<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bob, </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dewalt has released a REAL game changer
in my opinion. I love my Dewalt 18v tools. I have tons of them.
But the Li-ion stuff is the new way to go. So, Dewalt, after
about 1 year of teasing, has released this adaptor (under the B&D name*).</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DCA1820-Dewalt-Battery-Adapter/dp/B016K1UD0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460229262&sr=8-1&keywords=dewalt+18+to+20+volt+adapter</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It allows you to use any dewalt cordless
18v or 20v tool with new Li-ion batteries! For $65, it's cheaper
than a replacement battery.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SO, here is the real benefit...</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1- You can buy new tools (new Li-ion)
for the tools you use the most.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2-You can keep the other tools that
are lesser used (I have just about every dewalt cordless tool in the NiCd
format. Many of these I don't use enough to need to replace them.)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3-I'm sure you can find closeouts and
sales of NiCd tool combos, but still use the new batteries.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">FWIW, I bought my Li-Ion set about 8
months ago and I had to charge one of the batteries once so far. These
things REALLY last.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Note, there are a few of the old tools
that you can't use this adaptor on, but it is just because of interference
fit for the batteries (like the radio and wet/dry hand held vac.)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">*=while the adaptor is branded "Dewalt",
the paperwork I got with it referred to B&D.</font>
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Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>
Eric P<br>
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson </font>