What you guys were suggesting was not quite clicking in my head until I dug up this video:mech18 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:00 pmI agree I think those batteries would work. You could use with a DIY adapter but easier with a pre-built unit given the center pin voltage requirement. If I were to use them I would connect the dc/dc converter to a usb adapter for the battery such as this:
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Source-Mil ... 01C3FRFO8/
Just open it and wire directly to the primaries for the battery. You could even leave the usb port active for your phone. I have sacrificed something similar to use DeWalt 20V max batteries for floundering lights.
Good luck and post pics if you do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnuvRopt74g
Working overnights sometimes really messes up my ability to fully absorb what I'm reading.
So will what this guy is doing get the job done?I also dug up this project. This guy used a 3D printer to create a housing for a DC power station to use Ryobi 18 volt batteries for DC and USB power, but the concept should be adaptable to pretty much any tool battery.
https://hackaday.com/2020/02/20/diy-pow ... s-to-work/