Saturday, February 17, 2007

Irritiation: Battery-Operated Drill

I've got one of those cool battery-operated electric drills.

The trouble is, almost every time I grab it to do some work, the battery is dead. Keep it on the charger all the time? Not recommended!

Solution: Get one of those timers that you can turn things on and off at preset times. Set on at just about any time and off 10 or 15 minutes later. Leave the battery in the charger when you aren't using the drill.

It works!

A curmudgeon would wonder why the manufacturer doesn't put similar circuitry into the charger.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

This is a great idea! Why didn't I think of this...
It's like programming. The more you think about a problem, the simpler the solution is.

DuanePDX said...

But sometimes the client gets tired of waiting and paying by the hour...