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 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com