WC>I do that as well.
WC>Sometimes they can even be brought close together with
WC>the "zapper" I built, 60k uF 75 volt capacitor charged through
WC>a current limiting resistor it could clear internal shorts.
WC>Charged to around 50 volts per zap.

 We used to use one of those at the VA Medical to revice the battery
 packs i nthe Digital Patient Theromoters.
Overal lZapped batteries i nout experience had a much shorter life and
we decided for reliability it was better to jsut replace the whole pact
at vthe same time. NOW the HAM comunity used to lovew us as we donated
all the disposed packs to a "RACES" person that worked in the Surgical
Blood Gas lab.
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