On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:14:44 -0500, "Wild_Bill"
wrote:

I have a milliohm meter around here somewhere, but I don't know if it would
work for battery cells,

Unless you are very sure that your milliohm meter is capable of
testing battery cells, I would strongly advice you not to try it.

General rule: don't apply anything 'active' to a device that is
supposed to measure resistance.

--
met vriendelijke groet,
Gerard Bok