The Lawnmower Battery Surgeon Never Really Goes Away

Every couple years, the battery on my now-antiquated electric lawn mower stops taking a charge. It’s been a couple years since last time, so… The Third Session with the Lawn Mower Battery Surgeon The Venerable Black & Decker SPCM1936 It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone, having acquired a suburban American house, must be in need of a lawn mower. And so it was, Chez Weekend, with the purchase of Château Weekend some 15 years agone. The mighty mowing machine in question has been the Black & Decker SPCM1936 battery-powered self-propelled lawn mower. We have no particular complaints about the machine, beyond 2 facts: It is no longer made, so there are no replacement parts to be had anywhere. The battery is also no longer made, so when it gives out, things become difficult. It’s worth pointing out: batteries are consumables, eventually ceasing to function because of the formation of internal dendrites or the like. If you don’t manufacture replacement batteries, the tools…