That was entertaining, James!
In the comments there's a diagram showing 2 9v batteries, so someone
has thought of it.
Chris
On 24 Aug 2008, at 13:23, James R wrote:
> It's a holiday weekend and a few jobs on the flat need to be done. My
> trusty cordless drill turns out to be poorly. I apparently can't get a
> replacement battery for it for much less than the cost of a new unit
> so I searched the net for a remedy and came up with this...
>
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Revive-Nicad-Batteries-by-Zapping-with-a-Welder
>
> My first thought is that it must be dangerous as getting between a
> hippo and water, but enough people have commented to say that it works
> that I'm thinking it could be worth a try. (Of course, it something
> went wrong you may not be in any state to write anything).
>
> The next problem is that I don't have a welder, but maybe a car
> battery would work. Trouble is it's a 12v drill, but as the charger
> puts out 7.2v maybe it would?
>
> If voltage needs to be higher than 12 what about two small 9V
> batteries in parallel?
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