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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Oct 14, 2017

Ni-Cad To Lithium Dr. Frankenstein Transplant?

I was given a DeWalt 1/4" hex drive srewdriver and charger base. 7.2 volts But it's a ni-cad unit. And of course the batteries are long-gone. This thing sat unused since around 1996. It looks ne...
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GordonThree
Explorer
Oct 14, 2017
Johno02 wrote:
NiMh batteries. They charge the same as Nicads. Just don't leave n the charger after full charge, they don't need to trickle like Nicads.


x2, NiMH should be available in the same size as oem batteries, and close enough that the oem charger will work, maybe with an inline timer added?

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