Help i am a Rookie

[John Garza (3665)]

I find the easiest thing to do is cut out the center plastic bar in the battery pack. Then you can pop out the old cells - swab the area with alcohol to remove any chem deposits from decaying batteries, maybe replace the dual spring if it's corroded, then you can just put in single AA NiCd cells. When it's time to recharge, pop them out and use a standard AA cell recharger. Mark the + and - sides of the battery pack as a quick reminder when loading new cells.