NEW Makita chainsaw

[kram]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

They are husky 300amp (or whatever) batteries, the big ones.

Yes BLI300 I imagine? They now do a B330X.

I imagine they have used beefer cells that can put out more power than the old one.

 

Its not nessasarily part lf the computer that says no, reduce power, but the voltage will sag under heavy load and thats all its going to get.

[openspaceman]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I’m saying this is not a replacement for a petrol 550.

So where does it sit in the range of saws or is it just for next to the chipper?

 

You cut 3 logs on the video but would it cut half a cubic metre bulked on your 300Wh battery?

[Mick Dempsey]

7 hours ago, openspaceman said:

So where does it sit in the range of saws or is it just for next to the chipper?

 

You cut 3 logs on the video but would it cut half a cubic metre bulked on your 300Wh battery?

Good question, and at the moment I don’t know.

[Peter 1955]

14 hours ago, Mark_Skyland said:

. Stihl state that you need to use the AP 500 S. Although you can use other batteries their machine will only run a power level 3 with the 500 S. I think husky need to be more clear if certain batteries produce less power or not.

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely correct. However, personally, I haven't found any advantage running at level 3, and I didn't think I could detect a performance improvement. I've seen Youtube videos where it cut faster on level 2, and I wonder if it's a question of the battery needing to be absolutely in tip top form to cope with the presumably higher current drain. Again, it's only empirical, but at level 2 it seems to me to almost pull in extra power when it's made to work hard. 

I've seen cordless drills where simply putting a higher capacity battery on allowed higher performance, which seems to fit that theory. 

As an aside to what someone posted elsewhere, when using my MSA 300 in cold weather, the battery performance went through the floor. Enough to make me change to the 261 for a time.