Buddy,
My two cents is to buy another battery from W & W or another aftermarket
one. Did you run the radio on external power with the battery still attached
for long periods of time. If so you cooked the battery.
Lynn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: Trouble w/TH-F6A charging


> Hi y'all,
>
> Well, my radio came back from Kenwood service safe and (mostly)
> sound. For some reason, VOX was turned on, and open squelch with the
> monitor key made it transmit, which I thought was a dying battery at
> first, then discovered what it really was. Well, I finally managed to
> kill the battery; mostly because I thought it was charging and it
> wasn't.
>
> Now, I plug in the charger to the radio, then plug it into power, and
> we may get the charge lights lit for a few seconds, then they go
> out--and obviously, the battery doesn't charge. I made sure that the
> battery type was set to lithium and not alkaline. Anything else anyone
> thinks I should try? Maybe yet another reset? Anyone got any ideas?
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
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