[ICOM] How does a LiON battery "die"

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

If you purchased it new, something is definately wrong.  Check the output 
from the battery charger.  Is there voltage?

If you purchased it used (previously owned!) then this might be the reason 
the owner sold it.  Often a user doesn't like a HT because it starts giving 
short life, and the user doesn't understand that batteries aren't forever, 
they're just "rechargable" for a while.

Many battery packs have a fuse which when the battery overheats, causes it 
to fail and from then on, not accept a charge and give a faulty reading.

v73
David N1EA
----- 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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