Brian,

How could he possibly explain ???

Bob Swinney
"Brian Lawson" wrote in message
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Hey an,

Explain a bit more please. Be specific for a dummy like me. Is that
just to charge them, or "shock" the ones that don't want to re-charge,
or what????

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:42:40 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 24, 9:43 am, "Stupendous Man" wrote:
My in-law knows a lot more than most about electical things. He buys old
devices with bad ni-cads, then charges up a huge capacitor with something
about twice the battery's voltage and zaps it. he says half of them come
back as it toasts the sulfate short-circuits.

I use a DC mig welder, set at around 25 volts, to zap my 12V
cordless batts for about three seconds. Works OK.

Dan

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