Failure to pick up within the given time or refusal of product will result in a 20% restock fee. We offer free in-store pickup, you can choose hyper tough battery this option during the checkout process. After you place the order you will receive a confirmation email when your order is ready for pickup.
Therefore, it should be safe to use Ridgid 18V batteries with an adapter on Hyper Tough 20V MAX power tools. But you might consider disassembly your Ridgid 18V battery to ensure that there is an over discharge protection circuit. The Hyper Tough 20V MAX power tool interfaces with the +, T, and – terminals on the battery. As you can see from the photo above, the charger is only connected to the the negative pin and the unmarked pin on the battery. Once we have prepared your order you will have 7 days to pickup the order.
This means that it will be really easy to interface any other brand’s 18V/20V lithium ion battery pack with some Hyper Tough power tools. There is possibility that there are other Hyper Tough power tools that utilizing the T terminal. If your power tool doesn’t operate without the T terminal, please see the battery section below. The adapter above is a do-it-yourself adapter, so you will need to provide the circuitry to make it work. It has been reported that the Ridgid 18V batteries do have built-in over discharge protection.