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In most cases, battery conditioning can revitalize a Nickel-Metal Hydride battery pack for a fraction of the cost of a new replacement battery at the dealer, allowing a vehicle owner to continue to use their existing battery, while restoring vehicle performance and gas mileage. Only The Hybrid Shop has this proprietary technology, and it isn’t something that can be improvised or attempted at home without the proper training and equipment.
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I built a grid charger with ~$20 in parts from eBay and radioshack. Some over at Insight Central use a small light bulb to discharge a pack before a grid charge to improve results.
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If performed as part of a vehicle’s preventive maintenance regimen every 4-7 years (or 60,000 to 100,000 miles for most drivers), it is entirely possible that a hybrid vehicle’s NiMH traction battery could outlast the vehicle itself and would never need to be replaced. This not only saves thousands of dollars and keeps the car running at peak performance and fuel efficiency, it also keeps hard-to-recycle battery packs out of the waste stream and prevents wasting precious natural resources to construct unneeded new battery packs.
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