JP>  I have a Skil Portable drill with two battery paks,
JP> (Skil No.92927 12 volt Super Power Pak).
JP> One works fine but the other puts out only 8.5 Volts
JP> after charging.

JP>   I also found an RC parallel circuit in the main leads.
JP> The capacitor is a small metal can about 1/4" by 3/16" by
JP> 3/4" long.The writing says "PEPI C " and "
26H+046G ".
JP> The resistor was a common tubular clay type ,about 1/4 Watt,
JP> with color bands that I couldn't read very well but measured
JP> 0.4 ohms on my digital meter.  I wonder why that was in there.

MM>  The RC circuit probably serves a dual purpose, damping the motor
MM> brush noise for one, and providing short circuit protection to the
MM> terminals when carried in a toolbox with bunches of screws and
MM> other nice metal objects.

MM>  Just WAG though...

 Somehow, I doubt it's even an RC circuit. I'd
expect a pico fuse IN SERIES with a thermal fuse.

 TTYL.

 Robert

 * SLMR 2.1a * Everything I need to know I got from watching Gilligan.

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