Re: Snippets, a bit of a photo quiz.
You're all skirting round the actual object!
It's the innards of
a rechargeable battery for a cordless drill.
Both of my batteries now fail to hold a charge, so I bought two new ones (quite cheaply, if anyone wants to know) which seem to work properly, so I thought I'd take one of the old ones apart to investigate.
There are clearly twelve 1 1/2V cells, but I'm afraid I don't know the function of the cylindrical bit with the electrical connectors on its end.
Maybe one of the blokes on here (or, of course, the women!) can enlighten me.