To make it easier to manage the mountain of peter you ’ll normally find on a construction site , and to help deter thieving , Dewalt isintroducing a young line of Bluetooth rechargeable batteriesthat can be connected to a smartphone app for checking their electric charge status — or remotely handicap them .
The marque ’s new 20V MAX 2.0 Amp and 4.0 Amp Li ion battery geminate with the complimentary Android or iOS Dewalt Tool tie app allowing jobsite manager to keep track of their battery inventory at a given location , keep an eye on burster level , and remotely disable specific batteries , or all of them in range in one fell swoop . Which is a handy feature article to help ensure putz are n’t being used once the workplace daytime is done , and to discourage thief .
The app can serve as more than just a larceny deterrent , though . Through robotic alerts user can be notified when a battery has been take out of range of a function , at which point the Tool Connect app can even mechanically disable it until reelect . There are also alarm for when a barrage is about to pop off , or for when it ’s done charging . There ’s even the pick to lend tools to others for a specified amount of time ; if the electric battery ’s not returned by the time the clock runs out , it will be mechanically be disabled .
Available come July for $ 99 and $ 139 for the 2.0 and 4.0 Amp versions severally , the young battery seem expensive , at least until the first meter you catch someone trying to slip one . Then they ’re deserving every penny .
[ Dewalt ]
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