New Bright and Tyco batteries for radio controlled toy cars??

[clovis97]

I am trying to branch out into a few new items and expand my selling knowledge, and would like your help and advice.

I picked up a handful of Tyco and New Bright brand rechargeable batteries. All of the batteries I have are used, and came from a thrift store or auction box lots.

These batteries are NiMH, 9.6v and operate radio controlled cars that are/were sold by Walmart, ToysRus, etc.

What I would like to know is whether they are worth listing as used, since I have no way to test them. Do these batteries go bad after they age? As you can tell, I know nothing about radio controlled cars.

I don't want to put myself at risk for getting negative feedback, nor do I want to make a buyer mad. I want straight, square, fair deals with everyone that I conduct a business transaction.

I made a killing several years ago when I stumbled into a cart full of New Bright and Tyco batteries being sold at clearance at Walmart. I paid $4 a battery, and sold everyone I had on ebay for $30 each, and had a hard time keeping them listed.

I probably have 10 or 11 of them, and if I could get $10 each, they would be worth the time to list.

Should I take a chance selling the used ones??

 

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[mjlalt]

There is a fairly good chance they may not hold a charge
Nimh should be stored with a charge. Children tend to discharge them and not put them back on the charger
If stored depleted Nimh batteries will probably not charge or take much of a charge

 

[diggummup]

I wouldn't take the chance unless I could test them. I know I have a set power tools that I need to by new batteries for right now because they won't hold a charge. Different battery type, but rechargeable and dead nonetheless.

 

[clovis97]

Thanks!!!!! I appreciate the advice!!

 

[Dr. Syn]

Simple enough to check em if you have a decent charger. I use such style packs (4.8 volt) in some of my r/c planes for receiver power.
A good charger can tell you the amount of charge going in, to test capacity, and can also run discharge cycles to see how they hold up under load.

Worth a shot, I bought a 1/6th scale r/c tank about a year ago, it uses a dry cell similar to a power wheels uses. It was new old stock, 10 years old.
Couple of cycles on a charger and it's been running strong ever since.