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Charging Stihl tools from the van

Posted by Dan Nate on March 31, 2025 at 1:40pm in Machinery

So I'm doing some light domestic work using mostly Stihl AK powered gardening tools, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a way to charge them up between jobs whilst driving between jobs. There's probably a very obvious way of doing it but I've just moved house and haven't been doing my best thinking due to lack of sleep.Thanks all.

 

 

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    Adam Woods March 31, 2025 at 5:17pm

    Easy... an inverter, something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376050861701?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mk...

    Just make sure you dont power too many batteries while the van is stationary...

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376050861701?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=n3-wa3f2tea&…
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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd March 31, 2025 at 6:24pm

    You need a pure sine wave inverter. We did fit 2 vans out with them, wired into the battery and with the correct fuses.

    They would happily run a van battery flat if you're not careful despite a low voltage cut off and one inverter caught fire when not even charging anything (we were lucky to have spoted it)  so I got rid of them. We now take extra batteries to site as required.

  • Billybop April 1, 2025 at 9:42am

    As Nick says, best just to buy more battery packs. The other option would be to take some kind of rechargeable mains voltage power bank to run a charger from. But that also could end up being more trouble than it's worth

  • Dan Nate April 1, 2025 at 12:49pm

     Thanks gents - I was thinking an inverter from the cigarette ligher might work but then, as Nick says, I was also thinking it might be electrically dubious.

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      Adam Woods > Dan Nate April 1, 2025 at 4:45pm

      Thats exactly what I did for about 6 years... unplug it when not in use, and get them all charging when driving between jobs

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