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hello all i just bought a new JR 6102 i plugged it into the charger according to the manufactures specs and let it charge 24 hours when i removed it from the charger and turned it on. it came on then started beeping then i got a low battery warning then it shut itself off do i have a bad battery or is the charger bad also the charger was very hot but according to the directions it say that the charger will get hot
thank you in advance for you help
Rich

i should also add that the light on the front of the charger was on the whole time saying it was charging

Its hard to say for certain... sounds like a bad battery though. The chargers tend to last forever.

the best way to find out for sure... have the local hobby dealer put the suspect battery on a cycler (or a local club member... someone who is nice and helpful...) The cycler will test and determine if the battery is any good at all.

The charger will get hot if it has an internal short... or if the battery is bad. (either can make you woorry about the charger case melting) The internal short would have to be in a bad spot to have the LED light up still... and if it is shorted n that manner... the LED would be lit even if the TX were not pluggedin for charging.

Be VERY careful with plugging and unplugging the battery from that radio. Note where the red wire is and mark it. some people have been destroying thier TX's by plugging JR batteries in backwards.