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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on June 4, 2008, 1:49 pm
> wrote:
> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD Nick and Ryeilly are right.
> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD You may have killed =EF=BF=BDthat small charger tryi=
ng that. =EF=BF=BDYou need a charger
> > matched for the batteries you are charging, and matching means more than=
> > just the same voltage.
> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD You batteries may be dead by now. =EF=BF=BDLetting t=
hem drain and leaving them
> > that way can damage a battery. =EF=BF=BDAlso they have limited shelf liv=
es. =EF=BF=BDIf you
> > understood what nick said, that may give you some longer life out of tho=
se
> > batteries you have. =EF=BF=BDI usually just give up on mine when they ge=
t old and
> > replace them. =EF=BF=BDThe newer batteries are lasting longer and giving=
better
> > service in my experience. =EF=BF=BDBTW one of my B&D chargers had a reju=
venate cycle
> > that seemed to help a little. =EF=BF=BDThat was long the lines of what N=
ick was
> > suggesting.
> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD In the end it may well be that you should buy a cord=
ed or non-power tool
> > as your use is light and it may not be practical for you to use current
> > technology battery power for that use.
> > > I've had a Black & Decker cordless power drill for 3-4 years - used ma=
ybe
> > > 10 times and always recharged when finished. =EF=BF=BDA couple of week=
s ago I
> > > noticed that it didn't seem to be charged, and when I tried to recharg=
e it
> > > I don't think it charged fully. =EF=BF=BD ...
> > --
> > Joseph Meehan
> > =EF=BF=BDDia 's Muire duit
> theres a company in bedford pa, THAT REBUILDS BATTERIES BETTER THAN
> NEW.
> lost the address, excellent prices, have regular and super capacity
> rebuilds too- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
http://www.primecell.com/pctools.htm
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> 10 times and always recharged when finished. A couple of weeks ago I
> noticed that it didn't seem to be charged, and when I tried to recharge it
> I don't think it charged fully. Eventually I took it to a B&D Service
> Store, and the employee said that although the battery was old enough to
> be going bad, mine seemed to be OK and accepting a charge just fine. I
> left puzzled. At home I put a voltmeter on the B&D wall wart recharger
> that came with the drill, and instead of 15 vac output as labeled and
> specified in the manual, I was only getting about half a volt.