battery packs for drills.

[krazirbar]

I have several cordless drills that will not hold a charge, or do not take a deep charge. they will show good voltage, but will not run under a load for long at all. they are dewalt 12 volt, and B&D 14.4 volt. i think that i remember seeing somewhere on this site about a way to "jolt" the memory out of them. if anyone could help me this would be greatly appreciated

[zap]

I'm not sure where that story is but it's probably in your wording.  My screen name is usually what the NiCd battery process is all about.  Zap or zapping is a good search term to use.

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2005/6/15/16552/8358

http://www.instructables.com/id/Revive-Nicad-Batteries-by-Zapping-with-a-Welder/

There are also quite a few examples on youtube.

Sometimes using nic in place of nicad helps.

I've never had very good long term results from zapping nicads.

[zap]

"Sometimes using nic in place of nicad helps."

This should have been written as "Sometimes using nicd in place of nicad helps."