I Just bought a 3600 MhA Ni-MH Recheargable Battery Pack for the XBOX 3601. Is it safe to use it even if it's not an Original Microsoft Product ?2. Can I Play in the same time that the battery is Charging ?
What is the brand? 1) Any product that is not a first party product (i.e. made by Microsoft) will have an inherent risk factor. However, in terms of a rechargeable battery pack, the only thing you will really have to worry about is the battery melting or exploding from overheating. Explosion is highly unlikely, but battery corrosion and melting can possibly occur. This can happen to ANY battery pack, not just third party ones. So in short, the risk is very low. 2) No, you cannot. The Battery Pack for an XBox 360 controller must be fully inserted into the controller itself. Most if not all rechargeable battery packs have to charge on a base unit that CANNOT be plugged into the controller at the same time. Keep in mind: Rechargeable battery packs degrade with use. You will have a great charge time to start, but as you continue to use your rechargeable battery packs, the amount of play time you will get out of them will diminish. As a personal example, I have the Microsoft brand rechargeable pack, and I now only get about 2.5 hours of play time out of them from about 6 hours when I originally bought them. This is why I have 2 packsI swap them out as I go so I never have to waste batteries! Hope this helps.
