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Old February 24th 11, 06:50 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
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Default Bad Battery... No! Bad Radio!

On Feb 23, 8:15 am, "Andy" wrote:
one Bad cell in each pack makes the world of difference and i suspect tha

t's
the problem you're having

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I've got a little HT that I keep around (Wouxun KG-UVD1P, junk but
useful) that seemed to have a bad battery. It suddenly ran out of ga

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almost immediately after a charge. Batteries being extremely cheap I
picked another one up and it acted the same way. I finally found som

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time to get them up on the bench and found that neither pack is bad.
Nominal 7.4 volt packs they usually meter just a tick over 8 volts
when fully charged yet the radio, which displays the voltage on
startup, reads a full pack at nearly a volt less.


Both packs are 7.4 v lithium-ion, one at 1300 mAh and one at 1700.
Anyone have any experience with a radio acting this way and any idea
on how to fix it? Or am I stuck trying to find some place to service
it?


Jon Dayotn
KC2PNF


Looks like that may be the case. Haven't cracked them open to see yet
but I imagine you're right.