> If you leave nicads flat they form dendrites which short the cell.  I
> put then across a 12V car battery to recover them.(just a flash) This
> produces maybe 100A, as seen by the heat in the leads in maybe
> 1/10 of a sec
>
> Gtyler

A large - 10,000uF or more - cap charged to 20V or so can also be
used to rejuvenate NiCds. Google for +NiCd +zapper

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