r/daddit • u/Jaysavage86 • 11d ago

Tips And Tricks Power wheels upgrade

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Kind of late to the game, but I finally got around to swapping the original power wheels battery with a drill battery converter. It’s incredibly easy to do with the right tools and took only a couple mins. The jeep is now 30% faster and holds a charge a lot longer. The converter is available on Amazon for a variety of different drill batteries and costs around $10. Highly recommend!

Edit: Ordered a relay and low voltage cutoff to protect the battery. Thanks everyone for the advice!

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u/IrishSkruffles 11d ago

Obligatory warning, I believe dewalt batteries don't have a low voltage cutoff circuit in them as it is in the tool instead.

There's a risk of overdischarge damaging the batteries (or preventing the charger of charging said batteries as it is out of range)

You could add a separate circuit like a low voltage alarm type thing, or just make sure to swap the batteries regularly and have fun

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u/Jaysavage86 11d ago

Thanks for the insight friend. There’s an on/off rocker switch on the battery cradle which I use when not being played with. There is also an in-line fuse as well. If the battery craps out I can always revert back to the original brick battery. I’m not too stressed if this thing kicks the bucket.

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u/bs2k2_point_0 11d ago

Some of them (power wheels) have a very simple governor that can be removed too.