TheJerk
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I had been running Duracell 2650mah rechargeable batteries in my GRE 300 with excellent results. Haven't used the radio is a week or so, been sitting on the front seat of my truck plugged in. I have been using this combination for around a year...until a month or so ago, it was carried daily back and forth on my 100 mile daily commute.
Decided to replace the programming back to local stations last night and retrieved the unit from the truck...no power, which I thought was funny since it should have stayed charged that long. I take it in, plug it into the charger and reprogram it...after a couple hours I take it off the charger and, no power?
I then attempt to take the battery cover off...its swelled and stuck? So I figure I would find an exploded battery...I pry the cover off and find not only the battery holder completely melted, but the inside of the radio is melted too. I find this very disturbing as it could have potentially burnt up, and burnt my truck to the ground as well (not to mention I occasionally charged this in my house). None of the batteries were swelled, only appeared to have gotten real hot.
As it stands now, I'm not sure what to do...I doubt a replacement battery pack will fit into the unit because the battery slot is distorted (so the scanner is pretty much useless as a hand-held). Not even sure I would trust using this again, since charging it typically means leaving it plugged in unattended overnight.
Any ideas???
Decided to replace the programming back to local stations last night and retrieved the unit from the truck...no power, which I thought was funny since it should have stayed charged that long. I take it in, plug it into the charger and reprogram it...after a couple hours I take it off the charger and, no power?
I then attempt to take the battery cover off...its swelled and stuck? So I figure I would find an exploded battery...I pry the cover off and find not only the battery holder completely melted, but the inside of the radio is melted too. I find this very disturbing as it could have potentially burnt up, and burnt my truck to the ground as well (not to mention I occasionally charged this in my house). None of the batteries were swelled, only appeared to have gotten real hot.
As it stands now, I'm not sure what to do...I doubt a replacement battery pack will fit into the unit because the battery slot is distorted (so the scanner is pretty much useless as a hand-held). Not even sure I would trust using this again, since charging it typically means leaving it plugged in unattended overnight.
Any ideas???