Recent content by ravedave

Kydex for the holsters.

Also, it's great only going to the gas station about once a month now (I work from home). It used to be every 4-5 days!

I installed a 40a, 220v circuit and an EVSE to charge my Nissan Leaf at 6.6kw. The fastest you can charge the vehicle currently without 400v DC CHAdeMO available. It charges our leaf from close to empty to full in about 4 hours overnight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAdeMO I used a DIY kit...

I'll head to home depot in a bit and see if I can wrangle up some of those batteries. I only found 4, but a different store I went to later looked at stock and said they had 27.

Where you located?

So the Ryobi 2 pack lithium's are $25 now. I got refunded for the $50 ones I picked up last week and bought 4 more. Store in Vegas has 27 left.

Yeah, most of the triggers are just clipped together with plastic tabs. The wires usually have a release you can trigger with a small nail etc. Good luck, take pictures of how thing came apart, Dave

Hi, I've fixed a few.... They usually have the variable speed circuit and, just like you thought, close some contacts for full voltage/current from the battery for full speed and power. The contacts are most likely dirty. They are usually pretty east to take the trigger assembly apart. Good...

I have had Ryobi 18v for 12+ yeas now. I was a general contractor for 6 years and full time motorcycle mechanic now. I had a Bosch 24V set that was horrible and $700+. I used the drill, drywall/rotary tool in construction so much that I wore out the bearings in the rotary tool (about 9 houses...

Hi, I bought this box a couple weeks ago for $598. Stopped by home depot and it was on sale for $475. They did refund me the difference. It is an addition to this box that I have used for the last 12 years. I am a professional motorcycle mechanic. I run my own shop and service 25+ bikes a week...