John:

Great minds think along the same lines!  That is my next step just to be
sure.  I also am checking with one of the techies in our club to see if
there's a way to tell whether one of the cells in the Kenwood lythium pack
may have gone south.

Will keep you posted.

It's just one of those nagging little problems of life.  HI!  HI!  HI!

Best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: charging lythium battery pack with MHC777+ smart charger


> Have you tried the wall charger since then to see if maybe the battery
went
> bad on you at the same time you made the switch to the Maha charger?  Just
> curious, seems like things like that happen to me  every so often.
> Coincidences I guess, but it's happened to me, or things like that anyway,
> many times.
> John Miller N1UMJ
> Owner of J. E. M. Racing
http://home.comcast.net/~jemracing5/wsb/index.html
> AIM screen name: JEMracing3
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:34 PM
> Subject: charging lythium battery pack with MHC777+ smart charger
>
>
> > Hello, and happy new year!
> >
> > Does anyone have a foolproof, or near foolproof set of steps for
charging
> > the lythium Ion battery pack for the THF6A with a Maha MHC777+ smart
> > charger?
> >
> > I have been making several attempts at this, rather than using the wall
> > charger that comes with the radio, since the Maha charger is supposed to
> > charge battery packs more quickly.  It seems as though the battery pack
> > partially charges, but never all the way, even after I leave it in for
10
> > hours or so, and the charger says "full" on the LED indicator screen.  I
> > always make sure that the battery type switch is turned to the "lythium
> ion"
> > setting--i.e. the left- position.
> >
> > I also have tried discharging, and then charging, but still don't seem
to
> be
> > having the greatest luck.
> >
> > And, of course, the problem is that the charger itself gives very few
> > audible indicators of what's going on.  There aren't even any lights
that
> > you can detect via the use of a light probe.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions you can give me.
> >
> > Best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ