[TrunkCom] 250 heat issue

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 02:23:08 -0500

I have never attempted to use the radio while charging with the Pro Power. What I 
usually do is have one battery pack charging in the cradle attached to the Pro Power 
while I am using the radio with a second battery.

Dave

[email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 1/10/03 10:51:13 PM Central Standard Time, 
> [email protected] writes:
> 
> 
>> The Pro Power 3 uses a timer circuit to prevent over charging. After 
>> charging for a
>> set amount of time, it switches to trickle charge.
>>
>> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, I know. Thanks. I guess my question is since you always have to use 
> a power source rated for at least the minimum amount of current the load 
> will draw then is it a bad idea to use a wal-wart (300mw) or in my case 
> Pro-power 3 only putting out 200mw when the radio itself and the manual 
> show 500mw is required? For such a small difference maybe the wal-wart 
> or Pro-power unit won't get too warm/hot but I don't want to have a 
> meltdown of the Pro-power charger if I try to use it with the scanner 
> on, drawing more current than the charger can handle.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Dave                        Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association
> N9DAV                      Chicago FireNet / Incident Page Network
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