I just thought I'd mention it, I know I've had stuff like that and actually,
that exact thing happen, with a different radio once so I thought I'd
mention it, 1 of those annoying coincidences that really messes you up lol.
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: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: charging lythium battery pack with MHC777+ smart charger
> 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
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