Re: Re: A couple of general questions about the VR-500
Marcus Brooks <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:57:52 -0600
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Just make sure the "can" of your rechargeable is negative. So far it has been on all the rechargeable AA cells I've seen. But if I really count on something, it tends to change when I least expect it. Marcus -- K5MWB -- [email protected] http://area42.mwbrooks.com chat (A/Y/G): mwbrooks42 On Dec 25, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Oliver O'Connell wrote: > > H, > > Yep, sure can!! I have done it and it works just fine. I remove > about 1/2" of one battery cover and put it in the 'bottom' spot. > > > > Works good. > > > > Oliver > > ZL3OOC > > > > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:11:02 +0000 > Subject: [VR-500] Re: A couple of general questions about the VR-500 > > > > > > The VR-500 senses the presence of the rechargeable pack through > contact of the metal finger at the bottom right of the battery > compartment with the exposed lower casing of the cell closest to > the bottom. It is possible to enable charging of any AA > rechargeables by removing a "window" of insulation from one of the > cells and allowing it's metal casing to make contact with the sense > terminal. > > Voi > > --- In [email protected], "W3FIS" <deadgoose@...> wrote: >> >> Ok, one more.... >> >> If I use the rechargable battery pack, I assume the system senses >> that it is a rerchargable pack, not the AA batteries. >> >> Somebody on the group raised the issue about a 30 mA charging >> rate... that is the trickle rate on my FT-817ND. I "float" the >> FT-817ND on line all the time. ONLY if I am doing extended QSOs or >> net control, is there any indication that I'm running the battery >> down. Since I run the rig maybe an hour a day, I have 23 hours at >> 30 ma to recharge, which seems more than sufficient. >> >> Any thoughts?? >> >> /paul W3FIS >> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find a way to cure that travel bug MSN NZ Travel > http://travel.msn.co.nz/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > > > > > > Ejoy the list!!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]