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I recently picked up a new aftermarket hi-cap battery for my HT1250 at a local hamfest. When I got home it wouldn't fit in my charger... As evidenced in the pic, the aftermarket battery (on the left) has contacts that are not in the same position as the OEM Moto battery on the right... Interestingly though it fits in my charger for my EFJ 5100, which takes an XTS3000 battery (NTN8923). This leaves me wondering, WTF? Is there an actual Moto battery that looks like this, or did the battery maker (W&W) mess up?
The battery on the left is a XTS2500/XTS1500/MT1500/PR1500 Astro 25 Series portable battery.I can tell by the battery contact on the back being higher than the lower ones on the HT1250 Waris battery which is the one on the right in the pic.
Also,the dead giveaway when you said it fits your EF Johnson 5100 battery charger which also uses the XTS3000 battery.
For the Waris portables, the only battery you HAVE to have that fits a Waris charger is the RED programming battery for the HT1550XLS. Otherwise, ANY XTS battery will fit a Waris radio, and (almost) any Waris battery will work on the XTS.
Yeah, I knew that Waris batteries were interchangeable with the XTS2500. What I'd like to know is what OEM batteries made for the XTS2500 will fit in a Jedi/XTS(3000/5000) charger. I'm considering picking up a 2500 but I really don't want to have to keep a separate set of chargers around just for it.
