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Mysteryfish · August 14th, 2007, 12:55

They're NiCad...

Sounds like they need conditioning -

I don't know how much time you have to spare, or whether or not you have a discharger, but I've brought a handful of really shitty batteries back into service by doing roughly the following:

- Charge at a low setting until they have taken all the charge they'll hold
- discharge (with discharger) until properly dead
- Charge at low setting (very slow is better) again until they've taken as much charge as they will
- Repeat a couple of times

Re-conditioning the batteries can help reverse the effect of the NiCd 'memory' effect.

I don't claim to know the science behind it, nor will I stand behind my procedure as the best method. All I can say for sure is that it worked for me, more than once. Remember to charge them at a very low setting. It'll take a full day to get a charge into the battery.

August 14th, 2007, 12:55	#5
Mysteryfish Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Vancouver, B.C.	They're NiCad... Sounds like they need conditioning - I don't know how much time you have to spare, or whether or not you have a discharger, but I've brought a handful of really shitty batteries back into service by doing roughly the following: - Charge at a low setting until they have taken all the charge they'll hold - discharge (with discharger) until properly dead - Charge at low setting (very slow is better) again until they've taken as much charge as they will - Repeat a couple of times Re-conditioning the batteries can help reverse the effect of the NiCd 'memory' effect. I don't claim to know the science behind it, nor will I stand behind my procedure as the best method. All I can say for sure is that it worked for me, more than once. Remember to charge them at a very low setting. It'll take a full day to get a charge into the battery.