I saw discussion about it. On the FB group, maybe? IIRC, it is bigger and heavier than the current 12Ah. So, it really isn't useable in a BlackTip.
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I saw discussion about it. On the FB group, maybe? IIRC, it is bigger and heavier than the current 12Ah. So, it really isn't useable in a BlackTip.
broncobowsher
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My understanding is they physically won't fit in the hole. Even the 9Ah can be a bit tricky to install. More than one person has left a blood stain trying to install the 9 Ah batteries.
The 9 Ah and 12 Ah are the same size/weight. They are a tight fit but they go in. The 15 Ah is something like 2 lbs. heavier per battery, and I'm almost certain it was verified that it was bigger.
My DIY batteries built on 21700’s are both more powerful and lighter then the dewalts so have to stock wheel weights to the batteries to match the original weight. But they work great
TheScubaPanda
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Interesting. It looked from the website that they were "more compact". Though not surprised by the weight difference 
@cosmosaure any update about this? what did you make with the blue wire? 
cosmosaure
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Abandoned project : I bought a P2 during black friday. The Blacktip has become my backup.
Six Feet Under
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I've recently ordered a Blacktip Tech from Dive Gear Express (should be shipping Tuesday - they had none in stock, but their DiveXtras rep is going to get one from storage and hand-delivering to their warehouse to ship, which I thought was pretty cool) and bought two of the Dewalt 10AH batteries from Lowes, as well as a double battery charger.
Has anyone used the 10AH batteries so far?
Has anyone used the 10AH batteries so far?
I have a buddy who uses the 10 aH batteries as he got a set with a lawnmower he purchased. He has no complaints at all. You have to weight them differently than the 9 and 12 aH batteries. But they work just fine. They don’t use the system where the cap slides on and breaks them into 3 different batteries so they aren’t airplane friendly I don’t think.
Six Feet Under
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That sucks to find out now, but realistically I won't be flying with it anyways (at least in the near future... too poor right now to even think about vacationing somewhere cool where I'd want to take it). There's enough wreck diving in South Florida to keep me interested in using it open-water wise, and if I ever get off my arse and get my full cave, that would eventually open me up to cave DPV cert as well. I think at this point I'm the world's longest-running intro to cave diver, at 6.5 years and counting LOL
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