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["WF Smith" <mogrits AT gmail.com>]

>
> Now here is a puzzle: My old unit has been in the box for a
> year plus
> waiting for me to do something. Just for the heck of it I tried
> charging both batteries. One is definitely dead. The other took a
> charge. Of course it might last a couple minutes only.

Charge the battery, install it in the drill, put a rubber band on the
trigger and run it til it dies. Let the battery cool and charge it again and
repeat. Run the battery through three cycles and see if it doesn't improve.
Let it cool off after you discharge it.

Warren