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Drill - with 12v car adaptor?
Hi there,
we are thinking about taking a drill with us when we leave to travel in our landy. Does anyone know if you can get a small, cordless drill that can be charged off a 12v battery?
Or perhaps I should just take a little hand drill?
What are peoples thoughts.
I searched the web and could only find one on e-bay for £135.
Just thinking aloud at the moment, so if you think a drill is just going one step too far tell me too. I wil then turn my attention back to how to carry our canoe!
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I bought a 12v charger for my makita chordless, a bit slow but works.
There is no reason not to justget a 12v drill, take out the battery and solder some wires to the contacts, crocodile clips on the other end and away you go.
Alternatively, if you have a compressor use an air drill.
Re:- canoe -drill a hole through the bottom and bolt it down
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quick!
man that was quick
I like the canoe/drill combo .
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man that was quick
I like the canoe/drill combo .
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I have charged Makita 18 volt cordless in my van using a small 12v/240 volt inverter without any problems.
No reason you couldn't run a 12 volt cordless off your car battery
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Inverter
OK - we have an inverter already in situ, so perhaps thats the way to go. we are trying to get 12v chargers for all things we can though.
Is Makita a good drill? It's not really an area I know much about, but two mentions so far.
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I have charged Makita 18 volt cordless in my van using a small 12v/240 volt inverter without any problems.
No reason you couldn't run a 12 volt cordless off your car battery
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Inverter is the way to go...more appliances can use this, including battery chargers for you camera, etc.
BUT size your inverter properly and test it out before you leave
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