> Well, I waited until the day before departing to try to put > batteries into my back-up AA pack and they don't fit. My > fine motor skills are fine. Is there a trick to it? Not that I'm aware of: it helps to have some fingernail left, but I just push the two in the bottom outside slots down, and then shoehorn the other two in with my fingernail. Maybe a spring down in the bottom is shot??? > Also, after I take it off the charger, it very quickly > (within minutes) goes from 3 dashes on the indicator to two. > Does this indicate a lame battery? I've got the same problem, and it started soon after I bought mine new. I went to West Marine to ask about it, but since they don't carry Apelco/Raytheons now, they wouldn't even discuss it. (Make sure that if you buy anything there you find out if they'll keep carrying it; otherwise warranty hassles really escalate.) I've been thinking I'll check the voltages at the time I do my next recharge and post the results here. -- Rob Gendreau Oakland, California gendreau_at_ccnet.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Sep 12 1999 - 14:46:19 PDT
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