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Repairing NiCd battery packs
I have a nice 14.4V Dustbuster where the battery pack is pretty much
unsable right now. It's a nice vac. I bought a new 18V one with a removable battery, but it doesn't seem to work as well. I took the 14.4V battery pack apart. It contains 12 sub-C size cells. 4 show 0V, while the rest are showing about 1V (it's not fully charged.) Has anyone had any luck in replacing individual cells? There are no markings on the batteries, so I have no idea what their capacity is. These are chained together with short metal strips that are spot-welded to the batteries. How easy/hard would it be to solder to them, and will it damage the batteries if I try? I have found direct replacement packs at some sites, but at $30+, I wonder if it's worth it. It's as much as a new vac, but then the new vacs seem to be pretty crappy. -- If there is a no_junk in my address, please REMOVE it before replying! All junk mail senders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!! http://home.comcast.net/~andyross |
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