Davekyn Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Does anyone have an idea at what Voltage one should recharge a 14.4V NiCd drill battery at, as oposed to just letting the battery run down by means of drill slowying.I only ask as I often take my drills battery down too far, as I mistake its low drainage for drilling into somthing hard or go until it completly stops and never charges again.I have a multimeter and thought it would be just as easy to check the voltage as I do with my 12v Solar ones. I ussually never let those drop below 11.6 Volts which has worked well for me over the years.What Voltage is getting low for a NiCd, or is this method of using a multimeter not aplicble to nicds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Davekyn,From my understanding, NiCd batteries have a pretty reliable chemistry, so running down to low voltage doesn't damage the cells like it does in, say, Lithium Ion. I think you should be fine if you charge them once they show a noticeable power fade, but since they're prone to developing memories you don't really want to charge them half-way down, nor do you want to charge it only half-way back up before using it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circusmonkey Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 David is right, You just have to watch out with Lithiums. Although don't keep nicads stored empty for extended periods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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