The D and V are model prefixes. After WWII B&D was building 240 volt tools in the UK which either just had model numbers or a model number prefixed by 'U' (for Utility, e.g U1, U11, U500, etc which were a drill, a jigsaw and another drill respectively). In the mid-1950s the UK end of B&D started prefixing DIY models with a 'D' (e.g D500) allegedly stands for 'domestic', although it could also stand for 'Denholme' in Middlesex where B&Ds design office was at the time. When B&D opened their new manufacturing and design facility in the North East, about 1984, the domestic models were prefixed 'DN', presumably for 'Domestic North' (e.g. DNJ52, DNJ70 - which were updates of the older models D520 and D500 respectively with plastic bodies replacing the metal ones). In the meantime from the late 1960s onwards B&D started to number/renumber their trade/industrial models with three prefixes - 'GD', 'HD' and 'SD', for 'General Duty', 'Heavy Duty' and 'Super Duty", each progressively heavy duty.One here similar may use same parts, what do the D and V mean?
PS If you aren't in the UK, where are you?
Thanks Harry. Most of the time at the moment I'm on a smartphone, and the app seems to preclude seeing some of the detailProfile suggests Norway.
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