I have a Surefire 10X Dominator, and own two batteries for it. The battery it uses is a B20 NiCad. I would like to store one of these batteries away for long term storage, and use the other one for general usage. I want to try and preserve one of these batteries because they are long out of production, cannot be rebuilt, at least without some great technical know how, and once they are shot I'm going to be left with a $500 paperweight.
I'm reading around on the best way to store NiCad batteries and I'm seeing conflicting information, and now I'm confused as ever. Some are saying to completely discharge the battery for storage, some are saying don't do that, leave a little bit of charge, others saying that the battery will obtain a "memory effect", while others are saying that it's best just to use the battery.
Can someone please clear this up for me? I really want to do my best to preserve this battery as it's not replaceable.
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