My son was dissabled about 6 months ago, and I am trying to get his tools in order for his still-too-young son. He has a Skil2580, along with two 14.4 Volt battery packs, and a model 92980 Charger, unused for about 6 months. I attached the charger to one of the packs, and did not get a red-LED indicator of charging. Same with the second pack.

Using a known-to-be-good VOM, I get readings of about 4 volts on either battery pack. The charger, when plugged into 110V, gives a momentary reading of slightly under a volt, and then drops back to almost zero, as though there was some capacitance in the circut.

I know that the voltage on the ni-cad packs is probably too low for recovery, but wonder whether the charger is non-operational. .

I am in my son's house at the moment, and do not have access to my own versitile chargers.

Should I order a new charger, and then see about replacing the individual ni-cad cells?

Thanks

Gordon

I have a skil cordless drill and just recently the battery charger took a dive.Is there any way I could hook up any kind of charger to charge the batterys?I used a trickle charger and it worked for a little while but it seems to have gone by the wayside.The drill was acheap one but it still works great.I just want to know if there is any other alternative to charging the battery or do I scrap the whole thing?The Skil Warrior drill is obsolete therefore impossible to find parts.