[Milsurplus] question about charging a PRC-68A battery

[J. Forster]

Standard practice is from a current regulated source. Charge for 1/10
rated capacity for 20 hours, in your case 0.080 A at > 15 V for 20 hours.

-John

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> Hi there.  I have a PRC-68A which works FB with Brooke's AA battery
> adapter.
> I also acquired one of those NiCd rechargeable batteries for this radio.
> It
> says the following on it:
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>
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> 15 VOLTS 0.80AH AT 0.16A
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>
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> I do not have a proper charger, per se, but can anyone tell me how I might
> charge this battery with a DC power supply and an ammeter? What would the
> correct set up lok like? Would I set the volts to whatever necessary to
> get
> 0.16A or something? Or set the voltage at something set?  The battery
> currently has 5Vdc worth of charge and the battery is NOS, never used.
>
>
>
> thanks
>
>
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> 73 Eugene W2HX
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