Are there any good ways to manage all the different chargers

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My workbench is being invaded by chargers!

I have 3 different battery chargers for different power tools, plus a couple of wall warts for simple stuff that plugs in directly. Some of the chargers have a regular, 110v plug, while others have the typical wall wart to contain the transformer.

Short of replacing all the tools with something that uses a common battery or charging system, are there products available to manage this mess?

Best Answer

One thing I love about the DeWalt batteries is that they maintained compatibility across a wide range of battery/charger combinations. I standardized my own collection on them after my last set of power tools died and replacement batteries weren't available.

As for your challenge, many of these chargers should be wall mountable. We've got a piece of OSB on the site with a dozen chargers and a couple of power strips all mounted which is mounted on the wall above a workbench. When we didn't have the trailer hooked up to power, the OSB was unscrewed from the wall and the entire charging station moved indoors. The nice thing about the power strips is that a flip of the switch turns off all the transformers that leach power even when they aren't charging anything.

In a workshop itself, a ceiling mounted extension cord is handy for powering various tools. And they also have extra long (6 foot long) power strips that have outlets spaced apart that would be perfect for mounting on the wall behind the workbench.