[TrunkCom] 250 heat issue

[Dave Marshall]

Does anyone know what happened to Metro West? They used to sell a series of chargers 
called "Pro Power" for the Uniden and Radio Shack scanners that regulated the charge 
quite nicely. I have a Pro Power 3 that was made for the 235 XLT that has a switch to 
set for NiCad or NiMH. It charges at a suitable rate for the battery packs, and 
switches to a trickle mode after a set time. The email address that I have for Mike 
Huth who owned Metro West no longer works.

Dave


nrf wrote:
> this issue really concerns me. nimh batteries are very tricky to handle! to do it right you need a
> special charger that senses when the voltage begins to reduce with further charging. at this point the
> battery is beginning to heat up severely! If I were to own one of these babies I would plan on 
> charging the batteries externally (can that be done?) with a 'safe' charger!
> 
> good luck!
> nrf
> 

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Dave Marshall N8OAY
n8oayscan@woh.rr.com

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