Hello Sharron, One of the services my company provides is Optacon repair services. The battery packs for the Optacon 2 are no longer made and not available from any source. These battery packs were manufactured in Japan by Cannon and to my knowledge no other source ever offered a replacement for these battery packs. This is unlike the earlier versions of the Optacon where the replacement for the units Nicad battery packs are still manufactured and sold by quite a few vendors. Even though the battery packs for the Optacon 2 are no longer available it is possible to very carefully open these battery packs and replace the internal nicad cells which are available from a wide variety of sources. My company Oehm Electronics rebuilds these Optacon 2 battery packs for $135.00 each. This is very delicate labor intensive work. The $135.00 charge does not include shipping or sales tax if applicable. For this reason, be sure to save all of your old Optacon 2 battery packs don't throw them away. I hope this information is helpfull to you. The contact information for Oehm Electronics follows: Oehm Electronics 2194C Galveston Avenue San Jose, California 95122-3617 telephone: (408) 971-6250 fax: (408) 271-9188 E-Mail: oehmelec@xxxxxxx Take care. Richard Oehm Richard Oehm E-mail: oehmelec@xxxxxxx 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.