UV5r real world power consumption

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(9 August 2013, 15:21)Binnie Wrote: it indicates charging, but try letting the battery go dead, put the unit in the cradle and turn it on.

if i do that, leave it a few hours, and take it out the cradle whilst turned on the unit turns off, and the battery is still flat

mines is a +plus too

Gotcha. Yes, my other similar HT has the same issue. That's the one that I left on charge in the car on the road trip and the damaged its power pack. On that one if I let the pack completely discharge it takes forever for it to get enough voltage to activate the smart charger circuits. Leaving it turned on results in zero recharge.

Sounds like you have the same issue.

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OK Binnie,

I've just checked mine and its now fully charged. Simple monitoring test starts today Friday 9/8 at 16.10h

I'll let you know how it fares.

TTFN