If I fully charge the NiMH battery w/ an adaptor AND add the 3xAA cells, which power source does the radio use first? Is there a chance of conflict?
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It's got a switch to draw from one or the other. I've run it on NiMH only w/o AA and it works fine. I assume the reverse is true.
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I'm sorry I can't help you because I bought the battery as a backup, and have not used it. It's still on the original packaging. I plugged the radio in to charge, but haven't used it either.
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The short answer is locating the antenna and hooking up the power. I took power directly to the battery. There is less RF interference that way. It's a great radio and has done good for about two years so far.
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Any charger as far as I know that says it charges NiMH Batteries. I have used about 4 different charges for them and other rechargeable batteries and if the specified NiMH all was good! Anybody that does not use rechargeable batteries now a days is crazy! One thing to look at is the mah rating for the battery, for triple A batteries I use 1000mah or above and double A batteries about 2600mah or higher.
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Sounds like you want to use a NiMH charger (7.2v) for the LiPO battery (7.4v). No, that won't work... it will likely burn up the battery. You have to use a LiPO charger.
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Your power supply would be considered the source and your radio is the load. Red is hot and black is ground from a DC power supply. Same on the load side. Will not work with a AC power requirement as far as I know.
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AA batteries can work with this product. However, you cannot use the charger that comes with this product to charge AA batteries. The charger only works with the 1300 mAh high capacity NiMH rechargeable battery packs than come with the radios. You can buy additional NiMH battery packs on Amazon or straight from Motorola.
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Yes! Of course you need a battery holder upgrade. http://www.amazon.com/Bastens-2200mAH-battery-expansion-upgrade/dp/B00O2DIZN0 With LiPo's you get more power, longer run times, more cycles and most importantly the battery holds a charge. With NiMH you have to charge the battery before use because it loses a charge while on the shelf. Plus NiMH is annoying with the whole discharge/charge cycle maintenance.
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Yes, the Battery will work with the truck, assuming the connector is the same (Should be). However, you can not use the NiCd Charger with the NiMH battery. The charging profile is different (How the charger charges the battery) and will damage the NiMH battery.This Charger Tenergy Universal Smart Charger for RC/ Airsoft Battery/ NiMH/NiCd Battery Packs (6V - 12V) will work with both battery types, and is fairly inexpensive.
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The primary problem is that NiMH batteries do not like to be force-fed/overcharged, and that is exactly what NiCd "low-end" chargers do: they are basically constant-current "trickle" chargers (low current, takes many hours to charge, then keep feeding this same charging current even after the NiCd is fully charged). NiCd batteries just shrug off this excess charging current, but it will eventually "cook" your NiMHs. That said, NiMH will pack much more punch into given size...so if you don't leave it on constant charge (drain it, charge it overnight, then unplug it once "properly" charged) it should work quite well. Of course if you ditch the crappy little wallwart "charger" and hook it up to a proper NiMH charger, it'll work Great!
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You need to make sure the batteries have the same form factor. The one that came with my radio is cylindrical, roughly 5/8" in diameter and 2 11/16" long. From your description of the proposed battery change the voltage is fine and additional charge is also fine. But with more charge capacity usually comes higher physical volume so look out for a different (bigger) form factor. Incidentally, why do you want to upgrade the battery? The radio will run with the existing battery on one charge for a lonnnnng, long time. Hector
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my understanding is any NiMH battery inserted is brought slowly to full charge, and then either stops charging or provides a slow trickle only if needed. I do not leave my batteries in the charger wasting current, and the newer model batteries hold their charge for a long time anyway. In any case this is supposed to maximally protect your NiMH batteries. I use new Eneloop batteries by Sanyo. Suggest you go to sony website to review and see the writeup on this charging unit. It seems to be nicely designed, except the top comes off easily, but not a problem.
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Hello, As it shows on the side of the radio the power supply should be a 4.5volt DC 200ma wall wort power supply and the CENTER pin is -negative polarity. I would suggest that you take the radio to a local store to find the correct plug that goes into the radio. I am only using the radio with batteries with my unit. Good luck, Ed.
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It works fine with NiMH batteries. Just charged my NiMH today. Not sure where is was written, I use this charger with a NiMH battery, it works fine.
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(Note that a 3.6v NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hydride) "battery" (see accompanying image) is really a battery PACK with three 1.2v NiMH batteries internally wired in series.) The answer to your question is absolutely "yes" if it's the ONLY battery pack used by the device at a given time -- the result will be an increase in operational life following each battery charge cycle of up to as much as 50% compared to an equally new or equally used 3.6v 800-mAh battery pack. Of course, if you're replacing an old and much-used 800-mAh pack with a brand new, fully charged 1200-mAh pack, the improvement in the operating time of your gadget will seem even greater to you! (Note that a 3.6v NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hydride) "battery" (see accompanying image) is really a battery PACK with three 1.2v NiMH batteries internally wired in series.) The answer to your question is absolutely "yes" if it's the ONLY battery pack used by the device at a given time -- the result will be an increase in operational life following each battery charge cycle of up to as much as 50% compared to an equally new or equally used 3.6v 800-mAh battery pack. Of course, if you're replacing an old and much-used 800-mAh pack with a brand new, fully charged 1200-mAh pack,... » Read More (Note that a 3.6v NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hydride) "battery" (see accompanying image) is really a battery PACK with three 1.2v NiMH batteries internally wired in series.) The answer to your question is absolutely "yes" if it's the ONLY battery pack used by the device at a given time -- the result will be an increase in operational life following each battery charge cycle of up to as much as 50% compared to an equally new or equally used 3.6v 800-mAh battery pack. Of course, if you're replacing an old and much-used 800-mAh pack with a brand new, fully charged 1200-mAh pack, the improvement in the operating time of your gadget will seem even greater to you! « Show Less
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Hi Jay, Could you send me photos ? In fact, you should consider the pins that make contact with power of Radio and the pins for recharge. ( when you put in base to recharge) The main problem of this batteries is because it is more wide than radio support. It forces the back cover of radio, and it not ease to close when you put it in radio. You need you tape to fix it. ( the radio look likes a old radio - terrible ) Another point is check the voltagem and mainly the electronic current, that for this product is 700mAh. Please if you want you can send my a email with photos. andregamaral@bol.com.br Regards Andr
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Adapter, plug in, and battery back up but assume you would not use the batteries as main power unless you had to.