I know you mentioned this is for nickel based packs, but just be aware this
process can damage lithium powered HT's and shorten their cycle life. You never
want to fully discharge a lithium battery or leave it 100% topped off.
I googled and found a good article on lithium packs. (do they even sell nimh/cd
powered HT's anymore?)Five tips for extending lithium-ion battery life
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From: Bill Crowell via BVARC <[email protected]>
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 7:58 AM
Subject: [BVARC] Time to service your HT batteries
All,
It’s that time again. Thunderstorm and hurricane season. Time to make sure your
HT battery packs are ready for duty.
Here’s the N4HPG official recommended method:
1. Leave the HT on until the battery dies and the HT shuts off.
2. Place battery into charger - preferably an intelligent charger.
3. Shampoo - lather rinse repeat for each battery pack. (You do have spares
don’t you?)
When buying battery packs, put a date on them. I use a Ptouch label. Most of
mine were bought at the Shelby NC Hamfest in 2011 so it’s about time to start
replacing them.
When we are all partially recharging even the NiMH packs, they don’t always get
the full tank. This method is mandatory for ALL charging of NiCAD packs.
73
Bill
N4HPG
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