This battery reconditioning program exceeded my presumptions. It worked on any drill battery, several AA and AAA batteries batery.repair and any camera battery. The steps are simple and the act itself is exciting to do. No matter what type of battery you`ve got, it is sure to function again!
the act itself was exciting to do! this comment in many videos about batteries and the phrasing of that sentence is HILARIOUS! really instills a sense of believability and makes me want to click the random link they bury in the comment.
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Oh my Gosh, You Sir are good!!!! I just turned 45 and I have a shed full of tools!!! Great tip I will give it a try!!!!!!! This video will do good on TH-cam!!!
I was about ready to throw my14.4V Rigid 1/2" heavy duty away (2.5Ah battery) and desperately wanted to not heave it in the garbage. Thanks to your video I'm now able to charge a battery that showed as DEFECTIVE on the charger prior to your trick. I've got a couple others I'll try this on. THANKS.
So it spins, but what about the torque? Definitely going to try this, though I'm not sure what the process that is happening is with the cycling of power. Possibly the power on function is causing a surge in the battery shorting out the dreaded dendrites?
With nicads, if a cell has gone down, you can achieve exactly the same result by 'zapping' it with a 12v car charger - BUT, the capacity will be down, and it will soon die again. If you try it with NimH, all you will do is make a dreadful mess. And don't even THINK about trying it with Li-po's, you'll have a major fire on your bench that you cannot put out. The fire doesn't last long, but it burns like a magnesium flare!
😮😮😮. I really don't how this worked but it did. I felt a bit silly flicking the switch on and off. This is incredible. My battery had been dead for around 8 years, it's pure magic. Thanks so much £60 saved.
Pretty kool trick Stephen and glad you got the battery working again for your drill. I would say if your jump starting your battery I would take out all other devices and plugs to prevent any damage to them in your process. ATB GL & HH LittleJohn_MD 🇬🇧
May be it will work, when turning on and off like that if there is an inductor in the charger it is not good for the charger, any way a manual variable dc power supply can fix the problem of the battery by manually charged it, and discharge it with an incandescent bulb. Nobody mentioned here the quality of the NICD and NIMH batteries where made in china without any quality control. Years ago NIcd batteries were in good quality.
I just did this today. My battery had to have been dead for no less than 10 years. I no longer have the charger for it and it's a 9.6 volt battery. So instead I used a small 12 volt wall plug power adapter. And trusted a different video saying that the center of the plug is positive and the outer of the plug to be negative since they are not marked. So I connected the negative to the battery with a rubber band to hold it in place then tapped the positive to the positive of the battery repeatedly for 2 or 3 minutes then left both connected for about 20 minutes. Running out of patience I tried the battery in my cordless rebar tier ( very expensive device ) sure enough it turned on but was very sluggish so I connected it back up to the 12 volt power adapter for a little over an hour (didn't want to overcharge it to 12!) and tried it again and it worked great! Very helpful information thank you so much!!
Thank you so much sir. My lawn edger battery lying dead for the last eight years got working like a new one with the shock treatment you suggested. God bless you. Imagine my eight years of chronic stress about the edger gone in minutes. Thank you a million !!
...yeah. It will die soon anyway. Go on aliexpress and just buy cheap knock-off from china (unless you are American, in which case you probably have bigger problems than faulty battery lol)
I just buy a set of new batteries that are inside the battery pack and rebuild it, most times I can buy the more powerful batteries and turn my 2ah battery into a 4 or 6AH battery for only a fraction of the cost of a new Battery or kit. and it lasts longer than the original batteries, only takes a soldering iron and a few minutes. Batteries come postage free and very quickly, you can rebuild any battery pack for less than a quarter to eighth of the price of new ones depending on the quality of the new batteries you buy, they rip us off worse than criminals as they can buy their batteries at wholesale, I have to pay retail, I don't mind people making a profit but there comes a point :)
Now Stephen---I didn't think you were sexist! I am a 66 year old women who also has tools in her workshop and many flat batteries! I shall be giving this a try and let you know if it works (hopefully the batteries arn't sexist as well HaHa!) Thanks Stephen love your video's, just having a go, keep up the good work!
Awesome tip, THANKS! Definitely needed this being dead batteries is something I unfortunately deal with ALOT, n seems to happen when needed them the most n most of the time these crisis hit right during the times money is too short to run n buy another.... I pray it works for me as well as it did for yourself! Thanks again! Also I'm a coin collector myself, a beginner, but hey I'm already in love with the hobby! Also, would like u to know, your work is very beautiful! Keep up the great work n for all the ones whom like posting negative, overlook their stupidity for having the disrespect for thou neighbor , and acting upon foolishness just to try and ruin someone else's blessed day to merely try and make themselves biggid 😔, just shamefulness upon their own souls! Have a blessed day! Thanks again and #coinringgiveaway
That's a cool solution mate I usually just take the pack apart and charge it with my electronics power supply this save the hassle of breaking them down
Worked for me in June 2022 on a really old Craftsman 19.2 volt. Got some free old 19.2 volt drills and a saw from craigslist and this got them working thank you!
Exactly what I’d like to know! Does the battery still charge as usual now? I’m off to try my two dead Mikita drills that VERY nearly ended up in the bin! Fingers crossed 🤞🏼THANK YOU.
@@TheManWithTheHat don’t know but I watched what you did and copied exactly. Power strip. Charger. Flip the button. Charge normally. … got nothing on multiple batteries.
You just save me hundreds of dollars because I have about 20 batteries that wouldn’t charge from over the years. I can’t wait to try this. Thank you very much. Oh by the way I’m 75 and still going
Evidently the startup pulse that the charger puts out at start up was high enough to burn out the dendrites that short the anode and cathode. This method is quite hard on the charger, so I would suggest zapping the cells with a variable power supply, or a capacitive discharge.
Ni-CD batteries are known for the long term memory effect. This is due to an incorrect practice of recharging. The old NI_CD battery needs to be flat dead before recharging,if you recharge the battery when it's,ie,50% charge,the next time you use it basically has lost the remaining 50% autonomy. An old trick we used, working with old 12v ni-cd Makitas, was to use the bundle offered torc lamp as a discharger for batteries, so, when we called the day, we put on the case the torc light up letting it discharge the battery overnight, the next day the flat battery goes on the charger for a 100% clicle . Now if the pulsing charge is able to shock some juice out of an apparently dead battery, it's very difficult it can "erase" the memory effect. Memory effect is a degenerative situation,in fact ,at any given new charge, the battery lives even less and you recharge it...again so the 50% becomes 40% and the next time 35% till the battery actually maintain a proper charge for no more than a couple minutes...
I knew this 20 years ago. Simply loosing power to the charger or plugging in the battery at the wrong time was always a problem; I am wondering if the new lithium batteries work by detecting total charge or battery memory; since so many people charge their lithium batteries at half charge.
@@joanneb9705 each single cell in a lipo battery or Li -ion Fe has a terminal connected to a control board which is constantly monitoring level of charge keeping balanced each cell. The same board goes into a storage level of charge when a given amount of days have passed since the last full charge. These kind of batteries need to be stored at 50% of charge not fully charged.Also lithium battery can’t be fully discharged cuz this can destroy the battery, vs the old NiCd batteries that needed to be fully discharged to avoid the memory effect
This is an awesome trick! I was about to buy new set of drill as the battery price is almost the same but before doing so decided to check if it can be fixed and found this video,a 100% working trick that will definitely revive ni-cd battery. Companies will sue you to take their business away 😂
I have an old NiCD battery in my Motorola Dynatac but even with this method after using the phone for 10minutes the battery compeletely drains. Its a 7.5V 1500mAh Battery and I am charging with 1.25Amp(12V DC) that means it should charge up to full in about an 1hour and a half, but my main issue is that it does not hold charge.... Voltage drop is not significant when it is full its about 7.9V and when its totally drained it is 6.9V. Do you know any method to solve this issue as well?
#coinringgiveaway Great tip Stephen. My husband has a few Dewalt batteries that are dead. I will let him know about this and try it out and let you know the results. Thanks.
common problems with nicad batteries is over time it tends to grow whiskers inside and it cause to short out only way to burn out those whiskers is zap the battery with a special circuit ive seen one in electronics magazine i cant find that info its the safe one with a one sec push button for that it has to have a voltage bit higher than it for example a 18 v needs about 20-24 v of burst
found that though google a 1 ms pluses of one second shot does that the common circuit that use a large capacitor chared up by the power supply and discharges quickly as u press a button ive seen youtube using a mig welder thats crazy real stupid way gez …jez
Sorry Stephen but i've tried that one before because there's already a few you tube videos out there that recommend the same thing. Yes you can get some charge back into an otherwise dead battery by doing this, but it won't hold charge for very long under any sort of load and you'll end up throwing it away anyway. I wouldn't recommend it as a sure fix to others.
Scott B I’ve just blasted the drill for a big job this morning and you are correct it’s a shorter battery life. But I got a good 30 mins with it and I started to slow down.
Great video Stephen. Awesome tip my friend. Sadly for me I’ve probably binned 3 battery items over the years because off that reason. Never again will I bin without first trying this method first. So I thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for your message +Steve darcy. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Thanks for your message +Steve darcy. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Its 6.33 pm. UK time. I've just done with my dead drill battery to kick start. The charger is blinking red light. I'll be back in an hour and half to tell you the result.
Thanks for your message +Anthony Westwood. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Tried this on my Makita 14.4v battery. As my charger lights are different, I had to modify the procedure. Turn charger on light is solid green (charged) goes to solid red (charging) stays red for 70 seconds then flashes green red (bad battery). So I turned it on and turned off as soon as it went to solid red. Repeated this multiple times (approx. 1 min). 1 battery seems to be good and runs my drill at full speed for 30+ minutes. The other battery runs the drill slower on full speed setting. I'm still trying more things such as full drain before recharging and charging again after full charge is indicated.
Ive just shared your vid with my husband. He has makita batteries, ridiculously expensive, got 1 here in the battery box waiting 4 the tip run. It has cost him a fortune in replacements over the years. Shame we took 4 down at the end of last year, if it had worked with 1 it would have been monumental. 😂
Thanks for your message +David perkins. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
I'm 36f ... I'm going to try this trick on my dead nicad battery powered stick vac and see what happens. If not then I'm going to try to shock the battery using the car battery/welder method, which I hopefully won't have to as it's much more dangerous. I'll definitely be keeping this in mind too for when my drill battery bites it.
Female diy'er here. Everyone wins with your tips. My lawn mower battery is cutting out all the time, still charged however dies at random. Doing my head in. Ill try doing this unless you can offer any other solution? 🤷🏻♀️Thank you 🙏🏻
This was great, thanks, I have been researching "acid for batteries" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Ammaceen Reconditioning Rabblement - (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my cousin got amazing results with it.
Thanks for your message +Laura Day. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
I have a new battery that quit taking charge so after watching your video I tried simply unplugging the cord from wall several times and the light on charger went from green to red. So i left it alone and waited until it turned green again , but still no power. I suppose i need to get a power strip with on/off switch. But this sounds like the answer. Thanks so much
my 9v PP3 rechargeable batteries charge up fine but lose half their power after about 12 hours , they have never been used and just put in a drawer for a few years
Steven that is amazing!!!! My husband has several of those kind of batteries for his drills and such. I will tell him about this and hopefully it will save us a bunch of replacement money! #coinringgiveaway
great, im hoping this would work for my vhs camera, bought one used a few days ago, with 2 batteries. one works for 20 minutes and the other for about 5 or 10 minutes. im hoping this would jump start them as they are from the 80s.
Thanks for your message +Northern Monkey. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Lol..I tried it but as I suspected, it runs the drill for a few minutes with no load, when you hold the chuck while running the drill, it slows, then stops. People will claim all kinds of nonsense for likes.
Awesome tip, i don’t have that many tools, but should my batteries die i will certainly give that a go. Out of interest, do you think the same could work for a dead car/motorbike battery? #coinringgiveaway
#coinringgiveaway Always appreciate any tips to save money, time etc! I will continue to watch your channel, especially your digging up coins, interesting finds from a century ago and older! Keep em coming Stephen, and thanx for your entertaining videos! Your Canadian cousin!! Lol
i watched a video previous to this one, this guy said to charge the battery fully, then run the drill with no load til dead, then recharge fully,, this reconditions the memory effect of the battery, said do this at least every 30 to 45 days. oh by the way im 65 yrs young, lol
Thanks for your message +David Stone. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
I had just thrown an 18 volt porter cable ni-cad battery in the recycling last week. I had purchased it around ten years ago. I pulled it out and tried this. It worked! I now have three battery packs. this matters because the hand saw sucks power. :)
I found youre channel on the hunt for a trick to do this as i was already trying some dangerous things using a 12 volt lead acid battery to shock the dendritic growth from the inside of the nicads, it actually worked & just happens i also like metal detecting too, subbed.
Thanks for your message +GOG's Go Detecting. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
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I have a 19.2 volt Craftsman drill that I got used for $5 at this consignment store. I got a charger for it because it had a battery in it. But when I plug the charger in and put the battery on it nothing happens No light no nothing. I don't have an extra battery for it and I don't want one. I was wondering if you knew knew of a way that I could fix it. I did what you did in the video but nothing happened. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks😁.
Hi Stephen,I don't know if you realise but you have a ghost in your house...Did you know?It's on this video and I've seen orbs on other videos of yours in your house.let me know if you know this,Thanks
Thanks for your message +MrDirty Nickels. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
baloney, how come you didnt show the bty flat at the start? oh yeah you promised it was flat. i promise i have a pet dragon! no lights on the charger with the bty in circuit? only if the led is broken. nicad cells die one or two in a battery pack AND NO AMOUNT OF SWITCH FLICKING will do a damn thing.. Can you flick as fast as the FETS inside the charger. what is this a dare or an poor taste joke at the expense of the watchers.. ?
@@TheManWithTheHat ~Im sure they do but in true Hitch style Claims without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.. The Problem is Its impossible, you know it, I know it and any Electrical engineers will agree. Switching mains is merely pulsing, very slowly the 15v or 26 volts the dc circuit is putting out at a phenomenal rate via the switching transistors.. so if your half dozen on offs did anything i will eat that rats arse.. Maybe it was Alien technology.. if not its b0ll0cks Funny though..
Thanks for your message +Teresa Treasure Tree Hall. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
This is bloody amazing i've just try on one of my 10 year old batteries 24v ni-cd from a screwdriver/drill it went from 10.33v max charge to 25v right after the 1min flicking on/off, hats off, thank you so much :)
At first, the "charging" light would occasionally flicker as I continued flipping the on/off switch on the power strip. As soon as the "charging" light fully illuminated (approximately 2 minutes), I left the power strip on -- and after an hour or so, the battery pack fully charged. Thank you so much for posting this information!!! I'm delighted to be using my sabre saw, again.
I told u I'd let u know so guess what? I clicked my old craftsman 19.2 volt on & off for 5 min & then left it on. It actually charged up & hadn't been used in a couple of years sitting in thy closet so my hats off to u mister👍🙂✌️. My ryobi battery didn't work doing this but I have other ones & maybe I'll take these apart sometime.
Thanks for your message +Many Fun Adventures. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
This battery reconditioning program exceeded my presumptions. It worked on any drill battery, several AA and AAA batteries batery.repair and any camera battery. The steps are simple and the act itself is exciting to do. No matter what type of battery you`ve got, it is sure to function again!
the act itself was exciting to do! this comment in many videos about batteries and the phrasing of that sentence is HILARIOUS! really instills a sense of believability and makes me want to click the random link they bury in the comment.
Just to make sure everyone gets it: this comment is a SPAM, and the commenter (likely a bot) leaves this comment on every battery related video on TH-cam. DO NOT trust it!
Oh my Gosh, You Sir are good!!!! I just turned 45 and I have a shed full of tools!!! Great tip I will give it a try!!!!!!! This video will do good on TH-cam!!!
Thank you for a great video. Tried this shocking method on my RC batteries. After a few tries they began to charge.
I was about ready to throw my14.4V Rigid 1/2" heavy duty away (2.5Ah battery) and desperately wanted to not heave it in the garbage. Thanks to your video I'm now able to charge a battery that showed as DEFECTIVE on the charger prior to your trick. I've got a couple others I'll try this on. THANKS.
That’s fabulous news. Thanks for sharing.
So it spins, but what about the torque? Definitely going to try this, though I'm not sure what the process that is happening is with the cycling of power. Possibly the power on function is causing a surge in the battery shorting out the dreaded dendrites?
just tried it on a dewalt 18v. In wouldn't hold a charge. Had 1 minute to waste if this was fake. OMG it worked!!!
With nicads, if a cell has gone down, you can achieve exactly the same result by 'zapping' it with a 12v car charger - BUT, the capacity will be down, and it will soon die again. If you try it with NimH, all you will do is make a dreadful mess. And don't even THINK about trying it with Li-po's, you'll have a major fire on your bench that you cannot put out. The fire doesn't last long, but it burns like a magnesium flare!
😮😮😮. I really don't how this worked but it did. I felt a bit silly flicking the switch on and off. This is incredible. My battery had been dead for around 8 years, it's pure magic. Thanks so much £60 saved.
Pretty kool trick Stephen and glad you got the battery working again for your drill. I would say if your jump starting your battery I would take out all other devices and plugs to prevent any damage to them in your process.
ATB GL & HH
LittleJohn_MD 🇬🇧
an update would be nice to tell us if the battery held its charge
I have had this work on several batteries but they were all dead within a few days of sitting on the bench.
May be it will work, when turning on and off like that if there is an inductor in the charger it is not good for the charger, any way a manual variable dc power supply can fix the problem of the battery by manually charged it, and discharge it with an incandescent bulb. Nobody mentioned here the quality of the NICD and NIMH batteries where made in china without any quality control. Years ago NIcd batteries were in good quality.
Great video you just saved me a lot of money now I dont have to go and buy a new cordless drill kit thank you for making the video.
Good to hear
I just did this today. My battery had to have been dead for no less than 10 years. I no longer have the charger for it and it's a 9.6 volt battery. So instead I used a small 12 volt wall plug power adapter. And trusted a different video saying that the center of the plug is positive and the outer of the plug to be negative since they are not marked. So I connected the negative to the battery with a rubber band to hold it in place then tapped the positive to the positive of the battery repeatedly for 2 or 3 minutes then left both connected for about 20 minutes. Running out of patience I tried the battery in my cordless rebar tier ( very expensive device ) sure enough it turned on but was very sluggish so I connected it back up to the 12 volt power adapter for a little over an hour (didn't want to overcharge it to 12!) and tried it again and it worked great! Very helpful information thank you so much!!
Good tip ta very much
Many many thanks
Thank you so much sir. My lawn edger battery lying dead for the last eight years got working like a new one with the shock treatment you suggested. God bless you. Imagine my eight years of chronic stress about the edger gone in minutes. Thank you a million !!
The look on your face when the drill worked is priceless.
Well I was suprised too. It packed up again 3 months later
Packed up? Confused colonist.
...yeah. It will die soon anyway. Go on aliexpress and just buy cheap knock-off from china (unless you are American, in which case you probably have bigger problems than faulty battery lol)
I just buy a set of new batteries that are inside the battery pack and rebuild it, most times I can buy the more powerful batteries and turn my 2ah battery into a 4 or 6AH battery for only a fraction of the cost of a new Battery or kit. and it lasts longer than the original batteries, only takes a soldering iron and a few minutes.
Batteries come postage free and very quickly, you can rebuild any battery pack for less than a quarter to eighth of the price of new ones depending on the quality of the new batteries you buy, they rip us off worse than criminals as they can buy their batteries at wholesale, I have to pay retail, I don't mind people making a profit but there comes a point :)
I'll try it because other than taking it apart like other videos suggests, I've tried everything & nothing worked so I'll let u know maybe later.
Now Stephen---I didn't think you were sexist! I am a 66 year old women who also has tools in her workshop and many flat batteries! I shall be giving this a try and let you know if it works (hopefully the batteries arn't sexist as well HaHa!) Thanks Stephen love your video's, just having a go, keep up the good work!
haha I was hoping you were. My MAIN demographic is male 45-70
SUE DID THIS WORK FOR YOU?
could try hooking up a capacitor instead of flipping the switch
Awesome tip, THANKS! Definitely needed this being dead batteries is something I unfortunately deal with ALOT, n seems to happen when needed them the most n most of the time these crisis hit right during the times money is too short to run n buy another.... I pray it works for me as well as it did for yourself! Thanks again! Also I'm a coin collector myself, a beginner, but hey I'm already in love with the hobby! Also, would like u to know, your work is very beautiful! Keep up the great work n for all the ones whom like posting negative, overlook their stupidity for having the disrespect for thou neighbor , and acting upon foolishness just to try and ruin someone else's blessed day to merely try and make themselves biggid 😔, just shamefulness upon their own souls! Have a blessed day! Thanks again and #coinringgiveaway
That's a cool solution mate I usually just take the pack apart and charge it with my electronics power supply this save the hassle of breaking them down
Did not work for any of my batteries!!
Under load the battery flakes out.
Worked for me in June 2022 on a really old Craftsman 19.2 volt. Got some free old 19.2 volt drills and a saw from craigslist and this got them working thank you!
I'd be interested in what the battery charge duration is. Like new? Or diminished? Anyway, thanks for sharing!
Exactly what I’d like to know! Does the battery still charge as usual now? I’m off to try my two dead Mikita drills that VERY nearly ended up in the bin! Fingers crossed 🤞🏼THANK YOU.
Nah, fake news. I tried this exact thing, precisely as shown, with several NiCd batteries with no success. Doesn't do anything. Not worth the effort.
It makes me wonder what you are doing wrong. Because I’ve tried it several times and so have other people that I know and it works most times
@@TheManWithTheHat don’t know but I watched what you did and copied exactly. Power strip. Charger. Flip the button. Charge normally. … got nothing on multiple batteries.
@@RyanAlexanderBloom well im sorry it didnt work for you. But that does NOT mean it doesnt work at all. See some other comments
You just save me hundreds of dollars because I have about 20 batteries that wouldn’t charge from over the years. I can’t wait to try this. Thank you very much. Oh by the way I’m 75 and still going
Good stuff Glenn. Glad it helped.
Evidently the startup pulse that the charger puts out at start up was high enough to burn out the dendrites that short the anode and cathode. This method is quite hard on the charger, so I would suggest zapping the cells with a variable power supply, or a capacitive discharge.
I wish I was as clever as you Stephen. Full of brilliant ideas as always. 😊 #coinringgiveaway
Great info, thank you for sharing.
Ni-CD batteries are known for the long term memory effect. This is due to an incorrect practice of recharging. The old NI_CD battery needs to be flat dead before recharging,if you recharge the battery when it's,ie,50% charge,the next time you use it basically has lost the remaining 50% autonomy. An old trick we used, working with old 12v ni-cd Makitas, was to use the bundle offered torc lamp as a discharger for batteries, so, when we called the day, we put on the case the torc light up letting it discharge the battery overnight, the next day the flat battery goes on the charger for a 100% clicle . Now if the pulsing charge is able to shock some juice out of an apparently dead battery, it's very difficult it can "erase" the memory effect. Memory effect is a degenerative situation,in fact ,at any given new charge, the battery lives even less and you recharge it...again so the 50% becomes 40% and the next time 35% till the battery actually maintain a proper charge for no more than a couple minutes...
I knew this 20 years ago. Simply loosing power to the charger or plugging in the battery at the wrong time was always a problem; I am wondering if the new lithium batteries work by detecting total charge or battery memory; since so many people charge their lithium batteries at half charge.
@@joanneb9705 each single cell in a lipo battery or Li -ion Fe has a terminal connected to a control board which is constantly monitoring level of charge keeping balanced each cell. The same board goes into a storage level of charge when a given amount of days have passed since the last full charge. These kind of batteries need to be stored at 50% of charge not fully charged.Also lithium battery can’t be fully discharged cuz this can destroy the battery, vs the old NiCd batteries that needed to be fully discharged to avoid the memory effect
This is an awesome trick! I was about to buy new set of drill as the battery price is almost the same but before doing so decided to check if it can be fixed and found this video,a 100% working trick that will definitely revive ni-cd battery. Companies will sue you to take their business away 😂
Glad I could help!
Let's have a womble video now :(
Brill
Were the charging lights showing up on the charger?
No they didn’t light up.
My RC car runs on that same battery but I just found out the wire has been ripped off
I have an old NiCD battery in my Motorola Dynatac but even with this method after using the phone for 10minutes the battery compeletely drains. Its a 7.5V 1500mAh Battery and I am charging with 1.25Amp(12V DC) that means it should charge up to full in about an 1hour and a half, but my main issue is that it does not hold charge.... Voltage drop is not significant when it is full its about 7.9V and when its totally drained it is 6.9V. Do you know any method to solve this issue as well?
#coinringgiveaway Great tip Stephen. My husband has a few Dewalt batteries that are dead. I will let him know about this and try it out and let you know the results. Thanks.
common problems with nicad batteries is over time it tends to grow whiskers inside and it cause to short out only way to burn out those whiskers is zap the battery with a special circuit ive seen one in electronics magazine i cant find that info its the safe one with a one sec push button for that it has to have a voltage bit higher than it for example a 18 v needs about 20-24 v of burst
found that though google a 1 ms pluses of one second shot does that the common circuit that use a large capacitor chared up by the power supply and discharges quickly as u press a button ive seen youtube using a mig welder thats crazy real stupid way gez …jez
Sorry Stephen but i've tried that one before because there's already a few you tube videos out there that recommend the same thing. Yes you can get some charge back into an otherwise dead battery by doing this, but it won't hold charge for very long under any sort of load and you'll end up throwing it away anyway. I wouldn't recommend it as a sure fix to others.
Scott B I’ve just blasted the drill for a big job this morning and you are correct it’s a shorter battery life. But I got a good 30 mins with it and I started to slow down.
I'm 36. Way out of your demographic. BUT...found this absolutely useful.
Cheers, matey!!!
I am honoured and flattered Nick. Thank you for your support
Wow....Stephen....THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!! Amazing.
Thanks for the tip, I'm trying it and will let you know👍🏻
Great video Stephen. Awesome tip my friend. Sadly for me I’ve probably binned 3 battery items over the years because off that reason. Never again will I bin without first trying this method first. So I thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for your message +Steve darcy. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Thanks for your message +Steve darcy. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Its 6.33 pm. UK time. I've just done with my dead drill battery to kick start. The charger is blinking red light. I'll be back in an hour and half to tell you the result.
With the information you’ve just shared, I think you might start a Ni-CD battery wombling campaign!
Thanks for your message +Anthony Westwood. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Tried this on my Makita 14.4v battery. As my charger lights are different, I had to modify the procedure. Turn charger on light is solid green (charged) goes to solid red (charging) stays red for 70 seconds then flashes green red (bad battery). So I turned it on and turned off as soon as it went to solid red. Repeated this multiple times (approx. 1 min). 1 battery seems to be good and runs my drill at full speed for 30+ minutes. The other battery runs the drill slower on full speed setting. I'm still trying more things such as full drain before recharging and charging again after full charge is indicated.
It's 08.05 pm UK. The battery did not charge up for the kick start. Will try again next time.
Ive just shared your vid with my husband. He has makita batteries, ridiculously expensive, got 1 here in the battery box waiting 4 the tip run. It has cost him a fortune in replacements over the years. Shame we took 4 down at the end of last year, if it had worked with 1 it would have been monumental. 😂
+Lisa Farr great stuff. If it’s a NiCad it should work fine.
Great tip, I will definitely try this.
I can't wait to try this... Will have to wait 11 years to hit the age bracket but it will be worth it 😂
🤣 I got 6.5 years to wait! Got about 20 dead batteries. My dad has tons more. So, I'll come back when I fit within the demographic.. 😂
Thats a great bit of info there Stephen, not only saving money but also helping the environment
Thanks for your message +David perkins. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
done
I'm 36f ... I'm going to try this trick on my dead nicad battery powered stick vac and see what happens. If not then I'm going to try to shock the battery using the car battery/welder method, which I hopefully won't have to as it's much more dangerous.
I'll definitely be keeping this in mind too for when my drill battery bites it.
Female diy'er here. Everyone wins with your tips. My lawn mower battery is cutting out all the time, still charged however dies at random. Doing my head in. Ill try doing this unless you can offer any other solution? 🤷🏻♀️Thank you 🙏🏻
Amanda let me know what happens.
#coinringgiveaway , Brilliant tip will give this ago later on with my two Dewalt 14.4 batteries 👍👍👍
PLEASE let me know how it works
This was great, thanks, I have been researching "acid for batteries" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Ammaceen Reconditioning Rabblement - (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my cousin got amazing results with it.
Wow this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. #coinringgiveaway
Thanks for your message +Laura Day. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
@@TheManWithTheHat doing it now on facebook!!!👍👍👍
I have a new battery that quit taking charge so after watching your video I tried simply unplugging the cord from wall several times and the light on charger went from green to red. So i left it alone and waited until it turned green again , but still no power. I suppose i need to get a power strip with on/off switch. But this sounds like the answer.
Thanks so much
my 9v PP3 rechargeable batteries charge up fine but lose half their power after about 12 hours , they have never been used and just put in a drawer for a few years
Steven that is amazing!!!! My husband has several of those kind of batteries for his drills and such. I will tell him about this and hopefully it will save us a bunch of replacement money! #coinringgiveaway
great, im hoping this would work for my vhs camera, bought one used a few days ago, with 2 batteries. one works for 20 minutes and the other for about 5 or 10 minutes. im hoping this would jump start them as they are from the 80s.
Wow!
Drill, Grass Strimmer and Hedge Trimmer Batteries all on the way out.
Massive thanks to you Stephen and to your Friend for an awesome "Hack."
Thanks for your message +Northern Monkey. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Will do Stephen.
Thanks again!
Lol..I tried it but as I suspected, it runs the drill for a few minutes with no load, when you hold the chuck while running the drill, it slows, then stops. People will claim all kinds of nonsense for likes.
I was doubted it would work, but actually it worked and revived two battery packs of my drill. Thank you so much. Proudly subscribed.
Thank you my friend I’m proud to have you along
Maybe check the volts on it after the charge to see if charged to full or not
My battery charges but only last for 5 minutes of use.
Hey cool video thanks for Info #coinringgiveaway
Awesome tip, i don’t have that many tools, but should my batteries die i will certainly give that a go. Out of interest, do you think the same could work for a dead car/motorbike battery? #coinringgiveaway
Robert Faller don’t think so Rob.
Im trying this on a panasonic vhs camera i got for $3
#coinringgiveaway Always appreciate any tips to save money, time etc! I will continue to watch your channel, especially your digging up coins, interesting finds from a century ago and older! Keep em coming Stephen, and thanx for your entertaining videos! Your Canadian cousin!! Lol
Very informative, Stephen. Could save people a lot of money. #coinringgiveaway
Did the lights in the charger also come on?
only came across this cos my battery will not charge. you are 😄😄😄amazing it worked. thank you.
You're welcome!
i watched a video previous to this one, this guy said to charge the battery fully, then run the drill with no load til dead, then recharge fully,, this reconditions the memory effect of the battery, said do this at least every 30 to 45 days. oh by the way im 65 yrs young, lol
Good tip.
Thanks going to try it
Subscribed
I'm gunna try that with my paslode batteries tomorrow I have 3 dead ones cheers #coinringgiveway
i subbed because of your awesome no BS content keep up the great work your new suubby from the land down under.
Well, thank you so very much indeed
Yea let us know about the charge lasting and recharge, #coinringgivaway
Stephen ; great video 👍 thanks for sharing it. I’ll try it on my dead batteries in the future. Mr. #coinringgiveaway
Thanks for your message +David Stone. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
The Man With The Hat - I sent it out to three other people already 👍.
Hi. Really enjoyed this. I’m 51 and I have a shed and I like making stuff. Subscribed! Brian.
Thank you 🙏
I had just thrown an 18 volt porter cable ni-cad battery in the recycling last week. I had purchased it around ten years ago. I pulled it out and tried this.
It worked! I now have three battery packs. this matters because the hand saw sucks power. :)
WOW that's a great story pal.
45 to 70 ! I must be in the upper end,because I still use arm strong tools.# handmadecoinringgiveaway.
I found youre channel on the hunt for a trick to do this as i was already trying some dangerous things using a 12 volt lead acid battery to shock the dendritic growth from the inside of the nicads, it actually worked & just happens i also like metal detecting too, subbed.
Thank you so much for your support
OMG, Cheers for that. Top tip. Got 2 in my shed. I'm off to try it. #coingiveaway
Thanks for your message +GOG's Go Detecting. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Your'e looking good, buddy!-age 68 here and I look old, ho, ho.
are u a mind reader, less than 12 hrs ago I was trying to figure this out, COINCIDENCE, LOVE THE CHANNEL, STEPHEN!!!
Thanks for your message +Tjay WASHINGTON. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
I have a 19.2 volt Craftsman drill that I got used for $5 at this consignment store. I got a charger for it because it had a battery in it. But when I plug the charger in and put the battery on it nothing happens No light no nothing. I don't have an extra battery for it and I don't want one. I was wondering if you knew knew of a way that I could fix it. I did what you did in the video but nothing happened. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks😁.
It only works with Ni-Cad matey
@@TheManWithTheHat oh .ines 19.2 volt die hard lithium. But thanks for telling me
Thanks. I have one that is dead and I will give this a try.
Hi Stephen,I don't know if you realise but you have a ghost in your house...Did you know?It's on this video and I've seen orbs on other videos of yours in your house.let me know if you know this,Thanks
+rabbit7 able I’ve seen the orbs before mate. But I don’t believe in ghosts. 🏆👍🍰
john smith a what? John
Does it work on asda batteries lol
+Utch Punk lol. Doubt it.
Does not work for all batteries.
I have one in the basement I'm gonna try right now💥💥
Thanks for your message +MrDirty Nickels. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
Did it work Nickel Nation?
@@cpnotill9264 did not
baloney, how come you didnt show the bty flat at the start? oh yeah you promised it was flat. i promise i have a pet dragon! no lights on the charger with the bty in circuit? only if the led is broken. nicad cells die one or two in a battery pack AND NO AMOUNT OF SWITCH FLICKING will do a damn thing.. Can you flick as fast as the FETS inside the charger. what is this a dare or an poor taste joke at the expense of the watchers.. ?
Chris Cichocki I don’t give a rats arse what you think.
Chris Cichocki My subscribers know me for my integrity.
@@TheManWithTheHat ~Im sure they do but in true Hitch style Claims without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.. The Problem is Its impossible, you know it, I know it and any Electrical engineers will agree. Switching mains is merely pulsing, very slowly the 15v or 26 volts the dc circuit is putting out at a phenomenal rate via the switching transistors.. so if your half dozen on offs did anything i will eat that rats arse.. Maybe it was Alien technology.. if not its b0ll0cks Funny though..
@@principalSTC I think the idea is that the fast switching will create voltage spikes that may burn up any internal micro shorts within the batteries.
I have a work shop and more tools than most men I know. LOL Definitely going to give this a try.
Thanks for your message +Teresa Treasure Tree Hall. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
This is bloody amazing i've just try on one of my 10 year old batteries 24v ni-cd from a screwdriver/drill it went from 10.33v max charge to 25v right after the 1min flicking on/off, hats off, thank you so much :)
At first, the "charging" light would occasionally flicker as I continued flipping the on/off switch on the power strip. As soon as the "charging" light fully illuminated (approximately 2 minutes), I left the power strip on -- and after an hour or so, the battery pack fully charged. Thank you so much for posting this information!!! I'm delighted to be using my sabre saw, again.
I told u I'd let u know so guess what? I clicked my old craftsman 19.2 volt on & off for 5 min & then left it on. It actually charged up & hadn't been used in a couple of years sitting in thy closet so my hats off to u mister👍🙂✌️. My ryobi battery didn't work doing this but I have other ones & maybe I'll take these apart sometime.
Good one Stephen. I will remember this one!! Already subbed a long time ago. ;)
Thanks mate.
Thanks for your message +Many Fun Adventures. If you are able would you please share this video with other people? It’s a great money saver because batteries are expensive.
@@TheManWithTheHat will do!!
This worked on my dead ni cd battery, at least enough
So pleased to hear that. It may keep you going long enough to find a bargain.