Ruud,

I reached back to Hilti directly adn this was their response: “At this time, a CPC battery to Nuron tool adapter is not planned based on two main challenges. The first is communication between tools and batteries has changed with Nuron so unfortunately CPC batteries are not able to “talk to” a Nuron tool. The second is power output with Nuron batteries has significantly increased. There are many Nuron tools where performance would be limited using the previous generation of CPC batteries. Hilti will continue supporting CPC tools and batteries however we highly recommend an upgrade to Nuron because the platform delivers higher performance, improved safety and greater connectivity benefits.”

Hope this helps! Ben

As we understand it, the old batteries will not power the new tools. But the new batteries with an adapter will power old tools.

Here’s the response from Hilti:

“ While Nuron has been a very successfully launch, we also want to support our customers who have the previous platforms. The current cordless tools will continue to be available and supported for as long as necessary, including repairs, services and spare parts. There are no current plans to phase-out existing cordless tools. For customers who wish to use the Nuron platform with their current Hilti cordless equipment, we offer an adapter solution so they can run the existing 22 Volt tools on the Nuron platform. The adapter allows you to use an existing tool body with the Nuron batteries. This temporary solution will help smoothen the transition. It is not required to switch to Nuron because the current cordless tool WILL continue to be available and supported.”

Chris – My gut (and I don’t know for sure) is they will phase out the old stuff over time. Typically when a battery changes this is what happens. But I think it will be over a period of time as they won’t want to abandon users. Again this is just my gut feeling. Let me check and see if I can get some sort of official response.

Does this new platform mean that Hilti is discontinuing the production of tools that use the old 22v batteries? I own 6 older style batteries and just received a tool I bought on eBay without knowing about the change (the tool was also described as SSH 6 – A22, not SSH 6 – 22). Debating whether to return it or spend a bunch of money on new batteries and charger. Any idea if Hilti is going to make an adapter the other way (old batteries on new tool/charger)?

WOW Friggin Rob Robillard answering my question!!! That’s awesome,I’m a big Fan. I kinda figured the Nuron would not record data when using the adapter. Thanks Rob

Hi Mike – this is Rob, unfortunately it does not