The brand new 20V MAX line contains seven energy instruments (and a worklight) redesigned, primarily, from the bottom up: the DCD740C1 compact proper angle drill package, the DCD780C2 compact drill-driver package (1.5-Ah), the DCD785C2 compact hammer-drill-driver package, the DCD980L2 premium drill-driver package (3.0-Ah), the DCD985L2 premium hammer-drill-driver package, the DCF885C2 compact 1/4″ impression driver package (1.5-Ah), DCF885L2 1/4″ impression driver package (3.0-Ah), the DCS380L1 reciprocating noticed package (3.0-Ah), the DCS391L1 round noticed package (3.0-Ah), the DCH213L2 3-mode SDS rotary hammer package (3.0-Ah), and the DCL040 LCD worklight.
In fact, with this launch there are greater than a handful of issues that require mentioning, I, nevertheless, really feel obligated to start with the precise voltage of the instruments themselves. Lots of chances are you’ll be questioning that 20V badge that introduces these energy instruments and the reality of it’s, regardless of that label, the 20V line nonetheless produces the identical 18V of energy. The preliminary battery voltage could very properly be 20V, however the nominal voltage, or the precise voltage output, remains to be the usual 18V, no completely different from DEWALT’s former 18V platform (that debuted in 1996) and no completely different from the 18V traces of competing producers.
I also needs to notice that in contrast to the earlier 18V platform’s concentrate on backwards compatibility, the 20V MAX battery isn’t appropriate with DEWALT’s different 18V volt stem-style battery system. Coming in a 1.5-Ah and a 3.0-Ah model, although, the 20V batteries are appropriate with one another (so to talk); they are often charged from the identical charger and can be utilized interchangeably between 20V MAX instruments. In different phrases, whether or not your drill-driver got here with a 3.0-Ah or a 1.5-Ah battery, you need to use both battery with that tool and you may cost each batteries in the identical place.
