I’m gonna pile on regarding the battery concerns.
Quick questions:
- If I have the battery in the lantern, how do I power any other tool?
- If a friend is helping, can I run one tool while a friend runs another?
- Having a single battery, what do I do while it charges?
Any cordless tool system is actually a battery system with the tools that surround the battery. Without redundant batteries, one bad cell in a battery pack is a dead battery pack is a pile of quiet power tools. With this in mind, go looking for a replacement Power8 battery pack.
BTW, anyone who wants a future in electronics repair should learn everything they can about rechargeable battery packs for tools. They ain’t going away, and in the case of the Power8, your skills will bill out at a premium rate, as $500 is a significant sunk cost.
