Yep... you were right. POS wall plug! I dug up my old car cigarette
plug power cord for my scanner & used that to check the voltage my
scanner was recieving & it was something like 1.91. I will use it to
charge up my scanner (I have a converter in the house)until i find
another "wall wart" I think i have laying around here(from a bct-7).
Thanks.



"M.S." wrote in message ...
That's a prime indicator that your wall wart (charger/adapter) has died.
Don't ask me why, but it seems to be a common happening with the SC-150. Of
the three I am personally familiar with (mine and two friend's), both of my
friend's wall warts bit the dust. And you aren't the first person to post
this problem on here or alt.radio.scanner. It's been a defective wall wart
every time. There is a "fuse" wire inside the wall wart on the AC side that
breaks if it is overloaded or just gets too hot too many times for too long.
That's the way these Class 2 AC adapters are designed. I'm always careful
to unplug my adapter as soon as I'm done charging the battery, maybe that's
why it's lasted longer than what seems to be the typical lifespan

Not long ago, as a test for a friend, I did power my 150 from the charger
only with the battery unplugged, worked just fine. I wouldn't want to do it
for an extended period of time, not knowing how the power circuit in the
scanner is built, but it can be done.

Take the wall wart to Radio Shack, and match the specs and plug with one of
their universal AC adapters, and you'll be back in business.

Any further questions, ask on here, my return email address isn't valid.