Re: My FT-60 battery
The best I can do at this time is note how many weeks/cycles I get, based on when I bought mine, and that will be by when they completely fail. I DID think of color coding batches, or put a date on
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Facility 406
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Re: My FT-60 battery
I track all of my Eneloops on a spreadsheet (Yes, I am an engineer...why do you ask?).? I sill have 15 of 28 Eneloops I bought 15 years ago that still have 80-90% of their nominal 2000 mAh capacity
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Nick Rylatt
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Yep, over a decade ago. I imagine, if the batteries didn't meet it, I'd think Panasonic would be losing their butts replacing a bad product at a 10X failure rate. Even the "first generation" Eneloops
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Facility 406
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Buttons wearing off.
That's an idea. Along those lines... I bought a new/used vehicle, with two key-fob remotes. The buttons had been cracked on one, one button even fell off. The other is just too nasty to handle. There
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Facility 406
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Re: My FT-60 battery
500 or 2100 cycles? ?That's advertising.
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radellaf
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Try using a dab of clear fingernail polish over the keypad numbers. Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Message sent by....Nobody cares!!
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JARDY DAWSON
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Re: My FT-60 battery
No problem, give me a couple of days. Does the list allow pics? If so, pics would REALLY help show the issues I ran into. I'll have to check into the leather case. One MAJOR problem I have, is the
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Facility 406
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Re: My FT-60 battery
A brief response, 500 charges, perhaps more, per the minimum spec, 2,100 for the standard, and higher current with larger capacity for the pro. In the field, my application is roughly 150mA every ten
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Facility 406
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Re: My FT-60 battery
please share your ideas with me. Thanks
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John Thacker
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Yes, I looked up Faraday tape. One website has inspired some ideas for a new and improved tin foil hat <hi hi>.? 73, Nick, AA3T
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Nick Rylatt
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Thanks for the tip. Scotch tape was a "field-expedient" solution <hi hi>. 73, Nick, AA3T -- Sent from laptop
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Nick Rylatt
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Compare: Panasonic eneloop pro ¡¤ AA Cycler ( https://aacycler.com/battery/aa/panasonic-eneloop-pro/ ) to Panasonic eneloop ¡¤ AA Cycler ( https://aacycler.com/battery/aa/panasonic-eneloop/ ) to see
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radellaf
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Re: My FT-60 battery
So true.? All the extra expense for the Pro, and then within not-so-many cycles (50? 100?) they're down to standard levels.? I guess if I were actually a professional, using them for a camera flash
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radellaf
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Please elaborate on your complaints.? I have two OEM battery boxes and never had a problem with either of them.? I use 2000 mAh Eneloops, both Sanyo and Panasonic.? The belt clip has always been
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Nick Rylatt
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#20157
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Another, in my opinion, much better, much stronger, with better insulating properties, and less prone to scuffing, would be Kapton tape. Also very thin, and used in automotive, aerospace, and general
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Facility 406
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Link? The OEM battery box has two major, and unresolvable design flaws which prevent the radio from being used either, always clipped on a belt, or, always held in the hand. There was a 3rd design
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Facility 406
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Re: My FT-60 battery
I have older Eneloops, both Sanyo and Panasonic.? The nominal 2000 mAh cells are a tight fit but they work.? Higher-capacity Eneloops may be too big to fit in the AA battery case. I have repaired
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Nick Rylatt
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Hi Kurt, The Eneloop cells come in 3 grades, Pro (black), Standard (white) and Light (don't know colour). They are all NiMH chemistry. My Yaesu FT-60 AA adapter works fine with ordinary AA primary
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Bob Ecclestone
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#20153
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Re: My FT-60 battery
By standard, do you mean non-rechargeable lithium batteries, which claim to hold a charge for at least a decade? I use those as well, for some things, but my field application, and radio usage, would
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Facility 406
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#20152
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Re: My FT-60 battery
Hi All, Just as a matter of interest, I would suggest using Eneloop Standard batteries instead of the Pro series. The Standard series have a Charge Retention of around 10 YEARS whilst the Pros only
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Bob Ecclestone
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