[TrunkCom] 250 heat issue

[Tom Swisher]

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!

Yes, the battery pack can be charged outside the radio. The only catch 
would be making an adapter plug for the thing to plug into. I got around 
this with my Maha charger by using the charger adapter plug, and using 
small pieces of wire to stick into the plug pin holes.

One of these days I'll take apart one of my extra battery charger 
cradles and remove the parts inside so that I can connect it directly to 
my Maha NiMh charger.

Tom WA8PYR
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