[ICOM] How does a LiON battery "die"

[Ed Yeary]

If you are asking why you seem to have a fine battery one second and a dead
one the next this is very typical of a LiOn battery. No warning just gone.
This doesn't mean it is a bad battery. I'm not really sure what they do when
they reach the end of their life cycle. I suppose they won't hold a charge
at all.
Ed Yeary W4TEY
Technical Specialist ARRL Dist. 9, TN.
VE W5YI Group
USVHSSC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>; <th-f6a at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:36 PM
Subject: [ICOM] How does a LiON battery "die"


> I recently acquired an HT which uses LiON battery
> packs, and have a question about the characteristics
> of LiON batteries.  How does the pack behave when it
> is nearing the end of its life.  Does it act like a
> NiCD or NIMH battery pack, where it will hold less and
> less of a charge, to where it will reach full charge
> status quicker than normal.  Or does it just refuse to
> even accept a charge-going from pretty normal to dead
> almost instantly.  I am not sure if the battery packs
> I have are at fault, or if the charger in the radio
> isn't working correctly.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
>
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