CD-15A Yaesu Drop-in Rapid Charger

[usnasa]

Hello All,
can someone help me I have the VX7R radio the problem is with my drop in charger the green light stays on all the time even with the radio out of the cradle I tried unplugging it but still gets the steady green light there is no way for me to know when my radio is charged can it be a bad charger?

 

[radiotweester]

This is from memory... I think this is a blown transistor that's connected to the center terminal. It can get fried by static. I have the article bookmarked somewhere and I'll post it when I can find it. If you have an SMT work area you can try a repair, or the generics are on ebay or amazon for $15.
*EDIT- check these 2 videos: It's the same KP-235 board.

 

[usnasa]

Hello All,
can someone help me I have the VX7R radio the problem is with my drop in charger the green light stays on all the time even with the radio out of the cradle I tried unplugging it but still gets the steady green light there is no way for me to know when my radio is charged can it be a bad charger?

thank you very much it was very interesting to see the videos.

 

[usnasa]

This is from memory... I think this is a blown transistor that's connected to the center terminal. It can get fried by static. I have the article bookmarked somewhere and I'll post it when I can find it. If you have an SMT work area you can try a repair, or the generics are on ebay or amazon for $15.
*EDIT- check these 2 videos: It's the same KP-235 board.