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- From: lester@naomi.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Les Bartel)
- Subject: Re: How to dispose of NiCads?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.124224.26312@b11.b11.ingr.com>
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- Organization: Dazix, An Intergraph Company
- References: <1992Jul27.161240.4905@nynexst.com> <k6lmatq.brunette@netcom.com> <1992Jul28.140405.28429@gdunix.gd.chalmers.se> <p5mmrwq.brunette@netcom.com> <1992Jul29.084514@ufps9.unifr.ch>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:42:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.084514@ufps9.unifr.ch>, waeber@ufps9.unifr.ch (Bernard Waeber SIUF) writes:
- |> In article <p5mmrwq.brunette@netcom.com>, brunette@netcom.com (Hal Brunette) writes:
-
- [Text of 'zapper' deleted]
-
- |> Please correct me if i get this wrong, i guess the above circuit requires
- |> to remove the dead cell from the multi-cell pack, right ?
-
- Maybe not, see below.
-
- |>
- |> Which means, one has to take the Ni-Cd pack appart, and get the dead cell out.
- |> The cells are usually connected with a point welded metal plate, which requires
- |> you to rip the metal plate off the cell.
- |> Now, once you fixed your shorted cell ( you hope ),with the above circuit ,you will have to
- |> solder the cell back in place, which isn't that abvious, if you apply to much
- |> heat when soldering you may damage the cell, if you don't apply enough heat you get
- |> a cold solder spot, in which case it may brake loose, due to vibrations.
- |>
- |> The point is : You better know what you're doing, when trying to recover a
- |> dead Ni-Cd cell.
-
- Absolutely.
-
- |>
- |> Guess your plane or heli is worth more, opposed to the 20 bucks
- |> for a new Ni-Cd pack.
- |>
- |> So, if you aren't too confident of fixing your Ni-Cd pack, return them to the place
- |> where you bourght them.
- |>
- |> --
- |> ben
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- You don't have to remove the cell from the pack (unless it is in parallel
- with another cell). Just clip the zapper leads to the terminals of the
- cell. In fact, it seems to me that it may even work without isolating
- the cell if there is a cell in parallel. The shorted cell should take
- most of the current, and the non-shorted cell some current as well.
-
- Bad cell
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- zapper leads
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- - Les
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