What are these procedures for sale online? Any hands on experiences to relate?
2006-12-09 15:31:10 · 6 answers · asked by beemer530 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
All rechargable batteries have a limited life span. Nickel based batteries will develop memory, that is they will only discharge as far as you normally discharge them, but if you try to run them all the way down you can suffer cell reversal, where a cell inside the pack reverses polarity. If a pack has cell reversal it is toast. If the batteries are no longer holding a charge after 100's of charging cycles it is time to recycle them and get new ones.
2006-12-09 18:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check the battery pack for small screws that hold the case together. Use a small Phillips head screwdriver to remove them, and open the case.
Attach a chisel tip to a soldering iron if the battery pack has no screws and is a solid one-piece case. Use the hot chisel tip to cut open the pack in a line around the top of the base of the pack, and then open the case by separating the two pieces.
Take note of the rechargeable battery cells within the battery pack. They will be a simple grouping of size "C" batteries in a generic cardboard wrapping. Write down the arrangement of the cells and the way that the wiring connects them for future reference when you reassemble the pack. Use the soldering iron to warm the soldered connections and to make it easier to remove the batteries. Remove the batteries, and set them aside for recycling.
Brush the contacts firmly with a wire brush to clean them and get a good conductive surface.
Look to your notes and arrange the new rechargeable battery cells in the same way. Solder the connections to the new batteries.
Put the two pieces of the battery pack case back together. Fasten with screws if you have them, or make up a batch of epoxy glue, and glue the two pieces together. Allow the glue to dry completely. Recharge the pack for at least 12 hours before using it for the first time.
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2013-11-26 02:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a store in my area called "Batteries for Life" that will rebuild the nicad battery. Check your area for a similar store. In the future if you get another drill, run that battery all the way down before you recharge it to get the most out of it. If you recharge it before it completly runs down it will develope what they call memory and this shortens the battery life.
2006-12-09 23:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by USNVET 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those batteries dont last forever. A NiCad battery has a life expectancy. There is a Black and Decker store in my area that will replace batteries for their drills and for other brands if they have it. Perhaps there is one in your area.
2006-12-09 23:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by dewhatulike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
recycle them and buy new ones...thats all there is
2006-12-10 12:25:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋