Standard Horizon HX350 Replacement Battery.

Mollers · 03 June 2010, 10:58

Any ideas where?

BumbleAbout · 04 June 2010, 10:01

I seem to remember that there are some dealers in the US who will supply a more powerful set of NiCad's for about $100

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Many of the NiCad packs are "simply" 4 or 5 NiCad batteries soldered together inside a shrink wrapped plastic holder - and you can buy replacement NiCad's of the same or higher capacity from Maplin/ RS/ Farnell much more cheaply !

jyasaki · 04 June 2010, 16:37

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Originally Posted by BumbleAbout

Many of the NiCad packs are "simply" 4 or 5 NiCad batteries soldered together inside a shrink wrapped plastic holder

Make that "just about all".

I pretty much stay away from NiCad batteries unless I absolutely can't avoid them. I hate the memory effect they develop after you recharge without running them dry.

If you can get the battery pack apart and see how it's constructed, you can *usually* substitute NiMH cells for the NiCad cells directly with just a slight loss of charged voltage, a slight gain in endurance (except for shelf life), and little to no effect when charging.

Or, you can purchase a replacement battery and be done with it.

jky

Standard Horizon · 05 June 2010, 17:02

Mollers,

Unfortunately the CNB350 battery is no longer available from Standard Horizon.

Please contact the NiCd Lady to rebuild your NiCd battery for your HX350S.

http://www.nicdladyonline.com/rebuilding/standard.html

TOLL FREE ORDERING 1-800-906-NiCd (6423)
Company
20585 Camino del Sol Unit B
Riverside, CA 92508-2404

Business Hours - 8 am - 5 pm Mon - Fri Pacific Time

R. Jason Kennedy
Executive Vice President
Standard Horizon
714.827.7600 (office)
714.827.8100 (fax)
j.kennedy@vxstdusa.com
www.standardhorizon.com

Mollers · 05 June 2010, 20:30

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Originally Posted by Standard Horizon

Mollers,

Unfortunately the CNB350 battery is no longer available from Standard Horizon.

Please contact the NiCd Lady to rebuild your NiCd battery for your HX350S.

http://www.nicdladyonline.com/rebuilding/standard.html

TOLL FREE ORDERING 1-800-906-NiCd (6423)
Company
20585 Camino del Sol Unit B
Riverside, CA 92508-2404

Business Hours - 8 am - 5 pm Mon - Fri Pacific Time

R. Jason Kennedy
Executive Vice President
Standard Horizon
714.827.7600 (office)
714.827.8100 (fax)
j.kennedy@vxstdusa.com
www.standardhorizon.com

Cheers.

Mollers · 14 June 2010, 09:44

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Originally Posted by jyasaki

If you can get the battery pack apart and see how it's constructed, you can *usually* substitute NiMH cells for the NiCad cells directly with just a slight loss of charged voltage, a slight gain in endurance (except for shelf life), and little to no effect when charging.

jky

As a replacement is no longer available, I've pulled it apart. Easy job, cheers JY.

Mollers · 14 June 2010, 20:48

Soldering the replacements together and getting them back in the casing was a pain.

Appears to be holding up well now.

BumbleAbout · 15 June 2010, 14:28

Great - glad to hear it !

I presume you substituted the old shrink wrap cover for some electrical insulating tape (i.e. we need the radio repair pictures here !) ?

Mollers · 15 June 2010, 17:17

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Originally Posted by BumbleAbout

Great - glad to hear it !

I presume you substituted the old shrink wrap cover for some electrical insulating tape (i.e. we need the radio repair pictures here !) ?

No room, even the thin celophane shrink wrap on the new batteries had to come off.

dpround · 06 September 2010, 17:28

Any hints on how you got the battery apart would be appreciated.

Many thanks

David

Mollers · 07 September 2010, 11:44

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Originally Posted by dpround

Any hints on how you got the battery apart would be appreciated.

Many thanks

David

Sorry chap, you pm'd me on this one and I didn't get around to replying.

Prise the case apart with care (it will come apart). Source your NiCd batteries, you can buy connecting tabs on Ebay. Solder the tabs on as neatly as poss, obviously in the correct order.

Replace the batteries in the case and seal with a wipe of sikaflex. Cost-£9, Result- hardly needs charging now.

bedajim · 07 September 2010, 11:51

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Sorry chap, you pm'd me on this one and I didn't get around to replying.

Prise the case apart with care (it will come apart). Source your NiCd batteries, you can buy connecting tabs on Ebay. Solder the tabs on as neatly as poss, obviously in the correct order.

Replace the batteries in the case and seal with a wipe of sikaflex. Cost-£9, Result- hardly needs charging now.

Does that model of radio have channel 37 ?

Jim

dpround · 07 September 2010, 13:11

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Sorry chap, you pm'd me on this one and I didn't get around to replying.

Prise the case apart with care (it will come apart).

I have attacked mine by attempting to ram a sharp screwdriver down the gap between the main casing and the bottom part with the contacts. So far it is reluctant to come apart. Did you just use screwdrivers and more force, or did you have a more cunning method?

Thanks in advance

David

dpround · 07 September 2010, 13:16

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Originally Posted by bedajim

Does that model of radio have channel 37 ?

Jim

I haven't had much time to play with mine. I bought it off ebay with a duff battery. Flicking up and down the channels there seems to be a large gap in the middle that you can't get to including 37. A different channel set may be available if it is set to a different region. Mine is set to international at the moment as far as I can see. A pdf of the manual is available from Standard Horizon.

David