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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cordless drill batteries
  • Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:20:12 -0700


On Feb 9, 2008, at 2:01 PM, WF Smith wrote:

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.

I did it as you suggested, through three cycles, letting it run down to full stop, then letting the battery cool before recharge. Whether the charging time was overnight, forty minutes, or five hours, the run times were all seventeen minutes.





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