I have a gmr885 walkie talkie set...we used them last weekend as we moved from ct to maine..they were charged well before we left ct and when we got to maine put them in the charger, no lights showed lite on the charger and the walkie talkies did not charge...we went to radio shack and purchased a new adapter for the base, but they still do not charge...any suggestions on how to get these to recharge would be a big help. Thank you

check the batteries. When left on, the batteries will continue to dis- charge (and what kid turns things off?) and eventually ruin the battery.

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need get battery our and spry CRC Cleaner to Battery contact cause they are rusted

You will age your batteries some, by them being left on the charge. However, for a weekend or 3 days on occasion, you will cause no serious damage. However, if you were to leave them on an extended time, say 10-30 days, you could conceivably "cook" the battery and cause it to fail.

Many modern chargers have a safety feature where they will go to trickle charge after a battery is full.

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Probably time to trash and purchase new.
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What you have been using are consumer grade walkie talkies. The rechargeable battery packs in them should last a full business day, unless you are in a high use area. This being said, it is also possible you might need to replace the rechargeable battery pack as they usually have just a one year life expectancy. As they start to fail they will go less and less time in a day.

To answer your question about a radio which will go a full business day, any of the business division Motorola handheld radios would work. Radios such as the CP110, BPR40, CP185, and CP200 are all make to go a full day and sometimes more. Their battery packs depending on chemistry would also need to be replaced every 18-24 months.

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The Batteries that Motorola uses will die after a while mainly because people leave them on the charger all of the time. But there is a way to refresh them. You let the battery die completely, then you charge it up for about 12 hours. Then you let the battery die completely. Do this a couple of times and the batteries will last long.
Also, Motorola use to make a battery refresher (or did when I worked there.) It will charge and drain the battery automatically. It will even give you a fault if the battery is completely dead. For the HT1000 (for example) it would be the WPPN4065BR.
For future reference, don't constantly charge a battery. Only have it on the charger when the battery is actually dead or very low. This will increase battery life.

Replace the battery with the same type that is in the radio. It will last for another year.

Hello Bo Duke,

If one radio won't walk to the other my guess if that you have the Privacy Code function set up incorrectly.

The privacy code function mutes the radio unless it receives a signal from another radio transmitting the same privacy code. If Privacy Codes are turned on for Radio A but not turned on for Radio B then you will be able to transmit from Radio A to Radio B but not from Radio B to Radio A. If Privacy Codes are turned on for both radios but each unit is set to a different code then neither radio will be able to talk to the other.

Make sure that the radios are both set to the same privacy code or that the privacy code function is turned off on both radios. You can find more information on how this function is set in the radio's Owner's Manual.

Hope this helps!
Ken
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