I am trying out a Unity XG-100 and after several hours of use, I had placed the radio in the charger. The battery light indicated first started with steady yellow (rapid charger) and about 10 seconds later, the light changed red (system fault). About 7 hours later, I looked at the charger and the indication light was still red. I took the radio out of the charger and powered it on, and the battery indicated was showing 1 bar of power left. So no charge to the battery occurred, as it had one battery bar left when I placed it in the charger. I swapped out battery and same thing happened with the other new battery. Started with rapid charger for a few seconds, then goes to system fault. Has any else experienced this issue before. I am guessing the charger must be bad. Thanks.
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Unity XG-100 Charger Issue
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The auniry charger (round base) is designed for lithium batteries. Are your batteries lithium?
Yes on the battery it does indicate LiPo Battery. I am using a the VC4000 Unity charger.
I have three of the round Unity chargers that are bad. Two wont charge the Li-Ion batteries at a and one will only charge it if it's off the radio or the radio is on in the charger. I bought the dual Endura charger and have been very happy with it.
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Harris produced two versions of the standalone round chargers for the Unity XG-100P which look identical save for the charging status sticker on the bottom (see attached photos). The first version (IMG_9326.jpg) carried the part number 12082-0310-01 and were made to charge the 12082-0308-01 batteries manufactured by GTS battery (formerly Honeywell) for Harris. This charger will flash green quickly to indicate rapid charging when a 12082-0308-01 battery (top battery in IMG_9329.jpg) is inserted and will not accept any of the Harris branded Li-Ion batteries with the duel guide rails (center and bottom batteries in IMG_9329.jpg).
The newer charger carries the part number 12082-0312-01and will charger the 12082-0300-01 & 12082-0304-01 (center in IMG_9329.jpg) batteries. This charger illuminates a solid yellow when those two batteries are inserted and turns green when charged, however if you insert the 12082-0308-01 (top in IMG_9329.jpg) battery it will briefly illuminate yellow then quickly turn red which sounds like the problem you are describing. This charger will not charge the 12082-0308-01 battery.
Both chargers were marketed as and state that they are multi-chemistry chargers and in fact both will charge the M/A-Com branded and Harris branded Ni-Cd & Ni-MH batteries as indicated. The only exception that I've found is with the BT-010942-001 Li-Ion (bottom in IMG_9329.jpg) batteries which, due to the duel guide rail isn't accepted by the 12082-0310-01 charger and quickly gives a red LED in the 12082-0312-01 charger.
The newer charger carries the part number 12082-0312-01and will charger the 12082-0300-01 & 12082-0304-01 (center in IMG_9329.jpg) batteries. This charger illuminates a solid yellow when those two batteries are inserted and turns green when charged, however if you insert the 12082-0308-01 (top in IMG_9329.jpg) battery it will briefly illuminate yellow then quickly turn red which sounds like the problem you are describing. This charger will not charge the 12082-0308-01 battery.
Both chargers were marketed as and state that they are multi-chemistry chargers and in fact both will charge the M/A-Com branded and Harris branded Ni-Cd & Ni-MH batteries as indicated. The only exception that I've found is with the BT-010942-001 Li-Ion (bottom in IMG_9329.jpg) batteries which, due to the duel guide rail isn't accepted by the 12082-0310-01 charger and quickly gives a red LED in the 12082-0312-01 charger.
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