Ozito Power X Change 18V Standard Charger $9.95 (Was $19) @ Bunnings

290

Go to Deal

Optimus Prime on 03/10/2019 - 09:49 bunnings.com.au (400 clicks)
Last edited 03/10/2019 - 09:56 by 1 other user

Half price on this charger - Credit to pricehipster. This is not a fast charger which will mean the charging times are higher. Fast charger is currently $29.98.

Product Description

This Ozito 18V Standard Charger can be used to charge any battery needed for the Power X Change home and garden range.

Charge Time:
1.5Ah Battery – 60min
2.0Ah Battery – 80min
3.0Ah Battery – 120min
4.0Ah Battery – 160min
5.2Ah Battery – 215min

3 stage charge indication
Wall or bench mountable
Provides safe and efficient charging
Suitable for all 18V Power X Change Batteries

Related Stores

Bunnings Warehouse

Marketplace

• 

  jv on 03/10/2019 - 10:45

  +4

  18V Standard Charger $9.95

  Thanks, this will make a nice Kris Kringle gift…

• 

  bwatt72 on 03/10/2019 - 10:48

  I have a dual fast charger would there be any reason to own this also,is it not true that fast charging your battries will kill the lifespan of your battery

• 

  Thrifty McGifty on 03/10/2019 - 11:06

  +1

  Upvote because this would be useful for someone who wants to make their own adapter. Instead of paying $50+ to get their Ozito batteries to work on something else (e.g. Ryobi mower) you could just butcher this and wire it in to the old Ryobi battery housing. It's all the click-in plastics that would be the hardest part for me to figure out, and this would solve that problem.

  • 

    impoze on 03/10/2019 - 11:09

    any more info on this?

  • 

    SteveAndBelle on 03/10/2019 - 11:14

    Yup! Kinda what I'll be buying a dozen or so for :)

    • 

      impoze on 03/10/2019 - 11:34

      so you would pretty much hack the internal wiring, mounting it onto something like this?

      https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1248463

      • 

        SteveAndBelle on 03/10/2019 - 11:37

        Kinda… but I'll be using them differently again. I have few things in mind I want to power using Ozito batteries so using these chargers is a great way of solving the battery slide-mount problem as it's all done for you… and for only $10!

        • 

          impoze on 03/10/2019 - 11:38

          @SteveAndBelle: I'm looking to go into the one+ system and the Ozito batteries are definitely much cheaper.

          What other things are you thinking of using these for?

          • 

            SteveAndBelle on 03/10/2019 - 11:40

            @impoze: Oh I have my plans :) There are already people out there making Ozito to Ryobi adaptors… just do a search on Gumtree.

  • 

    banana365 on 03/10/2019 - 13:01

    I'm going to grab a couple and dismantle one. Not to make an adapter, but to see what makes this different from the fast charger. It's likely that there are just a handful of components that dictate the charge rate and they're swapped over in the standard/fast chargers.

    • 

      Switchblade88 on 03/10/2019 - 14:12

      +1

      It'd likely be the max current rate of the buck converter chip. The caps and wiring is likely all voltage rated (i.e. not current limited). However, I'd like to know if the battery is internally balance charged (that is, only 0v and +21v to the terminals, plus the temp sensor) which would mean that ANY high capacity voltage source - unregulated too - would be usable for charging!

      When you do pull it apart, I'd be interested to have a squiz too - please post some photos here!

      • 

        banana365 on 03/10/2019 - 14:50

        Will do. Just picked one up a few minutes ago. They only had one on the shelves but I'm happy to take the tiny risk that I'll damage it.

        • 

          Switchblade88 on 07/10/2019 - 21:43

          +2

          @banana365: So I just picked up 3 (home, work, on the go!) and pulled one apart.

          Just as expected, it's a simple 3 wire solution; as you can easily see from the battery only having 3 terminals actually connected. Positive, Negative, Temperature (seems a 100k thermistor by reading the NTC/GND resistance). That means the circuitry within the charger is only for current/voltage output regulation and safety cutoffs (thermal/short/no battery).

          The battery is fully self-contained, and will self-balance irrespective of the input! Any basic (4.2 x 5 = 21v) input voltage to the terminals will charge the battery. The only thing left to confirm is whether the battery has over-voltage protection by watching the current draw as the battery fills; but I'm reckoning it's a safe bet that it has - it's a standard feature on every balance charging battery board I've seen.

          This also means the charger should also be able to be used to charge any similar batteries with +ve, -ve and temp; if you don't have an inbuilt temp thermistor then any 100k resistor would trick the charger into working just fine.