Thanks for that, Ian - I was back in chemistry A level class reading
that, just without the strange smells. Somehow it's not surprising
it's a short term remedy. It's just irritating to have to ditch
something because the battery died. Maybe the economics will swing
back away from the chuck it and buy another mentality sometime soon.
James
On 24 Aug 2008, at 17:57, Ian Nichols wrote:
>
> 2008/8/24 James R <londonjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> 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
>
> This sounds like the famous cure for dendrites in NiCd cells that get
> charged then left to discharge on their own a lot. <actually looks at
> link> Ah yes, it is. There's more info about this, and NiCds in
> general here:
>
> http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_NiCd_Battery.html
>
> It's well worth reading, IMO.
>
> Likely to be a short-term solution, but should get you a bit more use
> out of your battery pack.
>
>
>
>
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