Ann: Have you tried Richard Oehm? His e-mail is oehmelec@xxxxxxx and he has an electrical company in California. If your optacon is fixable and he can get the parts, he'll fix it. He replaces batteries in the R1D models for $95 and he can give them a good checkup too. So he could find out if the charger needs fixing or the optacon does. If it's the charger, he might even have a replacement for it. Gail To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.