Altprocess wrote:
This Canon Ni-Cd Pack FN no longer holds a charge. The high speed one does, so the charger is still good. On the F-1 Facebook group it was suggested that Batteries Plus can rebuild it. Has anyone had this done or are there other recommendations/suggestions? I have a PhD in history which means I have no discernible skills to do this myself, probably!
Yes, Batteries Plus (at least here in Arizona) builds replacement batteries of the type you are showing. I work for a local municipality as an electrician and we replace batteries in specialty emergency lights for the water department all the time. HUNDREDS of them. The heat shrink part is really no problem and the battery techs always seem to identify just which cells were in the originals.
Still not cheap but usually 1/3 the cost of ordering from the fixture manufacturer. Only thing to make sure of is that they are able to re-connect the original wire coming out. They do not supply connectors.
Hope this helps.