget which side up is charged. So I tried turning them label in or label out, but again I forgot which is which. Somehow I never thought to simply write on each battery! I like this idea and fully plan on stealing it from you.
. Now where did I leave that dang Sharpie marker?? -- Perform A Random Act Of Kindness Today ... Pay It Forward |
#5 posted 03-05-2016 08:46 PM |
Amazing…. thanks for posting this simple idea. |
#6 posted 03-05-2016 09:11 PM |
The most elegant solutions are almost always the simplest, so this is an extremely elegant solution to nagging problem! -- Dave - York, Maine |
#7 posted 03-06-2016 01:10 AM |
At my house, if they are lying on their side, they are dead. Upright is charged. -- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm |
#8 posted 03-06-2016 05:23 PM |
Do you also date them so you will know how many days they have been sitting there discharging themselves? Wayne |
#9 posted 03-13-2016 01:41 AM |
Nope – I have a couple of extras and I just swap them out first thing each day I’m in the shop. -- Troy | http://tf-workshop.com | The more I see nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator. - Louis Pasteur |
#10 posted 03-13-2016 01:55 AM |
Thanks to Milwaukee’s fuel 18 v batteries I always know what state of charge the batteries are in. Very handy. Thanks Milwaukee. -- Alaskan's for Global warming! |
#11 posted 03-13-2016 05:14 AM |
I have a couple ryobi batteries with the charge lights on them they say there full but are dead. ok tools, sucky batteries.bought 4 batteries one took a charge.90 mile round trip to return them! |
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