In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
A cordless drill needs to be reasonably light to make sense - few
DIYers will be far from a power supply so can use a mains one where
serious drilling power is needed. IHMO, this sets the top limit at
about 18 volts - 12 will be quite enough if a quality tool and battery.

Unless you halve the size of the cells of course.

That would cause ructions. I have this vision of a far east factory geared
up to produce nothing but rubbish sub-C cells at a price no one would
believe. Can't be more than about 10p each.

In their quest for ever increasing voltage, because they feel that
customers will associate it with penile length, it would not be
impossible for the marketeers to do this.

Seems so. Perhaps they could just make drills with vast batteries full of
space, but only 12 volts? Bit like 19" width Hi-Fi equipment...

--
*Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.