OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
[10/23/2004]
Today I said goodbye to the original prototype. I was not referring to it anymore,
and it was falling apart and taking up space, so I removed the internal components (motors) and
tossed it into the trash. Goodbye old short-lived friend.
Today I also created a new battery pack using the NiCd batteries from the scavanged
drills. Since I harvested components from two drills, I have two sets of batteries, so
I will be building another NiCd pack later (probably this week). I marked this one with
yellow tape to distinguish it from the other pack, which I will mark with blue tape.
That way I can keep a cycle of batteries going, charging one while another is in use.
I have to say that the NiMH batteries really ran down quickly during my test drive
yesterday. I hope they're not bad! I'll have to run a side-by-side comparison with
the NiCds.