18-01-2019, 03:40 PM
(18-01-2019, 03:15 PM)VU2NAN Wrote: A Yaesu FT- 60R. Trying to revive its battery pack.
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Nandu.
Nandu
The batteries are most likely not really recoverable - my FT50R cells were not. The FT60R is old (circa 2004/2005) and those batteries only have a finite lifespan, even if really cared for.
You may be better off carefully splitting the battery pack open (or taking it to a battery re-packer just to do that task), physically measuring the physical battery cell sizes and finding the same size, or slightly smaller, cells to replace the originals. Try to get the same chemistry if you can but maybe a newer style might be even better.
The newer-style cells are likely to have even larger capacity values for the same physical size than the original giving you a longer run-time.
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