I do not believe the FT-817/818 "kills" it's battery packs, I've never heard complaints about that and I never saw FT-817/818 owners stream into radio retailers to buy replacement packs for their radios.
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On Apr 30, 2022, at 09:15, g8tzl2004 via groups.io <g8tzl2004@...> wrote:
?I guess Yaesu must make a significant profit on selling new battery packs to replace all the killed packs...otherwise I can see no other reason for not having an "intelligent" battery charging system!!