Great price for this battery. $227 at Total Tools, Tool Kit Depot and Sydney Tools etc.
Why is it that most of the brands I don't own are the ones that always have frequent and fantastic deals?
All stores showing stock but most have only 1 or 2 available.
Yes.
They work with 18v tools too.
For 18v tools they are 9amp, for 54v tools they are 3amp batteries
Yes. All DeWalt chargers charge at 18v (for 18v batteries)
The 54v batteries is just 3x 18v batteries internally
Hang on a mo - so you don't need the horrendously expensive 54V charger (which never seem to come free with anything - even the kits which come with batteries) for them? You can just use the regular 18V chargers which come free with lots of things?
Are you implying the yellow Fast charger? Any of the chargers will charge a flexvolt battery..
Chargers are a dime a dozen, I struggle to sell brand new ones for $30 on marketplace when I buy kits. The RRP on some items are laughable.
@Yeahyeahok: Yep - e.g.
This 12A fast charger: https://www.totaltools.com.au/149667-dewalt-18v-54v-flexvolt…
This 8A fast charger: https://www.totaltools.com.au/110959-dewalt-xr-flexvolt-18v-…
Correct.
Yep, any basic DeWalt charger will take care of you.
The only variable is the charging speed 👍
@bobs burgers: Thanks guys! That's very handy to know.
I wish I'd bought that 54v line trimmer which came with two batteries, but no charger. Decided against it due to the cost of a "54v" charger, which I wouldn't have actually needed…
I have 2 of these died on me and refusing to charge despite being topped up before usage. It is a common problem. The batteries is so solidly packed that it is too hard a work to salvage the remaining batteries inside. I have stopped buying this type of battery and is moving to Makita.
Something going on with your charger or one of your tools then. I've been with DeWalt for years. Even found a battery dated 2018 in a roof once and it still works fine for me. Plenty of my flexvolt batteries get charged literally every working day and haven't died after 5 years of use.
Same. I had these batteries for at lease 5 years and still going strong and I have about 6 of them
I had my single 12ah also die after less than a year.
Have multiple 6ah which have lasted - ended up getting a 15ah (monster) as I have read it is slightly different construction to the 12ah and might be a bit more reliable. I am wondering if the tightly packed higher ah batteries have more issues.
Yellow top batteries have a 2 year warranty (from date of manufacture!!) compared to 12 months for the black top ones (6.0ah)
I have a 6Ah battery and it doesn't charge properly. The charger thinks it's full when it's clearly not. I have to keep unplugging and re-plugging it back in and it sort of randomly either stops again or charges for a while. I thought it was the charger at fault but might be the battery? Don't have another large one to compare, only a little 2Ah.
I just had a 12ah fail as well just after the 3 year mark only using at home. Also their outdoor gear has alot of poor reliability reviews that the likes of Makita doesn't have.
Noting I have a 18v 4ah from 2014 that is still going….
I think the (complex?) circuit design of these Flexvolt (18/54V) batteries opens them up to having more points of failure
This was the only dewalt battery ever to fail on me, ie wouldn't charge past 2 bars, but fortunately it was 2 weeks before warranty expired so replaced with fresh new battery. The battery was primarily used in a very battery hungry leaf blower so went through many cycles in those 3 years.
Picked one up, thanks!
Good deal - not much more than what I paid for my 2ah Powerstack.
A lot of reports of dead batteries for these though. Better put that receipt somewhere safe!
These will sell out very quickly
Got one. Now just need a 54V tool. I guess I can use with this worklight. 1 week of camping light sorted.
Do they work with the regular chargers?