Readers had a variety of suggestions for the best way to upgrade/replace/recycle the old NiCd battery pack from a still-usable Makita drill. I asked the folks at battery pack designer Nexergy to read ...

A few years ago I bought several Black & Decker garden tools which run off the same 18v NiCd batteries - see photos in this post. I thought I was doing an intelligent thing when I acquired these tools ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ryobi has been making battery-powered tools for a long time. The company has produced several generations of cordless products, with a marked ...

For 45 years, nickel-cadmium (NiCd; also Ni-Cad™, see Editor's Note below) batteries have plagued me. That's because I like to spend my Sunday afternoons relaxing with radio-controlled aircraft, such ...

Care must be exercised when you try to “quickly” charge a nickel-cadmium (NiCd) cell or battery pack at a current density that approaches or exceeds one-third of its capacity (C/3). As the battery ...