[Old info - see description!] Swapping batteries WORX/Guild/Titan/Erbauer/Rockwell/JCB 18v/20v tools 

Try Rockwell

Rockwell and ToolPRO also use the same batteries. You can get a Rockwell 4.0Ah battery with fast charger for $5.00 less than a just a 4.0Ah ToolPRo battery by itself or $30.00 cheaper just for the 4.0Ah battery. The Rockwell battery fits straight into a ToolPRO but you need to snip out 3rd tab from the left to fit the ToolPRO to the Rockwell.

18v or 20/40v?

@@adyrobert4974 18v

@@adyrobert4974 Just to clarify, the "Active Energy" 20/40v series of batteries from Ferrex/Aldi are completely different and NOT compatible with the above. As of now, Aldi still very occasionally sell tools with the older style 18v battery which IS compatible with the above but they appear only rarely now!

Which part did you shave off?

Exactly!

They do fit

Think it's the ID20 and CD20. Discontinued a while ago! Can't say for sure as I bought the battery on its own

@@ekens6344 thx for your response buddy. Great video, one of very few if not the only video that shows a good compatibility selection. Got one of those guild as a diyer and it hasn't let me down. Note : it would be of great help if you could kindly list the brands and serials of the drills that fits those batteries to complete this video. Look forward to seeing more videos of that kind. 👍 From me

I don't think any of the ones in the video are. Possibly some of the later tools/batteries from these brands? As they have nearly all changed to newer designs now. I haven't heard anything at all about Makita compatibility though sorry.

Yes

I did notice the keying but assumed that it was never implemented for anything as all my batteries chargers and tools work together! It's interested you've found that's not always the case. I don't think there is a voltage difference, I did wonder if perhaps it was to be used for differentiating between high and low capacity or high and low output batteries (higher capacity usually also means can supply higher current, charge/discharge quicker) but I don't think that this has been implemented for any brand and plastic notches would be a weird way to do this when it could be done electronically. Perhaps it was just designed to prevent using different brands of batteries and tools together and then not actually implemented for every brand? In terms of contacts going by how other brands work I believe the 3rd contact probably goes to a thermistor in the battery used to detect battery temperature and shut the tool down if overheating, might take apart some of these batteries later to try to see exactly what the 3rd and 4th contact are connected to inside the battery to confirm

Hi, do you have tested? Im looking to buy a hot glue gun from ingco and i already have a battery from worx. Thanks

Don't think so. Black and Decker is owned by Dewalt I think, no connection to any of these brands

@@ekens6344 thanks!

Go to aldi get there new ferrex charger

@@rockyfish3115 I'm pretty sure their new chargers tools and batteries are not backwards compatible.

That's interesting. Did you get to the bottom of this? I've got a load of Aldi tools and I'd love a few bigger batteries for them like the 3ah JCB.

​@@sawdustandsurvival just cut the plastic tabs off from in front of the terminals on the battery, it works like a combination lock there are 5 places on the battery for plastic tabs and 5 slots on the tool connector that they block off so you cant swap between brands, just whip them all off with a stanley and the batteries work in all the brands Workzone, Worx, Erbauer, Titan, Bauker, MacAllister, Guild, Rockwell, Ferrex and maybe more. there are newer version available now so make sure to get the right ones they are very distinctive in product pictures.

did you find out?

Looking at pictures of einhell and comparing to my ext the terminals are the wrong way round so I don't think they are compatible, which is a shame, I am looking for an inflator that will except the ext batteries which I have plenty of.

Have you tried this physically? I'm sure the ferrex ones only have 2 terminals but these have 3

Erbauer is no longer been produce by Positec. The Kingfisher group own Screwfix, B&Q and so many others. why they are only sold in those outlet.

@@cassiya100 thanks for the reply. Do you know who makes erbauer now, instead of positec?

@@MrSuperheterodyne Sorry I don't but I'm interested to know. I'm torn between the new parkside tools from lidl or Erbauer.

@@cassiya100 although these tools are considered cheap, I'm using titan drill, erbauer grinder, erbauer site radio, titan multi tool, worx saw and been very pleased with them all. Use them daily. Can't fault them really. Also seen parkside in use on jobs and those guys are very happy with those. The new erbauer range looks good, but as they no longer fit my existing collection of these batteries, I'm probably going to stick to Worx powershare tools as all my erbauer titan batteries fit those.

@@MrSuperheterodyne Indeed. I was on the same tip. had a mix of JCB, Worx, Rockwell and the Worx Professional. Wickes and many others are all the same. The new EXT range from Erbauer are really up there competing with the big boys very powerful.

I don't think we have Rockwell in the UK sorry! If you can find a photo of one of their batteries though you should be able to compare with the ones in the video, if the terminals are the same I think it should work. There don't seem to be any electronics that store or read serial or ID numbers from the batteries on these tools, so if they physically fit, they should work. However as others have said some of these brands seem to have moved on to other batteries now, which aren't compatible. May be the same for Rockwell!

@@ekens6344 I have one Rockwell tool and I know for a fact it's the same battery as the ones on your video but unfortunately worx seems to have 2 different styles of batteries and tools one for Europe and one for America, which makes no sense to me. The Europe version seems more up to date, more stylish. Anyway, thank you for replying!

What's involved with the Bauker adjustment to make them work with Workzone/Ferrex?

Nope

Do you mean the guild brushless will not fit the guild brushed ?

@@LOTPOR0402 nah

New ferrex stuff looks different, in photos it looks like it's 5 pin, all the ones in the video are 4 pin, do they still fit?

@@ekens6344 yeah this new ferrex stuff is identical to erbauer

disagree with you mate they are a different fit

@@daveholmes9429 the older battery not new ones

I do hope you havent tried that

Some Ozitos also.

Are all of Positec's 18v batteries compatible? I know inside they're the same but the terminals are different.

@@sawdustandsurvival No not completely. I have a Blue Ridge chainsaw, the battery of which will fit in my Wesco Drill and Worx products, but the worx battery does not fit the Blue Ridge - only due to little plastic guide rail things that I suppose you could file off.