APX battery losing status icon

[sjxts3000]

This has happened twice now. Fully charged impres APX OEM NNTN7038A battery...works fine...status/meter icon on the radio, etc. Maybe a week later of just sitting around the desk and periodically being turned on for short periods to monitor a freq here and there, all of a sudden I turned it on tonight and no status/meter icon. Radio seems fine...powers up, receives/sends, etc. But no battery meter/gauge in the display. Battery info shows dashes with no percentage. I stick it in the OEM impres charger and it charges up fine.

This has occurred on two different OEM batteries which both charge/condition at 100% and even over rated mAh capacity.

Any ideas?

[Mfire39]

That's normal for them to lose the fuel gauge if they aren't charged for about a week to 10 days.. The XTS Astro25 series portables do the same thing as well..

-Marc

[fire_master_21]

Drop them into an impress charger and let it recondition the battery, and you will be go to go.

[sjxts3000]

Drop them into an impress charger and let it recondition the battery, and you will be go to go.

Did that already. It was last fully conditioned the last time I charged it....about a week and a half ago. Wonder why they lose the fuel gauge after a while. I'm using the latest firmware R09.00.00.

[fire_master_21]

not sure why they do that, but they like to see that impress charger in the 7-10 range. My APX and XTS batts are the same way.

[Mfire39]

Like I said, this is a normal function of them, and a reminder from the battery that says to you...

"Hey, charge me, it's been a while and my fuel gauge went away"

This is nothing new, nor an issue with your batteries. The IMPRES batteries have been functioning like this for years..

-Marc