Glad to see you finally got it sorted.

Fred, thanks for another great video. And a handy repair lesson. Cheer 73 from Tasmania.

Thank you, Fred!

Fred - Cheers mate

Fred. I'd never miss the opportunity to get directions in case my malachites battery 🔋 will fail in the future. Ty

FRED... Well done on a satisfactory (job satisfaction) repair. Really enjoyed watching this one. Thanks fella..

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Fred. Thank you for this interesting video.

I hope that is an old deactivated card because I did not even need to pause the video to work out that card number!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Its an old card

Fred- well done. Thx

Fred just a point the storage for a single cell lipo is 3.6 vdc. if the cell drops below 3.0 volts the battery will be impared.

Fred, thank you for your videos!!

FRED. Nice One Fred! I watch all your videos all the way through till the end. Appreciate you making these videos. BTW Lipo Batteries usually ship with 3/4 maximum Voltage. Fully charged your battery will be around 4.2v & minimum Voltage would be around 3v, SO the latest battery was in a good 'Transport Voltage.

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

If the battery is protected you can short it no worries. It’ll just shut down. Edit: also at 0v that battery was DOA and may have had an internal drain. 3.3v or so is about empty for a lithium cell, 4.2v is full. Fred.

FRED Cheers fella Thank you very much

Fred, never miss them mate 👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Keep going I enjoy your content

Hi Fred, great video ... Lithium batteries have a nominal voltage 3.7V (Generally the voltage they are happiest at) and the best voltage to be stored and shipped at. Charged voltage should be around 4.2V and fully depleated around 3V - 3.2V. If a bettery isnt going to ve used for a good while, aim for as close to 3.7V as possible. I do this with my EBike battery through the winter Great video Graham

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Graham

"Fred" I'm surprised that you killed the original battery, as when the battery reaches the charging voltage, it won't charge any more. I guess the charging voltage is quit a bit higher than the actual 3.7v cell voltage. Good video and glad you got it fixed!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Hi. Yes normally the charge circuit will restrict the amount of voltage at 4.2v and then shut down when fully charged. For some reason it seemed to have failed.

Fred. You are right, if you let a lithium batt go dead, it's finished...!!! 😊

Fred! Always here until I come to an end 👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Cheers and beers.

Frid in the shed your malachite sdr clone portable receiver is awesome my friend 😅😅😅

"Fred" -- I've been trying to decide whether or not to buy a similar radio and their custom Li-po battery is the #1 negative issue for me because they have a limited lifespan, yet are not designed for the user to easily replace. It is designed obsolescence like cell phones. What I'd like to have is a Malahit (Malachite) radio that uses standard batteries that are easy to replace. My preference would be 18650 Li-ion. But AA NiMH would also be fine. And I agree with you the current models of these SDR radios are way over-priced.

@CB-RADIO-UK

6 ай бұрын

I ve never seen one on standard battery. Best i can think of is to simply connect a 5 volt power pack via the USB C which give a much longer run time.

and i always stay till the end. keep up the good work.

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Cheers :-)

Fred! You can usually recover a drined battery by hooking up a current limited power supply and putting a minimal charge into it. Not worth it this case as it was a new battery and under warranty. Anyways cheers and I do have to pick up one of these radios.

@prerunning6086

10 ай бұрын

Ive recharged the nonrechargable lithium battery in my smoke detector 3x now.

Fred....Well done matey great vid to watch

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy :-)

Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about cbs radios my friend 😅😅😅

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg

FRED - good work!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Fred... very good!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

derF. Nice video mate! Glad you could fix it and even upgraded the battery (y)

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Yeah me too

Well done Fred Nice video. Not heard you on the cb radio lately. (CT3036) but iIm in Hemel Hempstead

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bill. I was off for a while but been back on most days last week about 4.30pm chatting to Dan (hatfield) and Steff (hemel).

Fred , thanks 👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

FRED ..............As always a great video thanks mate.

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

If you get a Li battery that will not charge via its charging cct , check the battery directly. If its reading very low try connecting to a bench PS and give a small charge and if the battery takes a charge try and reconnect the charger CCT it works for a lot of batteries. I now i have redone many batteries that way . The capacity may be down but it might get you a temporary fix for a while. The batteries should be shipped with about 75% charge. Your BMS controller should not allow over charging or discharging and if it is not, i would replace it as it might fry another batteries. Fred..

Fred. Watched till the end , plan to get one of those in the nr future , cheers shane

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Shane. Ive found a cheaper better Malachite version with a bigger battery. Its on test at the moment and a video will follow in a couple of weeks.

@notreallydaedalus

Жыл бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK I've been interested in these for a while now, as well. But now I'm interested in the ATS-120! So many cheap Chinese radios, what's one to do?!

@andreasg7834

2 ай бұрын

@@notreallydaedalus These ATS-Radios don't have the incredible noise-reduction as the malahit-radios

Fred , I have recently bought a President Randy 3 I consider this one of the best current hand held cb I Also recently bought a President Grant2 premium another fantastic radio 👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

The Randy has always had good reviews. Never owned one myself.

Well i think u did well there Fred. Some would have just given up if the new battery didnt work. So well done for sticking with it. Oh and FRED LOL

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary. I still like the radio so did not want to give up. Cheers mate.

Fred great vid

Fred love the content I have a ss6900n now

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

A fine radio. Use mine every week in the shed. Still get good reports.

that was a pain in the butt! nothing worse then getting sent garbage in the mail! glad it turned out good for you!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes it was a pain and i chose a branded battery as well avoiding the cheapos.

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI

Жыл бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK with all thats made anymore is cheepo cause it all comes from china!

@notreallydaedalus

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamDeal-KF0PRI Almost everything comes from China these days... the big difference between good and bad is not where it's made, it's how much time and effort they put into quality control. No one thinks iPhones are cheap crap, and they've been made in China since the beginning. Thanks to the return policies from places like Amazon, I'm usually willing to roll the dice and go for the cheap option, myself. But for those who don't enjoy tinkering, not to mention those who like to support local businesses, I certainly understand those who disagree with me!

THANK YOU

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Des.

Super film serdeczne dzięki ! Taki akumulator można kupić za ok. 10$ 5000mAh Dane: Technologia wykonania: Litowo-polimerowy Wymiary: 55x65x10mm Napięcie naładowania: 4.2V Napięcie znamionowe: 3.7V Pojemność: 5000mAh Prąd ładowania: 0.5C Czas ładowania: 3.0h Maksymalny prąd ładowania/rozładowania: 2500mA Napięcie cut-off: 2.75V Temperatura pracy: 0 do 45°C Temperatura przechowywania: -20 do +60°C Zakończenie: 2 przewody, wtyk JST 1.25mm Waga 1szt: 80g Opis: 955565, 955465. Posiada wbudowany układ zabezpieczający PCM (ochrona przed przeładowaniem, nadmiernym rozładowaniem oraz zwarciem).

Fred, I usually stay till the end.

Fred Richard in Barnsley, i love your videos thanks😅❤

@CB-RADIO-UK

4 ай бұрын

Hello Richard and thanks.

Fred I stayed! What you can do in future is bin the battery and install a 1/8" jack socket, the jack plug soldered to a AAA external battery holder and use 3x rechargable AAAs at 1.2dcv = 3.6v. This is just my thoughts??

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Yes could do. Also can use a USB power pack to extend life.

I like the little IO board yours has for encoders and power switch. I dropped my malachite about 3 feet, in a case, and managed to rip the power switch and a 1/2 inch the trace off the board.. Wasnt too bad to fix but idk about next time, might have to remove the screen to find more trace lol Does yours have encoder skip issues? Im guessing yes but the IO is a bit different. I posted a video showing how to upgrade the clones with the newest patched skip fix firmware. Not sure if youre interested but its on my channel.

@CB-RADIO-UK

10 ай бұрын

Hi. No funny enough this SDR has no skip issues with the encoder. However 2 of my others do just that.

my Malachite HFDY V3 SDR does not turn on, nor when I connect the charger the indicator light (pilot) does not turn on

Fred h good job

Frid in the shed my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb and I have 5 shortwave receivers iam thinking about getting my ham license

Fred! I always do!

Can’t I simply say I watched it to the bitter end ? May have been wiser to test batteries with a bench supply and monitor USB charging current with either an appropriate USB gadget or a clamp meter. Hindsight is great. Jon in the Fens who’s recently started trying unsuccessfully to pick up something on 27.305MHz USB @4pm on a D-808 and stock aerial.

FRED ! 👍👍

Frid in the shed iam going to san Diego CALIFORNIA in October 2023 19-23 for five days with my cousin and his wife we are flying there 😅😅😅

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your trip Greg. Great to fly. If you have a small airband radio you can listen to airport com whilst waiting for you flight.

That narrow little PCB under the Kapton (yellow plastic) tape is a protection circuit. A 0-volt LiPo battery would be VERY bad, but when you measure that cell you have, you're measuring AFTER the protection circuit. It's not (necessarily) a bad thing to see 0VDC out of that. It just means the circuit has tripped. Maybe it was accidentally shorted while being assembled, or it has been in storage long enough for the voltage to drop below the cutoff. Usually you just need to give it a charge to reset the circuit. I personally would give it a manual charge on a bench power supply, and measure a full discharge cycle. If it still holds a charge within spec, I would carry on as normal without concern. One would hope that QC would keep you from seeing those issues, but I tend to go for the cheapest option!

@notreallydaedalus

Жыл бұрын

If you like, you can actually poke the leads of your meter through the tape, onto the pads where the cell itself connects, to measure the cell directly. Then just a little squidge of electrical tap to cover it back up, and it's like it never happened.

@notreallydaedalus

Жыл бұрын

Oh... and FRED!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

LOL thanks :-)

@johnrhodes3350

Жыл бұрын

As in sure you know, if they drop too far bellow the cut off, they won't charge through the regular circuit and need to be 'Jump-Started' by bypassing the protection circuit. Jump start with another battery that's fully charged. Connect like a car battery positive to positive and -ve to -ve for roughly 10 , 20 or 30 seconds. Or as you suggest a bench power supply.

@johnrhodes3350

Жыл бұрын

forgot about Fred 😅

Fred. I am trying to figure out the difference between Malachite and Malachite radios.

@CB-RADIO-UK

4 ай бұрын

Is not Malachite a kinda rock.

Fred 😎👌👌👌👌👍

fred to the end..

Fred 👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

turn the on and off switch and only then press the off button, the SDR will remain off and charge the bat 😁

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for the info. Yes did try all that with the "dot dot dash dash dash" morse etc but the battery still would not charge. I did manage to get some charge in it but it was toast.

Fred 👍 as alway's

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy :-)

Hi fred!

Fred from (portugal)

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy :-)

Fred

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

Fred 😊

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

FRED (from Russia)

Fred !!!

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy :-)

Fred :)

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

You do know what FRED stands for in the Electronics World ? . ;)

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Go on. :-)

fred !

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

fred.

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Hi FRED

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

fred

@CB-RADIO-UK

8 күн бұрын

Hi and thanks.

(turn the on and off switch to off) 🙃

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Tried it always with the old battery including the morse shut down but the battery was cooked.

FRED

Fred 👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Fred👍

@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy :-)

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@CB-RADIO-UK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

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