[Yaesu] Fwd: [Icom] T81 and charging battery

Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:27:09 -0800 (PST)

--- John Geiger <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: John Geiger <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Icom] T81 and charging battery
> Reply-to: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:10:43 -0800 (PST)
> 
> I have a question that I hope the reflector can
> answer.  I have an Icom T81 and love it.  The only
> drawback is that the battery life is kind of short. 
> I
> bought my used, and the BP200 that came with it is
> serial number 6, so I assume it is getting pretty
> old.
>  
> 
> I thought I had figured out a way to get much better
> battery life.  I bought a 6 cell battery case, not
> from Icom since they don't make one-only a 3 cell,
> but
> from another manufacturer.  This does not have the
> charging terminals on it, but that should not be a
> problem.  I have a MAHA C777 charger(actually the
> radio shack version, but I used to have the MAHA
> with
> my T8) and you can use this charger to charge the
> BP200 using the inner terminals where the battery
> contacts the radio.  WOrks great that way.
> 
> I bought 6 High capacity (1800 mah) AA NIMH
> batteries
> to use with the battery case.  They came already
> charged, and worked great.  It was a little lower
> voltage, but the battery worked for 5 straight days
> of
> hard use.  That is unheard of for a BP200.
> 
> Now here is the problem.  When I try to charge the
> battery using the inner terminals, some problems
> occur.  The charger only flashes twice, saying that
> it
> thinks the battery is a 6 volt one.  The battery was
> completely dead, at least according to the radio,
> but
> the charger will only charge it for a couple of
> minutes before it says that it is fully charged.  It
> will last for a little while, but not the 5 days
> like
> it did before.
> 
> So, what am I doing wrong?  How can I get a full
> charge into the AA cells?  Any suggestions?
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> =====
> John Geiger
> Assistant Professor, Cameron University
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