That is just weird. All the cells should be in series all the time. If they 
wanted to skip a cell, they should have put in a dummy cell.

I can believe it wouldn’t power up with NiMH cells, six of those is only 7.2 V.

I would look up the part number and get new battery holders.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Jan 25, 2025, at 9:45 AM, Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com> wrote:
> 
> "The other holder has all cells in series and only two wires."
> 
> No, on closer inspection I found both holders are configured the same with 3 
> cells in series and one isolated. Two wires of each pack can be traced to the 
> battery connector but the other two (4 total) are hidden under the battery 
> holders.
> 
> Andy, k3wyc

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