Black & Decker Thundervolt 24V Cordless Tools

[BDFan1981]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Decke...777940?hash=item3d2b60eed4:g:XUcAAOSwal5YK5gI

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/16671/Black-And-Decker-Thunder-Volt-1801.html?page=4#manual

Does anyone remember when Black & Decker used to market a short-lived line of cordless tools with the Thundervolt label? These Italian-made tools used 24.0-volt (20-cell) batteries, which although commonplace today, was unheard of in most cordless tools back in the early 1990s.

The tools included:
1801 - 3/8" VSR Drill (0-1,200 RPM)
1802 - 1/2" VSR Dual-Range Drill
1803 - 3/8" VSR Dual-Range Hammer Drill
1804 - 3/8" VSR Scrudrill (0-1,500 RPM)
1805 - VSR Drywall Scrugun
1806 - VSR Versa-Clutch Scrugun (0-2,500 RPM)
1807 - VSR Versa-Clutch Scrugun (0-1,500 RPM)
1808 - VSR Rotary Hammer
1809 - 6" Circular Saw

These were then replaced by the U.S.-made 13.2-volt (11-cell) "Kodiak" series, which deleted the rotary hammer and circular saw from the lineup.

~Ben

 

[6PTsocket]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Decke...777940?hash=item3d2b60eed4:g:XUcAAOSwal5YK5gI

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/16671/Black-And-Decker-Thunder-Volt-1801.html?page=4#manual

Does anyone remember when Black & Decker used to market a short-lived line of cordless tools with the Thundervolt label? These Italian-made tools used 24.0-volt (20-cell) batteries, which although commonplace today, was unheard of in most cordless tools back in the early 1990s.

The tools included:
1801 - 3/8" VSR Drill (0-1,200 RPM)
1802 - 1/2" VSR Dual-Range Drill
1803 - 3/8" VSR Dual-Range Hammer Drill
1804 - 3/8" VSR Scrudrill (0-1,500 RPM)
1805 - VSR Drywall Scrugun
1806 - VSR Versa-Clutch Scrugun (0-2,500 RPM)
1807 - VSR Versa-Clutch Scrugun (0-1,500 RPM)
1808 - VSR Rotary Hammer
1809 - 6" Circular Saw

These were then replaced by the U.S.-made 13.2-volt (11-cell) "Kodiak" series, which deleted the rotary hammer and circular saw from the lineup.

~Ben

Wow, that was a clumsy set up. The battery was attached to the drill by a cord, I see. I wonder what the cspacity of those old NiCd's was. Probably not the 2-2.2 Ah of today's NiCd's. The motors have improved a lot too, even the brushed ones.

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[neophyte]

Wow, that was a clumsy set up. The battery was attached to the drill by a cord, I see. I wonder what the cspacity of those old NiCd's was. Probably not the 2-2.2 Ah of today's NiCd's. The motors have improved a lot too, even the brushed ones.

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Several manufacturers have made adapters that allow the user to carry their cordless tool batteries on a belt and vonnect the batteries to the tool with a cord. Hilti and Makita are two of them. Removing the battery from the tool and connecting it by a cord lightens the tool allowing for easier use. Some if the earliest "cordless" tools, at least in Europe, actually had separate battery packs connected to the tool by a cord.

I don't know what the battery cspacity would have been, but I would guess each battery cell was 1.2 Ah or less, and probably 1 Ah or even .8Ah is more likely at that age. I'm not sure whether most manufacturers even listed Ah ratings on their tools back then.

Another thing to consider is that this line of Black and Decker tools looks like a modified version of the regular B&D proffesional or Industrial line of B&D tools, rather than a line of tools built to be cordless. This means the tools would have used the same or similar gear houses and construction as the regular tools, and were probably built more sturdily than many cordless tools nowadays.