I second that. If it still powers the radio correctly I wouldn't be overly concerned. I have a PMNN4409AR from 2013 that still works perfectly and reports 94% service life.
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Impress battery wont recondition.
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Maybe somehow the charger is sensing that the battery does NOT need reconditioning?
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
It's also possible that the one wire IC that comprises the IMPRES battery has been disabled. I recall during the days of 1st gen IMPRES products on the XTS series that if the initial charge doesn't take place in an IMPRES charger, the chip will disable itself. The battery will of course, still work and take a charge, but IMPRES functionality (and warranty) would be disabled.
Wish I had one. Guess I need to track one down eh?
Hit_Factor
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The batteries plus in my area couldn't rebuild a simple NiCd pack of 6 cells for me. I left it there, they said one week. I went back a week later and it hadn't been touched. This was a simple heat shrink wrap, not trying to squeeze anything into a container. I don't think the teenagers had adequate supervision or experience to handle the job. The same store called me to say my cellphone screen had been replaced, and it looked great. I picked it up and then hadn't done anything to it. The crack was still there. I eventually spoke to the manager about the poor service. They did fix the phone, I did the battery pack myself.
Project25_MASTR
Millennial Graying OBT Guy
The Bearcom location on University has one. Or at least it did when I left two years ago.
Guess I'll give em a ring
Hopefully your bad luck was only a one-off situation! It makes me wonder if the stores are franchised (instead of corporate owned) which might explain poor training...
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