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it's worked for me. Last cordless drill both battery packs stopped taking a charge in the middle of a job. Whacked them both in the freezer for an hour or so whilst I did other things and had lunch. They both took a charge again and kept going for at least six months until I sold that drill to cash convertors.

Current drill has one battery that on occasions refuses to take a charge, it's been sent to the freezer a few times now and it takes a charge again. I've no doubt that it's only a temporary fix and that it signals the end of the battery pack but I've managed to squeeze another year out of that batttery. I'm also sure that not all batteries will respond and that possibly frequency of usage will have an impact also. Generally my cordless gets used for 10 hours or more a week. I'm sure that this is better for a battery than infrequent use.

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