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Re: Corded vs Cordless Power Tools

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Originally Posted by RoboChair View Post
The one thing I dislike thoroughly about the DeWalt 20V line is that it is NOT 20 volts, its the EXACT same cells as all the other 18V lines but they advertise it at the nominal voltage and not the cell voltage that every other manufacturer uses.

So they are scamming you into thinking the battery has more voltage when it does not.

/RANT

As a side note, learn to FIX your tools. Most of them use 775's inside them anyway..... We are a resourceful bunch after all, might as well practice.
DeWalt has both an 18V and a 20V line of tools, which are not compatible with each other. My supposition is that 20V was created to be "different" than 18V more than "higher voltage". However they came up with the number, 3946 is happy with the results.
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