New SD on the way

[Joe P]

My SD MKll quit working as it should. I started searching the posts and saw one that said their SD rattled when shook,and what caused it. Checked mine, and sure enough, the spring on the atty end had retracted. I think this was my fault. I was checking voltage and probably shorted it. I had a stroke in 2010, and I'm not very stable with my left hand. Anyway, I pulled the spring out as best I could, but it still wasn't right. I was getting ready to try again and while I was waiting decided to charge one of my batteries. It had been charging for about an hour when I heard a pop. My charger light was blinking red, and was very hot. It was then I decided to order a new one. Order tracking shows it'll be here tomorrow.

[prof beard]

Have a very close look at your batteries - especially at the covering of the battery around the bottom end - is the covering split where it "folds over" onto the bottom?   If so you will have had a short and you should change the battery

[Joe P]

The battery that was in the charger did have a small split in it so I disposed of it. I don't know what happened but just glad I heard it pop.

[Joe P]

The new SD arrived and have noticed a couple of differences. The main one is that it works very well. On the old one, on the top where you screw on the atty, there is a hole like on an automatic battery. On the new one, no hole, which is fine.
   Also, on the Christmas yo-yo, I ordered some 901 attys. They are a little different than the ones that came with the SD. The wick is taller and narrower. I was wondering about them when I got them because they push the wadding up into the cart more than the ones that came with the SD.