[Motorola] NIMH Batteries

[tvsjr]

Green light does indicate trickle (maintenance) charge. Generally, you
assume that the battery is at 90% when the light goes green and needs about
4 hours to reach 100%. I believe the trickle rate is somewhere around 60mA.
Even at 120mA, that's only 1800mA applied over the 15 hours - it's doubtful
that will charge your pack to 100%.

The Intellicharger II supports both NiCd and NiMH chemistries as you
purchase it from Motorola. Moto builds their own NiMH packs for the Jedi
radios (WPNN4013A, WPNN4037A FM I/S) and support these packs with the
Intellicharger.

Unfortunately, what you have is a cheap battery that isn't fully compatible
with real Motorola chargers. You'll find that cheap batteries (from places
like Power Products, W&W, etc.) tend to not charge well, have short cycle
life, and commonly won't fit on the radio very well. Batteries are
definitely not created equal.

If you absolutely have to buy aftermarket batteries, go with Multiplier. But
I strongly recommend staying with genuine Motorola accessories. You've got a
$1K+ (as new, anyway) radio... don't cheap out on the accessories.

Terry


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:motorola-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Randy Ballard
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:32 AM
To: Discussion of equipment manufactured by Motorola
Subject: [Motorola] NIMH Batteries

Hello Group ,  I recently purchased an aftermarket NIMH battery for my
Motorola MTS 2000 HT using the Motorola Intellacharger II drop in charger.
After inserting the battery in the charger the "green" fully charged light
comes on after about 5-10 minutes of charging time. A note that came with
the battery states to let the battery charge for 15 hrs and disregard what
the indicater light says. Is this chargers output anymore than a maintaining
"trickle" charge after the green light comes on or has it stopped all
charging ? Has anyone had any experience charging NIMH batteries with the
Motorola Intellicharger II and is there a modification available to make it
charge NIMH batteries correctly ?  Thanks ,  Randy N5WV
n5wv at eastex.net

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