| Top 5 FAQ's
Batteries |
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| There are three types of batteries used in portable
two-way radios; NiMh, NiCad, and Li-Ion. NiCad
batteries are the most common batteries used, NiCad is
short for Nickel-Cadmium. NiCad batteries are
rechargeable and inexpensive, and when treated right,
will provide many thousands of charging cycles, however
if the proper charging guidelines are not followed, the
battery begins to develop what is known as a memory
effect, and does not allow the battery to become fully
charged, thus drastically shortening battery life. NiMh,
or Nickel Metal Hydride batteries are slightly lighter
and smaller than NiCads, and are appearing in more and
more devices. Unlike NiCads, NiMh batteries have no
memory effect, so charging the battery before fully
discharging it causes no mal-effects. Li-Ion, or
Lithium-Ion batteries are a very new technology just
coming about in the industry. Li-Ions are the smallest,
lightest, longest lasting batteries available, however
not all equipment supports their use, and they are very
expensive.. |
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| The amount of energy a radio is using is the
current. A battery is typically rated by how much
current can be drawn over a specific amount of time.
The more current a radio is pulling, the more energy is
drained from the battery. A radio uses very little
power while turned on doing nothing, but when receiving,
more power is used, and a substantial amount of power is
used to transmit. For example, if a radio that
pulls 50 mah was tuned to a local weather information
loop, and was always receiving, and the radio had a 1000
mah battery you can figure out approximately how long
the battery would last. One thousand (1000) mah
(milliamp hours) divided by 50 mah, is 20, or 20 hours
of operation. Again, your radio uses more power
transmitting than receiving, so the more you transmit
the shorter your battery will last, and the less you
transmit and receive the longer your battery will last. |
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sell only the highest quality new merchandise, and only
Original Motorola parts and equipment. |
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| Some Motorola batteries are cross compatible. Please call
us for addition information. |
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