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Huge wrote:
Nicads also self-discharge very quickly.

It very much depends on the quality. I've got a 7.2 volt drill kept for
electronics stuff (clean ;-)) which was re-celled with Maplin's finest
ages ago and hasn't been charged this year. Worked fine yesterday.

Rubbish cells - or damaged by poor charging - can self discharge in a few
days.

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