Secret_Squirrel
Nut Protector Extraordinaire
I'm hoping one of the battery gurus on this forum can help answers some questions I have. The Yaesu VX-150 will accept either the factory FNB-64 700 mAh Ni-Cd battery or the FNB-V57 1100 mAh Ni-Cd.
The VX-170 accepts the FNB-83 1400 mAh Ni-Mh battery.
All of these batteries are the same size and seem to interchange just fine between radios. They are all 7.2V batteries.
The questions is; Can I safely interchange these batteries between radios? I realize that I'll have to use different chargers to charge up the 3 different battery packs, however, once charged with the proper charger I would think that interchanging the packs would be okay.
Side question, can old battery packs that no longer hold a charge be taken apart and then rebuilt?
The VX-170 accepts the FNB-83 1400 mAh Ni-Mh battery.
All of these batteries are the same size and seem to interchange just fine between radios. They are all 7.2V batteries.
The questions is; Can I safely interchange these batteries between radios? I realize that I'll have to use different chargers to charge up the 3 different battery packs, however, once charged with the proper charger I would think that interchanging the packs would be okay.
Side question, can old battery packs that no longer hold a charge be taken apart and then rebuilt?