G5 battery pull procedure

[JMR3865]

Ok All,
I tried searching and nothing came up somehow. What is the battery pull procedure for the G5? Im currently just getting the single red light and the pager will not turn on.

TIA.

 

[lebrunmn]

Probably not the "official" way, but how I do it...
-Remove the belt clip--you might be able to do this without pulling the clip, but it's a pain.
-Loosen the two screws on the bottom of the battery door
-Pull the battery and count to 10
-Replace it all and charge that battery.

Good luck.

 

[IAmSixNine]

You dont have to take off the belt clip.
FYI, IF you ever let the battery die in one of these. You need to remove it, then put it back in then plug it in to charge.
If you try to charge a dead battery with out removing it first, it will not charge.
I left several on at work over a weekend. None would charge. Then on a whim i took out the battery on one, put it back in and bam started to charge. So i did this to all of them and they all fully recovered.

 

[RaleighGuy]

You dont have to take off the belt clip.
FYI, IF you ever let the battery die in one of these. You need to remove it, then put it back in then plug it in to charge.
If you try to charge a dead battery with out removing it first, it will not charge.

Thanks for this, it is good to know just in case!

 

[mikewren]

Considering a G4 or G5 - what's the real-world battery life people are seeing on these units?

 

[timhir25]

G-Series Voice Pager Battery Resource Guide

https://www.unicationusa.com/_files/ugd/9bbbf0_b54ef3a79d9c4fefbd78f756eb381a7e.pdf

 

[krokus]

Considering a G4 or G5 - what's the real-world battery life people are seeing on these units?

Do you mean per charge, or typical life span of a new battery?

 

[blackbelter]

While parked on a single site monitoring 5 to 10 talk groups, my G5 battery lasts 10 to 12 hours.. Unication recommends replacing the battery once a year.

 

[mikewren]

Do you mean per charge, or typical life span of a new battery?

Per charge.

 

[Cheeseburgers]

While parked on a single site monitoring 5 to 10 talk groups, my G5 battery lasts 10 to 12 hours.. Unication recommends replacing the battery once a year.

Same but I have 27 TGs, sites broken into zones, so depending on what zone i am in activity will fluctuate between 10-15 active TGs, averaging about 10-12ish hours on a single charge.

 

[Webodisk]

I am maxed out on a busy system, get 12 hours

 

[blackbelter]

While parked on a single site monitoring 5 to 10 talk groups, my G5 battery lasts 10 to 12 hours.. Unication recommends replacing the battery once a year.

I may also add that in order to further methods to save battery :
I keep the pager volume to 15/20 while its connected to my powerful Noxgear small wearable BT speaker. The speaker volume is half way up.
Pager screen is set to dim few seconds after each key up.

 

[hummin24]

You dont have to take off the belt clip.
FYI, IF you ever let the battery die in one of these. You need to remove it, then put it back in then plug it in to charge.
If you try to charge a dead battery with out removing it first, it will not charge.
I left several on at work over a weekend. None would charge. Then on a whim i took out the battery on one, put it back in and bam started to charge. So i did this to all of them and they all fully recovered.

I have not had the same experiences at all.

 

[CcSkyEye]

Per charge.

I'm getting around the 14-16 hour mark, on a moderately busy talk group.

 

[eorange]

I have not had the same experiences at all.

Same here, this has never happened to me. I've left my battery dead in the G4 for weeks and no problem charging it right back up.

 

[mikewren]

I'm getting around the 14-16 hour mark, on a moderately busy talk group.

Thanks!

 

[Ilikeradiostuff]

Mine has inadvertently died and did not require a pull. On standby with less than 10 minutes total Rx it will last 14-18 hours easily and if it is constantly on with high volume perhaps 9-12