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- From: darin@athena.mit.edu (Darin R Ernst)
- Subject: Re: An easy fix for nicads that REALLY works!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.042055.20592@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 04:20:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.143820.13596@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Lauren C. Howard) writes:
- >Easy FIX for NICADS that REALLY works!
- >
- >It's simple, it's easy, and it really works well!
- > ...stuff deleted
- >Then drop the battery, onto it's side, on the floor from about 6
- >ft. up. You want it to be a really HARD drop: but don't break the
- >battery. Do this seven or more times for each battery.
- >
- > ...stuff deleted
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- I haven't tried this, but I know of another method that works,
- that was posted here about a year ago.
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- Remove the battery pack, go out to your car, get out the jumper
- cables, connect them to your car's battery, then --
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- Jolt the hell out of your computer battery by touching the terminals
- with the jumper cables. DO THIS ONLY FOR 1 OR 2 SECONDS !
- Then reverse the polarity and do it again. Repeat a few times.
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- WARNING:
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- Do not hold the jumper cables on the NiCad's terminals! It could
- explode!
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- Do not use this technique on batteries with more than two terminals!
- Some batteries have a temperature sensor in them that tells the charger
- when to stop. You could destroy this, and your battery could blow
- up inside your computer the next time you charge it.
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- Do not let the jumper cables weld themselves to the battery! If they
- do, run for cover!
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- Overall, I guess this is a more radical, but maybe more fun way
- to jolt your battery into shape. It worked for me, but it left
- a few black marks on the terminals.
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- ***** Sorry, I can't be responsible for any damages caused by doing this ! ****
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- -Darin Ernst
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