For those of you like me with a shelf full of 'dead' battery packs for drills etcetera, here is an easy fix. I had an old Bosch 14.4V drill, the battery would not hold any charge, put it in the charger and within 2 minutes, the green flashing LED (meaning charging) would turn solid (meaning fully charged).
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5k0ljHLF58"]Revive Your Old NiCd Batteries...! - YouTube[/ame]
Saw the above on YTube, tried it,.... it worked, :stunned: so a batt that would not hold any charge is now taking 1 to 2 hours to charge and working well!
I put the battery in the charger and switched the supply to the charger on and off 10 to 20 times and then left it to charge, then when the LED went solid, did it again and again, each time there a longer period between having to do this,.... now it fully charges.
Saved me £20/30.
Keith
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5k0ljHLF58"]Revive Your Old NiCd Batteries...! - YouTube[/ame]
Saw the above on YTube, tried it,.... it worked, :stunned: so a batt that would not hold any charge is now taking 1 to 2 hours to charge and working well!
I put the battery in the charger and switched the supply to the charger on and off 10 to 20 times and then left it to charge, then when the LED went solid, did it again and again, each time there a longer period between having to do this,.... now it fully charges.
Saved me £20/30.
Keith
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