28 Oct 2002, 02:04, Joe Paulson (1:150/115), wrote to All:

Hi Joe.

 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.

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

Just WAG though...


     Good luck...  M.

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