<p dir="ltr">The older batteries had screws and you could take them apart. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I would then run each battery in the pack through an individual charge / discharge cycle 3x-20x with a special battery charger I have. This would generally bring the pack back.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If you don't have the specialized battery charger, you can hold a 20A, 1.5V power supply to the shorted ones until they charged. If you don't have a power supply, you can tap the ends of each battery with a 12V, 10A car charger. I don't really recommend this last way, though.<br><br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 26, 2015 4:53 AM, <<a href="mailto:alchr66@gmail.com">alchr66@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>How do you Zap the Ryobi batteries?<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Nov 25, 2015, at 11:58 PM, Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Oddly enough, my cheap Ryobi 18V+ drill has lasted the longest and been the most reliable for me. I have had to zap the batteries a time or two. Once I got the lithium batteries I haven't looked back.<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,<br>-Steve<br><a href="http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com" target="_blank">http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com</a><br></div><a href="http://pen-blanks.us" target="_blank">http://pen-blanks.us</a><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Joe Johns via Woodworkers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><div style="font-size:small">On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Al Shields wrote:<br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Of course Frank would say that! He works for Ridgid.</div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><div style="font-size:small">Well, he doesn't "work" for Ridgid - he's merely an authorized repair center - but, with what I imagine to be a repair center having to deal with all sorts of tool manufacturers, then he's in a prime position to make a fair judgement.</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Obviously, the focus of his statement was beamed directly on their warranty. However, regarding the other Ridgid tools and equipment I have (SCMS, compressor and nail guns) I have yet to find a single thing to complain about.</div></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small;display:inline">H</div><span>owever, it seems every new generation of batteries from DeWalt the life of them grows shorter. Not happy with that.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small;display:inline">I was far from happy with the first DeWalt cordless drill/batteries I had and that was clear back when they first entered the market - but it was better than the 3rd Bosch drill that died on top of me. Don't get me started on the Makitas. </div> </div></div><span><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Joe,<br></div><div>The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"</div><div>Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - <a href="http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com" target="_blank">http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com</a></div></div></div>
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