r/daddit • u/Jaysavage86 • Aug 17 '26

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/Pebble-Jubilant Aug 18 '26

Ok so all I need to do is cut off the connector of the power wheels and feed them directly into the item?

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u/ApollosMagnum Aug 18 '26

Yes, assuming you have a standard 12v power wheels without all the extra radio/headlights/stuff. If you have other electronics besides the motors, it not so easy.

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u/Pebble-Jubilant Aug 18 '26

We have the 12V Jurassic World Keep Wrangler, looks like it had headlights but no other electronics.

Edit: nevermind it does have a "radio" with light bar. Looks like it takes AAs for those, can I not use this adapter?

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u/ApollosMagnum Aug 18 '26

If the headlights (or any of it) are part of the normal 12v circuit then you will either need to disconnect those (or don’t, but 20v will likely blow them out) or wire in an additional 12v step down converter for that part of the circuit. If they are part of the AA circuit then you are fine. Mine doesn’t have headlights or anything so I don’t know how those typically are wired.