[Steve Sed]

Winfding the reel in is pretty good aerobic exercise though. In my case it is 1/2 inch hose, so I feels it each time I have a long wind in.

[Deangsi]

how did you wire up the drill to the battery? did you do it from the small battery pack terminals? a small guide on this would be great if you can? Thanks Dean

[Lee GLS]

The best way to wire the drill in to a car battery is if you don't mind gutting the drills battery pack, then soilder to wire directly on to the connectors in the battery pack. This is how I have mine and it works a treat.

[C-Thru.]

Years ago as a kid I remember on Blue Peter once, they were all zooming around the studio on bar stools mounted on wheels.
They were simply powered by a 12v car battery mounted on a base plate and the motor was simply a cars starter motor! They went like poop off a shovel.
Surely someone with basic engineering skills or mechanic skills could mount one under a hose reel and link with a simple fan belt system, motor to reel..... I don't know but the idea is simple............

What do you think??? Anybody got the skills???

The power drill idea is a good one but seems a lot of space and time and a very expensive drill???

Found this on you tube, surely it could be done on a hose reel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ8EIZZef6M

[Perfect Windows]

Years ago as a kid I remember on Blue Peter once, they were all zooming around the studio on bar stools mounted on wheels.
They were simply powered by a 12v car battery mounted on a base plate and the motor was simply a cars starter motor! They went like poop off a shovel.
Surely someone with basic engineering skills or mechanic skills could mount one under a hose reel and link with a simple fan belt system, motor to reel..... I don't know but the idea is simple............

What do you think??? Anybody got the skills???

The power drill idea is a good one but seems a lot of space and time and a very expensive drill???

Found this on you tube, surely it could be done on a hose reel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ8EIZZef6M

The reasons for the drill rather than anything else:

These were cheap - they were end-of-line and on sale, so I bought three.  Each had two batteries - I've sold the three spares on ebay and I'm left with drills that basically cost me about £12 each.

They are immediately replaceable.  If a drill gave up tomorrow, then (a) I have a spare - see above (b) if the spare gives up then any 18v drill will do - I'm not restricted to identical equipment, so I can always go for an item on sale.

I can run the two reels with one drill if I need to - just spin the drill round - takes a couple of ticks.

It's simple - every single component in there is purchased rather than made or modified to do the job (barring the connection via the battery pack)

Vin