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Anyone seen these new 22v batteries? Backwards compatible with their 18v tools. Is this going to be the trend now, everyone going to some type of flexvolt tools and batteries? I think so in order to get some more powerful tools
Isn’t it partially a rebranding of their 18v because their 18v were never 18v to begin with?
I thought they were always 22v and just called them 18v because that was the market they were competing with. Sounds like a lot of marketing bs to me. They’ve probably improved their batteries but I don’t think they’ve changed the voltage which is why they’re backwards compatible.
It doesn’t really matter, it’s an electric motor. As long as the electronics can handle the voltage you could put 60v on it, and it would increase speed and power…and heat, wearing out the motor faster. Even if the voltage is 18v, putting 22v on it isn’t really going to do much. All the electrical components should be rated for 35v or more just for heat and reliability, that’s just a general rule of electronics.
The batteries were always 21.6v.
They were called 22v in Europe. They seem to be unifying the lines.
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yep, 22V here in Aus too. You could tell by the Watt Hours that they were never 18V 🙂