I own a whole line of Milwaukee tools. Also Makita and Dewalt. And I have a whole bunch of M12/M18 batteries and they have huge power and last a long time. Going with rechargeable D's and such is not a good choice. Firstly, they only have 1.2 volts compared to 1.5 on alkalines. Then if you run outta juice, you're gonna have to wait 10 hours or so. But M12s charge in like 20 minutes and I have a whole slew of extra batteries. Also No reason you can't use M18. Step down voltage regulators for the other circuits is no problem at all. The amp can be swapped out to higher voltage units. You can't just use a resistor to drop power though. If anything, you can use a step down circuit but if you going to do that, might as well stick with M12. The awesome thing about M18's is that 5aH is pretty standard and you can go much larger. Put this sucker into each storage compartment and you are ready to boogie:
Work with Milwaukee 18V Li-ion Battery Only. Work with Milwaukee Batteries. 1PCS 18V Battery Connector for Milwaukee. This is not a 3D Print Battery Connector, counterbored bolt holes for mounting.
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The M12 system is better because they are easy to slide on and off. The M12's, especially the new design batteries are an interference fit that you have to pull/push hard to seat and unseat. For obvious reasons, these thin eggshells aren't the best for lots of tugging and pushing on the cabinet.
As for keeping the transformer and all that BS, like I said, there was mystery work done internally and the power supply is all disconnected and there's spare boards. Not sure what all is happening but I never did like the way the circuit was designed to begin with when I worked on Joe's Dynasty. Look like cheaply and poorly designed circuits. I had big ideas. But you know how it is... money, time, etc all get in the way. So I gotta take things slow. Work a little as money trickles in.
so things move very very slowly.
