My charger lives in the wall and the other end gets pluggged in the
transceiver all the time!!
Pat, K9JAuAt 12:49 PM 11/25/2005, you wrote:
>Hell, I've plugged my charger into the wall and then plug the THF6A in for
>as long as I've had the HT with no problems.  I suspect the charger jack
>itself might've failed.
>K8SP
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 10:25 AM
>Subject: Re: thf-6a battery problem
>
>
> > also if you plug the charger in to the wall first then the radio, you blow
> > a
> > little fuse in the radio which does the same thing;.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ne5l" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: thf-6a battery problem
> >
> >
> >   There are many reports about the "defective charging jack syndrome". The
> > charging jack (of early models?) apparently is defective, causing the
> > radio
> > "not to turn on" when the charger is disconnected. Looks like the switch
> > inside the charging jack is broken and not allowing the batteries to
> > re-connect
> > to the radio when you remove the plug.
> > Another theory is that the "F1" battery fuse will open for some reason.
> > Howto fix:
> > 1) Send the transceiver back to Kenwood service, especially if it is under
> > warranty.
> > 2) Try to remove the battery from radio and reinstall it back.
> > 3) You may try (AT YOUR OWN RISK!) to touch a little bit the switch inside
> > the jack using an small screwdriver or a piece of wire.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ne5l" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: thf-6a battery problem
> >
> >
> >> Well my radio did the same Thing.  Thay said that was a problem with the
> >> radio.  I am going to send mine back and get it fixed.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Don Bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:52 AM
> >> Subject: thf-6a battery problem
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi guys,
> >> >
> >> > I'm having a problem with my thf-6a.  The battery went flat the other
> > day
> >> and I put it on charge.  The radio does come on when the charger is
> > plugged
> >> in, but
> >> > there seems to be no charging to the battery itself as the radio won't
> >> fire up if I unplug the charger.
> >> >
> >> > I haven't had any problems with the battery in the past and it seems to
> >> have been holding a charge as it should.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Not sure if a reset would do any good in this case.  The radio is about
> > 18
> >> months old or there abouts.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > It's really odd that it should have happened this suddenly.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Don  W6SMB
> >