SDS100/SDS200: **SAFETY ALERT** SDS100 battery severely swelled
- Thread starter maus92
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In all reality that is a question that cannot be answered. Go back to the 100-200 xlt models some people loved them and some hated them with the battery packs. The same with most uniden handheld scanners to be honest every higher end scanner had a battery pack of some sort until the 246t. Again it was Uniden's decision to make the sds100's battery this way do I agree with it not really but it is what it is. So again the question really cannot be answered.
As mentioned above you would need 8 AA cells rated at 2500 mah each in a series parallel configuration to get 6v at 5000 mah, less than the new large battery rating.
Because of the electronics overhead I believe Uniden selected the largest battery that would give users somewhere between 6 and 8 hours of useful life. You can’t do this with a AA pack unless you want to double the size of the radio.
Turning off that beautiful color display when scanning is good battery management. Leave it on full time and see what your battery life is like.
If you could somehow fit 3 AA cells to this radio your useful scan time would likely be under 2 hours. I get somewhere between 3.5 and 4 hours with the small battery, I would hate to be limited to even less.
The hobby has reached a point where we need the computing horsepower to monitor all that we want so the trade off is more battery capacity. Lithium technology is currently the only means to get there.
sparklehorse
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Virtually all Ham and commercial handhelds have employed rechargeable lithium packs for quite some time now. Ten years at least, probably longer. They hold a lot of energy for their size and weight, recharge fairly quickly, don’t suffer from memory effect, last for 300 charge cycles, and with proper circuitry are quite safe. Which actually begs the question of why Uniden didn’t adopt lithium technology much sooner.
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You answered that question with the start of the post. Amateur and Commercial handhelds are going to sell in far more numbers than a scanner. Bottom line i am guessing was cost now with the SDR technology standard AA batteries just won't cut it. So more than likely rolled the battery into the price. This is just my opinion though.
you must have missed that two letter word at the beginning of my post.... read it again.
I did not miss it so no need to read it again.
#TRIGGERED
So how do you know from your statement IF sounds like you made a GUESS unless you work for Uniden and know something we do not know.
Don't waste your time. No one took it serious.
Perhaps instead of guessing at things we can get back to actual facts?
seth21w
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Lipos are much better and safer than AA batteries and last 2 to 3 years of every day use if it is good quality cells, the question is where did uniden source there lipos from where they are swelling up after only 6 months? Also lipo is not expensive, just take baofeng for example radio uv5r is 30 bucks and the battery will last 3 years and never swell!
BaoFeng_Blogger
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In the event the swelling persists longer than 4 hours, seek immediate medical assistance.
We know when things don't get used for awhile, under certain circumstances they get hot and expand before they explode.
What’s more frustrating is the small battery (proprietary to Uniden) is not available to purchase from the manufacturer. This is nuts. I only use the smaller batteries and if I should need another because of swelling well, I’m forced to go to the larger one.
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Is there any history of the cheap Baofeng batteries swelling?
Not continuing on with the smaller battery as an option baffles me. Some people like myself who use the extra battery / external charger strategy would prefer the smaller form factor...swapping out batteries takes what 30 seconds?
I really wish Uniden had at least asked the vendor to produce a batch of the smaller batteries while they were still jigged up for production on those batteries.
In all honesty I thought the same way about the small battery and door. After thinking about it and as they sent a new big battery and door out it would not be cost effective or beneficial for them in the long run to continue the marketing of the small battery. Just my take and YMMV.
I can see that side of it. Ultimately it does save money to just have one battery, and they have to budget dollars like everyone else.
You can order one from the European distributor...
https://www.avera.eu/uniden-battery-pack-bt-953-cover.html
