Hi All,
I would appreciate advice/ views re cordless drills and power generated by them.
Due to a couple of health issues (plus not getting any younger) I try to make things as easy for myself as possible when using the caravan. For a good number of years I have been using a cordless drill to operate the corner steadies. Originally I had a £14.99 14v cheapie from Makro which worked fine for a couple of years although did need recharged very regularly. When I changed to current van with heavy duty corner steadies I found that this drill did not have the power to fully wind or unwind the steadies. I put this down to, at least in part, that the battery was past its best and bought a 24v cordless drill. This seemed to have the power to do the job. I also use it for screw pegs for the awning. There is only one battery with this drill and I am again finding that I am having to re charge very often, it dosen't seem to have enough power supply to wind corner steadies and peg out awning without being recharged halfway through awning. Screwfix are currently offering an 18v cordless with 3 batteries which I thought might solve this problem. The batteries are 1.3 Ah batteries. Question is does the 18v or 24v describe the amount of power (strength) generated at any given time or the amount of power held within the battery, i.e. same power produced but only for a longer period of time. Also the battery power of 1.3 Ah what does that mean.
As you will have guessed electricity, in any shape or form, is not my strong point. I don't mind upgrading my drill but I don't want to find out the new drill doesn't have the power for the job.
Sorry for the untechnical explanation and thanks for any help you can offer.
Robert
I would appreciate advice/ views re cordless drills and power generated by them.
Due to a couple of health issues (plus not getting any younger) I try to make things as easy for myself as possible when using the caravan. For a good number of years I have been using a cordless drill to operate the corner steadies. Originally I had a £14.99 14v cheapie from Makro which worked fine for a couple of years although did need recharged very regularly. When I changed to current van with heavy duty corner steadies I found that this drill did not have the power to fully wind or unwind the steadies. I put this down to, at least in part, that the battery was past its best and bought a 24v cordless drill. This seemed to have the power to do the job. I also use it for screw pegs for the awning. There is only one battery with this drill and I am again finding that I am having to re charge very often, it dosen't seem to have enough power supply to wind corner steadies and peg out awning without being recharged halfway through awning. Screwfix are currently offering an 18v cordless with 3 batteries which I thought might solve this problem. The batteries are 1.3 Ah batteries. Question is does the 18v or 24v describe the amount of power (strength) generated at any given time or the amount of power held within the battery, i.e. same power produced but only for a longer period of time. Also the battery power of 1.3 Ah what does that mean.
As you will have guessed electricity, in any shape or form, is not my strong point. I don't mind upgrading my drill but I don't want to find out the new drill doesn't have the power for the job.
Sorry for the untechnical explanation and thanks for any help you can offer.
Robert