Follow-up to the WorkZone Xfinity 20V sliding mitre saw that I purchased marked down to $49 from $149. This is part of the Xfinity range of ‘skin tools’ where the battery and charger are not included – additional purchases. The saw was marked down because this stuff was on sale in October and I know at that time there was a shortage of the new 4.0Ah batteries (not 2.0Ah) required to power the saw.
Managed to find the $19 charger at another store but no 4.0Ah batteries around which sell for $39. That’s a very good price for 4Ah capacity. I could wait for them to come around again but by then the return period may have run out and who knows, the saw itself could be faulty. Decided to order a 4.0Ah battery from the supplier – Action Spares. Same price as in store with $15 delivery charge – OK with that.
With the battery ordered and still wanting to check out the saw decided to hook it up to a couple of used car batteries so we can have a play. Terminals on the saw same as the auto spade type so lets make up a cable to connect the saw.
Crimped connectors ready on end to connect the saw. The batteries need to be in series so connected + of one to – of the other with a jumper cable.
The compact Subaru battery is good but the Century out of Camry is dead…really dead. Swapped out for the used Kia Pregio van battery and teat again OK. No surprise the meter reads 24V, is that OK for the 20V saw motor? Should be fine as they are old used batteries with bad cells and load voltage will drop a few volts.
Saw is connected.
Saw works fine and just did my first test cut – all good
I’ll tidy up the wiring and put the batteries on a dolly so I can easily move them around to where I want setup and use the saw – until the 4.0Ah battery arrives.
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