Motorola Battery

[Newbie1234]

I have a fairly brand new motorla NI-CD battery and when I drop it in the rapid charger, the light turns from red to green in 30 minutes. The battery life is some what reasonable but it is shorter than my other batteries. DO I need a new battery or is my battery slowly dying?
The low battery indicator is on when I transmit on the radio, and that is when I drop it in the charger..
The radio that I use is the CP200.
Any ideas?

 

[N7IFU]

Well, the rapid charger is doing what it's supposed to. Unfortunately, Ni-Cd batteries have a memory, and rapid chargers only try to pump juice, so to speak, into the pack. It's not healthy for the battery, so yes, it's dying.

 

[KG4INW]

When you say fairly brand new, was it purchased as new recently or purchased as new old stock (NOS)? If it's actually pretty old, then it may not be able to hold much of a charge.

 

[ipfd320]

If You Need a New Battery i Use this Company

W&W Associates.....Bethpage N.Y

www.w&w associates.com.......(AKA) Broadway Batteries

Another way to get the Memory out of the Battery is to put a 12 Volt 194 Car Marker Lite Bulb on it till the Lite is Completely Dead (off) Then put Back into the Charger

If the Problem Still Persists...Get a New Battery...That 1 is a Done Deal

GOOD LUCK

 

[IAmSixNine]

Its possible you have a bad cell in your battery.
Causes the charger to read the right voltage and think its fully charged.
When you key up your drawing current and if you have a dead cell the voltage drops dramatically since one of the cells cant produce any current.
When you have no heavy drain on the battery voltage goes back up. So in stand by mode or RX mode its got closer to normal voltage.
Thats my thought..