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My set of 14.4v Firestorm rechargeable-battery equipment consists of a drill, a circular saw, a reciprocating saw, and two flashlights, so charged batteries are rather a must. The original B&D charger went belly up one day, so after checking with the local hardware stores and hitting a brick wall, I checked with Amazon and there it was. When the replacement charger arrived, there was an enclosed instruction sheet addressing the recharging of old batteries, very appropriate for equipment that may be several years old. Two of my three batteries were in working condition, the third being dead. The charger performed perfectly. Note that there are either two modes, it works or it doesn't work. I took the dead battery to a "Batteries Plus" store, where for a fee somewhat above what a new battery would have cost, they replaced the dead cells with more robust models of same, resulting in a battery with 150% of the power of the OEM item. Re the flashlights, the original bulbs were replaced by a 1w LED unit, just as bright as the original bulb. I asked the fellow at the battery place what procedure to follow re charging the batteries, especially ones that are not used every day. Result: give each battery a several-hour charge once a month.

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