Hi Tom;

When I had the MAHA charger, I found it to be un-reliable.

I would just put the KENWOOD on the wall cube and forget about it.

I know W ASSOCIATES makes a battery and charger for the radio but the
charger will not charge the battery that comes with the radio.

On the other hand, BATTERIES AMERICA makes a charger and a battery that will
charge both batteries, the stock battery and the after market battery.

Hope this helps.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
>