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Picked up two, what look like new non impres oem motorola waris batterys.
I have three desktop chargers. One xts impres charger, one WARIS impres charger and one rapid non impres charger. I know the waris battery's fit only waris charger...here's where it gets confusing.

Both battery's took there turn on the waris charger (4 hours each), after that i put one battery in the radio and turn it on but, as soon as I key the xts2500 the empty battery gauge pops up on my display and watt meter slams to zero and radio gives off an deep error tone until I unkey. Display does not dim,lights do not dim...I can crank the volume to 10 and no signs of a dead battery in RX mode...anyway to fix this?

I got these waris battery's because they are super thin, light weight and were reasonably priced.
 
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Are you sure they are real OEM factory batteries? Why are you using Waris batteries in a 2500? Years ago I had a Visar, that had a factory thin battery that even when fully charged was only 600ma, & didn't have enough power to transmit on high power because it was so thin.
 
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MOONBOOTS said:
Are you sure they are real OEM factory batteries? Why are you using Waris batteries in a 2500? Years ago I had a Visar, that had a factory thin battery that even when fully charged was only 600ma, & didn't have enough power to transmit on high power because it was so thin.
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There id# are
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Moto symbol is on back of battery etched.
I need to figure out if there bad or is it my radio? If there bad I want my money back.
 
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ANAVAGH said:
Picked up two, what look like new non impres oem motorola waris batterys.
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But, ARE they really new? There should be a date code on the battery somewhere, usually on the tag. Should be a 4 digit number. Better yet, if you can post a picture of the label, that might help out.

Could be these were New, Old Stock (NOS) which means they sat on a shelf for a while. If it was long enough, they could be no good.
One thing you can usually do is take a close look at the battery contacts. If they do not have any scratches on them, then they are likely new and never used. If you see any scratches on them, then they were used, or at least charged at one point.

Is it just one battery that is doing it, or is it all of them?
 
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But, ARE they really new? There should be a date code on the battery somewhere, usually on the tag. Should be a 4 digit number. Better yet, if you can post a picture of the label, that might help out.

Could be these were New, Old Stock (NOS) which means they sat on a shelf for a while. If it was long enough, they could be no good.
One thing you can usually do is take a close look at the battery contacts. If they do not have any scratches on them, then they are likely new and never used. If you see any scratches on them, then they were used, or at least charged at one point.

Is it just one battery that is doing it, or is it all of them?
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Here:
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I put the black X on one as I thought maybe it was bad and the other wasn't but there both doing the same thing. There not new and the seller did say they had plenty of life left.
 
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The upper one's from 2003 and the bottom's from 2007. They probably don't have much life left, from the sound of it.
 
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Lesson learned? Do not be cheap. Just go and buy new batteries.
 
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ANAVAGH said:
Got them for 99¢ lol it still is irritating when the seller said there is "plenty of life left". But hey at least I can RX fine. I'm curious if I bought brand new ones they would work fine right?
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Yup, they should work fine and if you have a problem, you can swap them out under warranty.
 
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Those used batteries the OP got will probably be far superior than a new battery from W&W. I've had good luck with Jedi batteries from Power products.
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Is there certain company's to stay away from?
I get my non Motorola OEM battery's new from imax in eBay. But since I got a impres charger and a impres battery I think I will just stick with impres OEM battery's, and if I need a ridiculously small or large non impres battery who's the best to buy from other than imax limited choice?
 
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Yeah, W&W. They sell junk, trash, & garbage.
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OK, thanks. I'm not sure who or what W&W is but, Google could inform me.
I will just stick with OEM battery's.
BTW seller is sending me replacements...I shall see if they truly show up. There only a 35mi from my qth.
 
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If you've got IMPRES chargers, you might as well buy Proper Motorola batteries.

Try Sandy's or Wiscomm.
 
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ANAVAGH said:
MOONBOOTS said:
Yeah, W&W. They sell junk, trash, & garbage.
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OK, thanks. I'm not sure who or what W&W is but, Google could inform me.
I will just stick with OEM battery's.
BTW seller is sending me replacements...I shall see if they truly show up. There only a 35mi from my qth.
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Why on earth are you wasting your hard earned money, energy and most importantly time on used batteries? Just buy new ones and save yourself the grief
 
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I'll second Wiscomm. I buy parts from them occasionally. In fact, I just got a shipment from them this morning. I've never had an issue, and their on line ordering makes it pretty easy.
 
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And I've been extremely happy with Jeff @ Sandy's Communications. He sends the radios I order the same day, & his prices are the best.
 
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