I have a TK-280 and when i put it on the charger the red charging light comes on the starts flashing red after about a min. I am on the fire dept. where i live and kinda need it charged up. I wanted to make sure this was supposed to happen because it has never happened before.

Mine does the same thing after I reprogrammed it. The battery pack is good. I am using a KSC-35s charger. Put the radio in the charger, red light comes on and starts blinking in a few seconds, remove radio and put it right back in the charger, red light comes on and may or may not start blinking. Repeat until the red light does not blink and it will charge like normal. Beats me as to what is going on but it is a pain.

• Couple things this could be.

1. First thing is to make sure the radio is seated properly in the charger and that all the contacts are making contact and not dirty.
2. The other thing this could be is that the battery is bad. Or in the least the capacity for the battery is extremely bad and not reliable.
3. If the contacts look good and it's sitting on the charger proper than you will need to get another battery pack. Sorry.

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