Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!


jimdouglas

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

"James Douglas" wrote in message
. ..
Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!


jimdouglas

Jim,
If the radio is rated for the type and voltage of the batteries you
installed in it, then the batteries are not at fault. Your problem lies else
where.


--

Regards
B.H.
Southern, MN USA
Radios- R-5000, NRD525,SP-600,SX-28,Eton E1

Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

I recharge my green Degen 1300 MiMH batteries in a slow charge Powerex MH
C-401FS battery charger with no problems. Maybe you have one bad battery?
Did you check to see if your radio will work with a fresh set of alkaline
batteries?


"James Douglas" wrote in message
. ..
Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!


jimdouglas

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

James Douglas wrote:
Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Are you saying that batteries of the correct size and voltage which
were recharged in an external charger caused the radio to catch or
fire, or at least begin to smoke?


Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

I think the manual will say somehting like only NIMH batteries should
be recharged in the radio(meaning not nicad or alkaline).


Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!

Never heard of it. I suspect something else.




jimdouglas

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...

James Douglas wrote:
Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Are you saying that batteries of the correct size and voltage which
were recharged in an external charger caused the radio to catch or
fire, or at least begin to smoke?


Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

I think the manual will say somehting like only NIMH batteries should
be recharged in the radio(meaning not nicad or alkaline).



The E-10 must have NIMH batteries selected in System Settings to recharge in the radio.
The would not recharge if the setting was for regular AA batteries.

If radio was set for regular AA and NIMH batteries were inserted
what would happen? The manual is not clear about that. It does say the radio must
be set for the proper batteries and it does say it won't charge regular AA if that
is attempted.
Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!

Never heard of it. I suspect something else.




jimdouglas

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

Sanjaya wrote:
"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...

James Douglas wrote:
Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Are you saying that batteries of the correct size and voltage which
were recharged in an external charger caused the radio to catch or
fire, or at least begin to smoke?


Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

I think the manual will say somehting like only NIMH batteries should
be recharged in the radio(meaning not nicad or alkaline).



The E-10 must have NIMH batteries selected in System Settings to recharge in the radio.
The would not recharge if the setting was for regular AA batteries.

If radio was set for regular AA and NIMH batteries were inserted
what would happen? The manual is not clear about that. It does say the radio must
be set for the proper batteries and it does say it won't charge regular AA if that
is attempted.

That is good information. The O.P. should go back and re-read the
manual and read your message. I get the feeling that the manual was
probably skimmed at best.

I've had the best luck using a wall wart recharger and 2 sets of nimh
batteries on a DE1103. That setup allows the radio to stay truly
portable at all times.


Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!

Never heard of it. I suspect something else.




jimdouglas

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:20:28 -0500, James Douglas
wrote:

Never got the batteries to re-charge via the radio so I dropped the
batteries into my normal AA charger. 12 hours later took them out and
placed them into my radio and !Pffof! smoked the bitch!

Looked in the manual and it indicates that you should never recharge
the batteries in any other way than indicated, ie, in the radio with
their power-pack, etc!

Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!


jimdouglas

The charging method didn't smoke the radio. I use an external charger
with mine and use the really hot silver NiMhs from Fry's.

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

I done told y'all rug rats before about them Etons,,, But HEY,,, dont
believe me!
I have to watch Chain Lightning old,old movie on Radio tv now.It isn't
my fault.
cuhulin

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

"James Douglas" wrote in message
. ..

Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!

Never ever charge NiMh cells in a NiCad charger.
It will OVER-CHARGE them every time. However the
radio should have had some kind of an over-voltage
circuit built into it. That said however, after
that experience are you are REALLY going to buy
*another one* of these cheap Chinese made Eton
pieces of junk??? Get yourself a Sony or a Grundig
or better yet a vintage Radio Shack or GE or Panasonic
shortwave. They were built far better than the modern
day crap and their analog tuning is best for swl listening.

Eton E-10 Up In Smoke
 

Capt. HentaiVideoPr0n wrote:
"James Douglas" wrote in message
. ..

Anyone heard of this before, there were the batteries that were included
with the radio, green eton NI-MH 1100! Guess it's time to go to ebay
for another!

Never ever charge NiMh cells in a NiCad charger.
It will OVER-CHARGE them every time. However the
radio should have had some kind of an over-voltage
circuit built into it. That said however, after
that experience are you are REALLY going to buy
*another one* of these cheap Chinese made Eton
pieces of junk??? Get yourself a Sony or a Grundig
or better yet a vintage Radio Shack or GE or Panasonic
shortwave. They were built far better than the modern
day crap and their analog tuning is best for swl listening.


I assume you are referring to vintage Grundigs or European Grundigs. All
"Grundig" radios sold in the United States are produced by Eton Corp and
the Grundig name is licensed. I have a "Grundig" Mini 30PE produced by
Eton and have had no problems with it.

When recommending vintage shortwave receivers Zenith Transoceanic's
should also be considered. They were rugged receivers and very well
designed.

Thanks,

Bobby
KC9IHK