<been watching when recharging a cell treated with the capacitor zap method
<and seeing it's voltage go from about 1.3 Volts back to zero again,
<sometimes with a faint ping if about completely recharged. Other cells
<become leaky electrically so they can be charged, but self discharge in a
they are all bad and really the trick is temporary. I have tried this and
sometimes it works for packs that have sat too much unused. First get
the cells to take a charge, then discharge at .2 to .6 capacity and then
recharge. The trick is to stop the discharge before any cell falls below
1.1v. Some packs after a few cycles start to work normally again.
Then again tabbed cells for replacement use run from ~$1.50 to $4 depending
on size (not at radio shack, they charge 3x that!). So replacing the cells
(as a set) is the best bet.
My PX-8 uses 4 1.2ah sub C cells that I can get for under 10$ total and
the internal 4 cell 110ma sub AA the whole pack for usually under 5$.
Allison
Received on Sat May 08 1999 - 10:18:29 BST