There are few that that are more irritating than when your rechargeable batteries just go dead right before you finish a job. It might be your drill, your cell phone, or even your digital camera. Over time batteries just simply begin to lose their ability to hold a charge, even worse they could stop holding a charge all together.

I once discovered a awesome trick that can make your batteries begin to take a long deep charge like they did when you first got them. I have even been able to cause batteries that no longer hold a charge to work perfectly again.

Some times of rechargeable battery die after a period of time because they have a kind of memory that accumulates when you don’t fully discharge them. The memory is the result of internal heat build up. You can force your batteries to begin holding a charge again just by putting them in a freezer.

You may have also noticed that your batteries may not hold a charge over a long period of time. I often don’t use my digital camera for months. It can really help the life of the battery if you put it in the freezer before topping it back off.

You could also consider leaving your batteries in the freezer for extended periods of time. I discovered this by accident when a project got put off and I forgot about some batteries. To my surprise they still worked just fine after being in the freezer for months. I’m not entirely sure, but these completely healthy batteries may have worked better than they did when I got them afterwards.

The only thing you might notice about batteries that are frozen solid is that they take longer to charge. If you are used to charging your cordless drill batteries in an hour it could take an hour and a half to charge them if they are frozen solid. However, the battery will often hold a much deeper charge.

If one of the batteries to one of your electronic devices ceases to hold a charge all together you might be able to make the battery work again just by using this trick. It usually takes a long time for batteries to get to this point, but it can happen pretty fast with some electronics that we use often.

It will also not cause any damage to batteries in my experience. I was worried for a while that they might meltdown or even catch fire but this has never happened-these are heat related problems and by freezing the batteries you are preventing them.

John Dallinger has been working in the electronic industry for years and commonly writes useful articles online. To see more of his recent work please see Coleman Rechargeable Lantern Battery as well as Cyclops Xenon Rechargable Flashlight

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