Wrap a bicycle tire around the plastic tires and attach with flat screws in a wide zigzag pattern gives you amazing traction and you dont tear up the wheels so quick
I did this with a Ryobi battery. If you add a voltage controller you can dial down the voltage for the smaller ones or neighbor kids you don't want using your insurance. :)
Lots of demo derbys have power wheel derbys for the kids we are hosting a power wheel derby this weekend 🙂most derby power wheels are swapped to this set up
This is perfect thanks that high output is gonna stay cool too but wondering if you've done a full charge/hour. Also has it fried your control panel yet since they're only rated 12v?
you're awesome bro but i burned out my sons gear box ahahaha (having too much fun put a 20v drill dewalt battery all i can say is that thing hawls) where would be a good place to purchase like a dozen of them the one right on the motor ??
My understanding is Milwaukee has low voltage cut off built into the batteries, unlike DeWalt that has it built into the tool. I've seen people saying the opposite on Reddit and believe that is incorrect. The problem you describe would only happen with DeWalt and what ever other manufacturers use tool only cut offs. You do jump out thermal protect, the fuse may help with over amping though.
They make a way easier way. That you cut off the old battery plug in. And put on a Milwaukee or dewalt or what brand you like. And then your battery plugs in just like on the tools. I just did it to my daughters. Took 1 min to cut and strip and connect. It was rolling. And you don’t have to worry about the battery coming undo from thos connectors you put on. But have fun do you don’t burn up the toy with bad wiring
I don't think a 40-volt fuse is restrive enough. The non-HighOutput packs can't put out more than 40 amps anyway, so you'll probably burn up the existing motor and wiring long before that fuse actually goes.
Somebody give me some input please. If I was gonna plug up two 12v Milwaukee batteries would it be the same as if I was putting two 12v batteries in an actual vehicle. Like would I connect them in parallel?
Keep in mind the milwaukee batteries are 100.00 a piece. The motor is designed for 12 volts. It will take the 18 volts for a while and you may not have any problems but the con here is the possibility of the motor shorting and killing your battery.
Would it be possible to take my old power wheel cables and cut them. Then attach 2 male connectors to the end and attach to the drill battery like in your video? Or do you need to order an adapter?
I have a Mercedes Unimog 12v 4wheel drive and want to convert it into 2x18v Milwaukee Lithuim-ion batteries. Can i use the 9.0ah battery instead of the 5.0? Does this upgrade affect my parental control rc?
The ah rating is simply the capacity. I.e how long it will run for. 1ah would run 1 amp for 1 hour etc. If you use the 2 18v batteries in parallel (positive to positive. Negative to negative) it will give 18v but double the ah rating so 2 18v 4ah batteries in Parallel would give 18v 8ah I hope this helps you! Make sure you don't connect the 2 batteries in series as this will give 36v and likely ruin your fun 🙂
@@janlukes5833 absolutely correct. These batteries have 18650 li ion cells in. If one has less charge than the other, connecting them together charges the lower voltage battery too quickly resulting in high temperatures and sometimes fire
THye make a harness for that battery that allows you to just slip the battery into place like it would on a drill.. no pressing in of a crimped connectors that could come loose and create a weak connection and fire. Its cheap to do.
I don’t even care about the speed I just want to swap the batteries because a Milwaukee battery is cheaper, lasts longer on a charge, and recharges faster than the power wheels battery
Yes, it will eventually burn out the motor since its rated for 12 volts, not 18. But it could be months before it burns out, probably wont happen right away
It's certainly rated for more that 12 volts because a fully charged lead acid that it comes with it is about 14v. 12v (nominal) is just what comes with it, you would have to look into the specific motor specs to see what it is actually rated for. Remember you 18v battery at full charge is more like 20 volts. I would imagine either the higher voltage either arcs on the board or motor windings or it's fine. If you feed more volts I would imagine you would draw less amps and maybe less heat. Edit: Sure the will be motor life will be shortened to some degree as it is working harder/higher rpm. I think this may have to do with lower internal resistances on li-ion compared to lead acid. Correct me if I'm wrong
Can I just hard wire with the orange disconnect plugs that come in light fixtures now ? I got it on side of road n ends were cut off. Also do I need to fuse it?
Did exactly this with my kids 3 wheel 6V ride on. It was very quick but it borke the gearbox and the motor burned out within about 15 mins. I'm now waiting on "overnight parts from"...China, including a DC brushed motor speed controller with soft start and a low voltage protector board as the Milwaukee barries don't have this built in apparently (only overheating protection).
We did this too and our car isn’t working. Did you get yours fixed. Ours is also 6 volts but we are at sure what needs to be replaced. We bought a new motor and it’s still not working
Hey mate , I have connected an 18 v battery and attached a 30 v fuse by cutting the wire. The ride on car is 12v originally . It worked fine on 12 v battery but when I swapped battery with 18 v, car just turns off while riding. Couldn't find solution for it. Any help will be appreciated.
Hey had this issue also on one of our power wheels found out there was a thermal sensor that turned off the car when it go too warm I bypassed the sensor and had no problems since
Did you put a fuse in line with it? If so, did it ever blow a fuse before it overheated? We didn’t have that issue, our batteries would die before anything else happened. It would blow an occasional fuse
Milwaukee and Dewalt batteries do not have low voltage cutoff built into the battery. You will need to buy one separately otherwise you will ruin your battery after just a few runs.
You can wire straight to the battery, just cut the factory plug & connect an in line fuse holder (few dollars at ace hardware) and splice your male ends on it. Leave a little extra wire on the plug in case you want to revert back to the plug later on
What does the amps on that 18v battery mean? Is it more capacity? The more ah we choose, the more time it lasts? Or is it the power drawn to the motors?
Should add a low voltage cutoff board to that. Pretty sure Milwaukee is one of the brands that has low voltage cutoff built into the tools and not the battery. If my memory serves me right your batteries are being drained past their safe point and will be crap in no time.
Only problem i ran into with this is my kid was having heaps of fun and i kept swapping in a new battery every time it slowed down and the motors started smoking after about 1.5 hrs of use lol
I DID THIS AND I BURNED UP THE MOTOR IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. DO NOT USE A DIFFERENT VOLTAGE BATTERY THAN THAN MOTOR ACCEPTS. HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH A 12V.
you might drain your milwaukee battery to 0V and kill it forever. recharging it wont work. the milwaukee tools are smart enough to know when to stop before draining the bat to 0v.
Dude did it one handed while holding a camera! 👍👏
Ahhhhhh. So THIS is where real dads hang out. 👍🏾👍🏾😉
Works great been running the power wheel for months now no problem
I just bought my daughter the pink version of this car and now she bought to get the upgrade to. Thank you so much.
Wrap a bicycle tire around the plastic tires and attach with flat screws in a wide zigzag pattern gives you amazing traction and you dont tear up the wheels so quick
Yeah the wheels have several holes in them
This is cool. For my 2 year old, I would need to install a speed adjuster.
My Lil man is going to have a blast! Thank you!
I did this with a Ryobi battery. If you add a voltage controller you can dial down the voltage for the smaller ones or neighbor kids you don't want using your insurance. :)
I want to add a voltage controller but at what point and where do you wire that
@@29amghave you found out as curious as same problem
I gotta do this for my boys. Amazon here we come haha
my son is now doing wheelies. thanks
Great idea but the best part is he did it all with one hand tied behind his back!
Matt, you rock. thank you for simple fix!!!
Question ❓ what's the run time on conversion like this ??
Lots of demo derbys have power wheel derbys for the kids we are hosting a power wheel derby this weekend 🙂most derby power wheels are swapped to this set up
Thank you for being simple lol
Tell me about it! Lol
This is perfect thanks that high output is gonna stay cool too but wondering if you've done a full charge/hour. Also has it fried your control panel yet since they're only rated 12v?
Control panel probably rated 25v
I ran with my sons power wheel at the local park(me following on a scooter) He did 3 full laps at 2.3miles per lap. The battery was still at over 15v.
Legend has it that ,his Son drives it now on the same charge this video was taken
Awesome can we do it myself?
going to try it if it works you are a life saver because the battery in it is going to crap.
you're awesome bro but i burned out my sons gear box ahahaha (having too much fun put a 20v drill dewalt battery all i can say is that thing hawls) where would be a good place to purchase like a dozen of them the one right on the motor ??
how are you controlling the Battery Over Discharge Protection? You can run the milwuakee battery to low and damage the battery!
My understanding is Milwaukee has low voltage cut off built into the batteries, unlike DeWalt that has it built into the tool.
I've seen people saying the opposite on Reddit and believe that is incorrect.
The problem you describe would only happen with DeWalt and what ever other manufacturers use tool only cut offs.
You do jump out thermal protect, the fuse may help with over amping though.
Nice video!!! My 3 year old thanks you 😂😊
Amazon had power wheels adapters for any cordless tool battery u have for 20 bucks
Does anyone know if you need a low voltage cut off with this set up?
Nice you can add a M18 to plug in those battery adapter
They make a way easier way. That you cut off the old battery plug in. And put on a Milwaukee or dewalt or what brand you like. And then your battery plugs in just like on the tools. I just did it to my daughters. Took 1 min to cut and strip and connect. It was rolling. And you don’t have to worry about the battery coming undo from thos connectors you put on. But have fun do you don’t burn up the toy with bad wiring
You can buy it constructed on eBay already. Just needs the battery.
Looks like your link to the inline fuse doesn't work.
Since there's no protection, how do you stop the battery from dying 100% and becoming unusable?
Recharge it with another battery
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Where can I get that adapter , your link does not work ???
My drill battery does not say 18 or 20 volt but does say 128tV Lithum 16000. What does this mean, can i still use to power up my power wheel?
What did you ruin first doing it like that, the battery or the motors?
That's crazy the size difference in the battery lol
I don't think a 40-volt fuse is restrive enough. The non-HighOutput packs can't put out more than 40 amps anyway, so you'll probably burn up the existing motor and wiring long before that fuse actually goes.
motor will go first lol
Thanks. Great video. My Porter cable 18v drill has a nickel cadmium battery. Will it still work even though it’s not lithium ion battery?
Where can I find this battery adapter please o. Linke
Does it Run Longer? Does it Have a Low Voltage Cutoff in the Battery?
The M18's do not. You'll need to install one. www.amazon.com/dp/B07929Y5SZ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Somebody give me some input please. If I was gonna plug up two 12v Milwaukee batteries would it be the same as if I was putting two 12v batteries in an actual vehicle. Like would I connect them in parallel?
Did u have to change to gears? I see that the stick gears are 12v and u have an 18v battery
What are yall doing about your wiring? Mine burnt. The stock wires on my power wheels
You used a 12v harness with an 18v battery?
my kids are going to love it. Thanks
My kids burnt out swapped motor changed fuses and light up but no movement any idea or help?
Keep in mind the milwaukee batteries are 100.00 a piece. The motor is designed for 12 volts. It will take the 18 volts for a while and you may not have any problems but the con here is the possibility of the motor shorting and killing your battery.
Yes and you can use large alligator clips and a $25 walmart lawnmower battery that lasts a couple hrs.
@@coreysmith4085 how long does a lawnmower battery last doing it this way? What clips do you recommend and easiest way to connect to power wheels
Would it be possible to take my old power wheel cables and cut them. Then attach 2 male connectors to the end and attach to the drill battery like in your video? Or do you need to order an adapter?
Nah, I cut mines off and put some connectors like in the video and it works fine.
Is it not bad to have 18v on a 12v system
I have a Mercedes Unimog 12v 4wheel drive and want to convert it into 2x18v Milwaukee Lithuim-ion batteries. Can i use the 9.0ah battery instead of the 5.0? Does this upgrade affect my parental control rc?
The ah rating is simply the capacity. I.e how long it will run for.
1ah would run 1 amp for 1 hour etc.
If you use the 2 18v batteries in parallel (positive to positive. Negative to negative) it will give 18v but double the ah rating so 2 18v 4ah batteries in Parallel would give 18v 8ah
I hope this helps you! Make sure you don't connect the 2 batteries in series as this will give 36v and likely ruin your fun 🙂
@@chriscars96 also both batteries have to be fully charged, otherwise one will charge the other
@@janlukes5833 absolutely correct. These batteries have 18650 li ion cells in. If one has less charge than the other, connecting them together charges the lower voltage battery too quickly resulting in high temperatures and sometimes fire
Hey Ronny did that ever work out for you? I have the same out and I might want to try it with battery's too
@@mikeschulz4999 yes, runs perfectly. I actually got a 12ah battery
Thanks man!! My kids are excited!
THye make a harness for that battery that allows you to just slip the battery into place like it would on a drill.. no pressing in of a crimped connectors that could come loose and create a weak connection and fire. Its cheap to do.
where do i find this harness? Thx.
Yea where do u find it what is it called?
How much battery time u get outta it
Qhere is the link for the part
I wanted to see how it did with the high output battery :(
I don’t even care about the speed I just want to swap the batteries because a Milwaukee battery is cheaper, lasts longer on a charge, and recharges faster than the power wheels battery
Will it burn the motor if you use 18v battery ?
Thats exactly my thought too! Any know cause if you go up to 18 won't it affect the motors?
Yes, it will eventually burn out the motor since its rated for 12 volts, not 18. But it could be months before it burns out, probably wont happen right away
It's certainly rated for more that 12 volts because a fully charged lead acid that it comes with it is about 14v.
12v (nominal) is just what comes with it, you would have to look into the specific motor specs to see what it is actually rated for.
Remember you 18v battery at full charge is more like 20 volts.
I would imagine either the higher voltage either arcs on the board or motor windings or it's fine. If you feed more volts I would imagine you would draw less amps and maybe less heat.
Edit: Sure the will be motor life will be shortened to some degree as it is working harder/higher rpm. I think this may have to do with lower internal resistances on li-ion compared to lead acid.
Correct me if I'm wrong
Do the Milwaukee’s last longer then original battery? Motor ever burn up? I have same power wheels
Can I just hard wire with the orange disconnect plugs that come in light fixtures now ? I got it on side of road n ends were cut off. Also do I need to fuse it?
Yes I would fuse it so you don’t fry the motor
Where can I find this battery adapter please o. Linke
Wuau Perfecto tip. Thank you 🙏
Did exactly this with my kids 3 wheel 6V ride on. It was very quick but it borke the gearbox and the motor burned out within about 15 mins. I'm now waiting on "overnight parts from"...China, including a DC brushed motor speed controller with soft start and a low voltage protector board as the Milwaukee barries don't have this built in apparently (only overheating protection).
We did this too and our car isn’t working. Did you get yours fixed. Ours is also 6 volts but we are at sure what needs to be replaced. We bought a new motor and it’s still not working
It must be 12volts only it can handle, ur doing triple the work if u have a 6volts I recommend maybe upscaling to 12volts so it doesn't break
@@livinagoodlife lol, math and common sense…
Dumb question, where do I get the male little adaptors?
That’s a male spade connector. Any hardware store will have them.
Does the adapter work for any brand kids car
I did it and it burned out the motor of the power wheels
We'll be doing this also! Thanks
Question: How do you charge it? Can you charge it using normal power wheel charger or do you have to take the batter off to charge it seperately?
Definitely would just pull itmoff.and charge it with the drill charger.
Hey mate , I have connected an 18 v battery and attached a 30 v fuse by cutting the wire. The ride on car is 12v originally . It worked fine on 12 v battery but when I swapped battery with 18 v, car just turns off while riding. Couldn't find solution for it. Any help will be appreciated.
Hey had this issue also on one of our power wheels found out there was a thermal sensor that turned off the car when it go too warm I bypassed the sensor and had no problems since
Will this hookup work on a Pergo right on also
Different plug, but I imagine it would work the same
Really great to the point vid! Thanks!!!
Thanks man definitely doing this
my porta cable battery won't charge after doing this so your saying my m18 battery will and not mess up?
It never damaged any of my M18 batteries from doing this
Thinking bout getting my son a power wheel and doing the same
Actually left side is Positive and right side is Negative
How long does this usually last
About a half hour for my dewalt battery and it's the small one
I did this and stopped working after 15 mins and worked after 3 mins
i don't think it fries the c panel but it does cause overheating apparently
Did you put a fuse in line with it? If so, did it ever blow a fuse before it overheated? We didn’t have that issue, our batteries would die before anything else happened. It would blow an occasional fuse
You'll fry the motors quick doing this.
Milwaukee and Dewalt batteries do not have low voltage cutoff built into the battery. You will need to buy one separately otherwise you will ruin your battery after just a few runs.
Where’s the link
she's gonna be a drifter just you watch
Mph?
I’d like to try that with a 30 minute charger and a bigger battery
Wow that’s Awesome brother thank you
How long does it last
The 6.0ah battery lasts about 20 minutes but that is with them riding in the grass, probably would last longer on driveway/sidewalk.
The faster Thay go the more Thay push and Regen and the longer the life of the battery
Left out the part where the drill battery dies so quickly it's not worth it.
i have the same bike and use the same parts and I only get 10 mins of runtime on a ryobi 4AH battery using a 40 amp fuse what could be the problem?
Do you have to have an adapter why not just go straight to battery
You can wire straight to the battery, just cut the factory plug & connect an in line fuse holder (few dollars at ace hardware) and splice your male ends on it. Leave a little extra wire on the plug in case you want to revert back to the plug later on
@@mdv85 how do I get make ends?
Any idea why mine would keep blowing the 40amp fuse?
Maybe wires are too small, probably 16 AWG. 12 AWG is ideal for 18volts
What does the amps on that 18v battery mean? Is it more capacity? The more ah we choose, the more time it lasts? Or is it the power drawn to the motors?
V is power and ah is how long it lasts my rc car has a 7.2v pack with 5000 ah last for long time great fun I swap it over the 6v 800 ah .
Should add a low voltage cutoff board to that. Pretty sure Milwaukee is one of the brands that has low voltage cutoff built into the tools and not the battery. If my memory serves me right your batteries are being drained past their safe point and will be crap in no time.
My kids have burned up 4 of my batteries 😐😑
If the battery itself doesn't have low voltage/over discharge protection built in, you'll kill your very expensive drill batteries. Just an fyi.
Nice
What about battery protection? Any low voltage cutoff??? I have makita batteries but don't wanna kill them
I killed a Milwalkee battery and dewalt battery. Hey won’t take a charge after 2 uses
How long does it lasted
now I know why tyres are bald .lol.
Exactly! They’ve run the wheels off this thing, we’ve got our moneys worth out of it
Im putting 20volts on a keep wrangler power wheels lol
I did this on my 12v and used the same battery. It only lasted about 5 mins and the car has stopped working. SMH I should have left it alone.
Only problem i ran into with this is my kid was having heaps of fun and i kept swapping in a new battery every time it slowed down and the motors started smoking after about 1.5 hrs of use lol
😲 wow,
Love it
I did the same thing to my son's but it's 24 volt I put a battery in the back and one in the front compartment it will fly lol
Ha More power!
I DID THIS AND I BURNED UP THE MOTOR IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. DO NOT USE A DIFFERENT VOLTAGE BATTERY THAN THAN MOTOR ACCEPTS. HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH A 12V.
Get a voltage regulator and turn it down. Or replace the motor for a beefier one
you might drain your milwaukee battery to 0V and kill it forever. recharging it wont work. the milwaukee tools are smart enough to know when to stop before draining the bat to 0v.
You can jump it with another battery to get the voltage up slightly so that the charger will recognize it.