Bought 5+ years ago, used intermittently during hurricane season and carried on extended road trips...
Unit’s bat, w/o radio, have not sat in the chargers but put in every 4 or 6 months...just cuz!
left in charger until chg’n lite extinguishes then removed and installed on radio and left standing awaiting me to grab it if needed.
failing mem [looking around wondering where i am at the moment...oh ya] leads me to not remember what previous battery voltages showed on the radios when new, but yesterday’s reading after charging was 8.2V on the newly charged units.
any earthly idea what new bats show after charging?
Is there a easy modality to discern if the charger is appropriately charging or if the bats are degraded?
would a pwr on test w/o xmitting, just receiving weather, and seeing how long the sustain the operation provide any insight per se? [i would hate to discern after a test of letting 5yo bats run dead they self-destructed cuz of it]
thanks...
BTW has anybody solved the switching to lithium usage without extensive modification(s)?
cheers & thanks again
Unit’s bat, w/o radio, have not sat in the chargers but put in every 4 or 6 months...just cuz!
left in charger until chg’n lite extinguishes then removed and installed on radio and left standing awaiting me to grab it if needed.
failing mem [looking around wondering where i am at the moment...oh ya] leads me to not remember what previous battery voltages showed on the radios when new, but yesterday’s reading after charging was 8.2V on the newly charged units.
any earthly idea what new bats show after charging?
Is there a easy modality to discern if the charger is appropriately charging or if the bats are degraded?
would a pwr on test w/o xmitting, just receiving weather, and seeing how long the sustain the operation provide any insight per se? [i would hate to discern after a test of letting 5yo bats run dead they self-destructed cuz of it]
thanks...
BTW has anybody solved the switching to lithium usage without extensive modification(s)?
cheers & thanks again