I had a battery stop showing status recently. I’ve had it for about two years and it is definitely a genuine Motorola APX battery. The charger still conditions it, but the radios all display “unknown battery” and show no level indicator. So apparently something has failed within the battery. Yours might not be a knockoff, but maybe just NOS with an issue.
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APX APX8000 - Battery Indicator not displaying
- Thread starter VA3ADP
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Aero125
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That battery is coming up on 6 years old, It is not unheard of for batteries that old not to show a battery level or information on the radio display. It is also more than likely it does not charge to full capacity. Looks like that Motorola dealer is selling old used batteries turned in by customers who are told they will be 'disposed of properly' when upgrading to new batteries.
Where did you pull 6 years from??
I have MANY OEM Impres XTS batteries that are well over 10 years old and ALL of them show a battery indicator status. They are also only charged on OEM Motorola Impres chargers too.
I’ve definitely had APX Li-Ion Impres batteries chips crap out ( flashing red light ) only a few years old but that was only because I let them sit for over a year and the chips didn’t like that. ( oddly enough I’ve never had that issue with any of my XTS batteries )
