WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS VIDEO WITH A CORRECTION - CHECK IT OUT AT [ Ссылка ]! DeWalt® DCB107 and DCB115 12v/20v chargers are common in many DeWalt® tool kits. What’s the difference?

The DCB115 charges faster than the DCB107, as the 115 has a higher output rate!

Don’t you just love having cordless tools? There are lots of manufacturers that are offering some pretty darn good tools at fair prices. Price ranges quite a bit though, depending on the quality of the tool, how substantial its construction is, and the strenuousness of the duty it is being called on to perform.

DeWalt® is a very popular cross-over tool brand. Their cordless tools have found a great fan base with trade professionals, serious makers, hobbyists, and those that don’t use the tools a lot but enjoy a tool that will perform and not “break the bank” at the same time. Besides, they look cool!

Having said that, getting into what tool brand is the best is about as conclusive as a robust discussion on whether Apple or Android, Mac or PC or Ford or Chevy (no disrespect to my Dodge friends!) is better.

The cordless setup we’ve settled on in our shop is the DeWalt® 20 Volt XR/Max System. Lithium-Ion batteries are used nowadays, a great improvement over NiCad. If you have XR tools, that means the motors are brushless (less heat generated, more efficient, so longer battery life, but cost more). 20v Max tools use brushed motors, aren’t as efficient, work fine, and cost less (at least for now).

So, what are the differences between the different commonly supplied chargers with DeWalt® tools?

Pretty much how fast they charge, which batteries they can charge, how many batteries they can charge at a time, and what info they give you while they are doing their job. One of the early chargers was the DCB106. It is a “bare-bones” charger, with a pretty slow charging rate, and no status lights. Compare that to the DCB101, which charges packs as fast as in half the time as the 106, and will tell you if the battery is charging, is charged, if there is a delay in charging due to the pack being too hot or cold, if there is a problem with the pack or charger, or if the power to the charger has a problem. Wow!

As for the DCB107 and DCB115, both have charging, charged, and too hot or cold to charge status lights. Both charge one pack at a time, and can be set on a surface or wall-mounted. They both charge 10.8/12v and 18/20v battery packs. The DCB115 charges a 3.0 ah battery in just an hour, faster for less ah (amp-hour) battery packs. The DCB107 can take up to 50% longer, with a 3.0 ah battery charging in about 90 minutes.

For us, both work fine, as we have a small array of mounted battery chargers and keep several batteries going in maintenance mode. If I’m ripping through that many batteries, perhaps I need to use a corded tool!

More and more tools are coming in cordless versions, and that allows us “hand-on” people to JUST DO IT YOURSELF in style!

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