How do you revive a VersaPak battery?
Here is how it's done:Step 1: Fully Charge the Battery. Use the factory power charger to fully charge your NiCad or NiMH batteries. ... Step 2: Fully Discharge the Battery. Next, insert your battery into a tool, and put it into heavy use until it fully discharges. ... Step 3: Repeat.
How long do you charge VersaPak batteries?
For charger model VP130: The Silver VersaPak battery requires only 6 hours to charge initially and 3 to 6 hours to recharge. Additionally, you can leave the batteries in the charger indefinitely without harming your batteries.
How long does it take for a 3.6 V battery to charge?
The gold battery is the high-power version of the VersaPak. Using the VP130 and VP131 battery chargers, the initial charge should take nine hours. Subsequent recharges will require between six and nine hours. Using the VP160 charger, the gold battery requires one-and-a-half hours to recharge.
How long does it take for a Black and Decker 20V battery to charge?
Charges the LBXR20 (1.5Ah battery) in 45 minutes or less.
What type of batteries are used in a Versapak?
The VersaPak system uses stick-type 3.6-volt nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cad) or nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. Ni-Cad batteries are an older design; NiMH are an improved form that contains no dangerous cadmium and offers certain performance advantages. As other battery systems came into vogue, especially lithium-ion, the VersaPak tool systems became somewhat obsolete. But there are millions of drills, drill-drivers and other hand power tools still in operation that use the 3.6-volt VersaPak batteries, so the demand for replacement batteries is still strong. Also strong is the wish to recondition existing batteries, if possible.
How to charge a NiMH battery?
Step 1: Fully Charge the Battery. Use the factory power charger to fully charge your NiCad or NiMH batteries. Image Credit: Power Tool Express. Place your NiCad or NiMH batteries in their charger, and allow them to charge for at least twice the time they normally charge. Advertisement.
What are the drawbacks of cordless tools?
Principal among those drawbacks is the cost of replacement batteries once they no longer want to hold a charge. A rude shock awaits when you go to buy new rechargeable batteries for your cordless tools, as you soon learn that those batteries comprise most ...