GP68.... Don't laugh

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:50 pm

I'm going to be receiving a GP68 pretty soon, maybe even tomorrow...

At any rate, I'm probably going to need a new battery, but am having some trouble. About 4 years ago, I had a GP68 and was able to locate a Ni-Mh battery with about 1000-1200Ma of energy that was all contained in the smaller (aka Motorola stock 600ma Ni-Cad) battery size.

I'm sure a number of you know what I'm talking about.... does anyone know where I can get one? The company I originally bought it from 4 years ago seems to be gone and eBay isn't much help right now in terms of the smaller batteries either.

-Josh

Jonathan KC8RYW · Post by **Jonathan KC8RYW** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:13 pm

I already laughed.

http://www.batteryzone.com/modelinfo.tpl?_fid=50177

Tom in D.C. · Post by **Tom in D.C.** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:40 pm

Josh,

Maybe W&W. I hate to recommend them but they may well
be the only source in the USA for a GP68 battery. I had two
of these several years ago and I can't remember if there was
a AA battery carrier available back then for alkalines.

Other battery people may also have them so it depends in a
way on how much time you have available to spend on research.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:42 pm

I have all sorts of time, I have the big battery already, but enjoy the smaller one too, and the days of life I can recall pulling from both of them back when I had a '68 previously.

I wish I hadn't sold it, but then again, I wish the GP2000 hadn't been so highly praised when it was new in 2003.

-Josh

n7maq · Post by **n7maq** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:49 pm

We used to purchase the GP68 batteries from Motorola AAD. The last time was about a year ago, they were glad to take our money at that time.

Jim.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:07 pm

Yes, but the small Motorola battery, the PMN4001, is only rated at a measly 600ma.

I'm looking for 1000.... and I know one around that rating is out there even though the GP68 model is getting kinda old now... and the similar SV52 and SU42 Spirit radios are long gone too.

-Josh

Stage 2 · Post by **Stage 2** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:54 pm

Josh,
I went to Ebay and typed in "Motorola GP68". I found batteries for your radio at 1200,1700 and 1800MA there. Give it another shot.

AEC · Post by **AEC** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:46 pm

Try these places..

Honeywell

North American Battery Company

Multiplier

Centurion

As for the imports....Try:

Prostar(also on Ebay)

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:26 am

Indeed the other capacities are there, but I'm looking for the smaller battery, not those big honkers... small in size, not capacity. They have a Motorola branded battery that's of the smaller size, but it's of mediocre capacity, which is why aftermarket is the only option.

I'll do a search again, maybe something new popped up.

-Josh

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:33 pm

I have the 2150 aHr NiMH battery but it is the larger longer one. BTW they are Motorola OEM!.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:07 pm

Is it not stated anywhere?

I have a large battery with high capacity.

I am looking for the smaller size battery with a decent capacity.

I think this is going nowhere.... maybe something in the smaller size with <600ma capacity will show up sometime, somewhere.

-Josh

Bart.vn · Post by **Bart.vn** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:02 am

Hi Josh

My company manufactures radio batteries. We have tooling for the short GP68 (PMNN4001) battery. Our standard offering is 600mAh Ni-Cd however we could put one together with 1100mAh Ni-MH cells if you can't find anything elsewhere. The cells are manufactured by Gold Peak, the Japanese companies do not make Ni-MH cells in this size any more. (Gold Peak are pretty good quality cells, actually.) If interested let me know.

Bart.vn · Post by **Bart.vn** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:07 pm

Josh

Hi Josh

My company manufactures radio batteries. We have tooling for the short GP68 (PMNN4001) battery. Our standard offering is 600mAh Ni-Cd however we could put one together with 1100mAh Ni-MH cells if you can't find anything elsewhere. The cells are manufactured by Gold Peak, the Japanese companies do not make Ni-MH cells in this size any more. (Gold Peak are pretty good quality cells, actually.) If interested let me know.

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