What kind of Lithium Batteries? I have come to the conclusion that 4 LiFePO4 cells in series work well, as they stay between 14 and 12 Volts for most of their useful discharge, which allows full power on the KX3. They should be charged on a balancing charger at least some of the time to keep all of them at the same voltage. I did not have good luck with paralleling them, so I gave up on AAs as they have relatively low capacity and use bigger external 2.3 AH packs with 4 A123 batteries and a balance connector. and a Thunder AC680 Charger. It connects via USB to your computer and you can track the charge and the health of each cell. There are lots of good chargers and some not so good ones. This one can charge almost any kind of battery from either 12V or AC power. Note that there are lots of counterfeit batteries out there. I had to make up my own adapter cables as they don't all come with the same connectors.
Spend some time researching these. I have had good and back luck with different suppliers so I can't wholeheartedly recommend anyone. Mark On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Paul Enz <halera...@gmail.com> wrote: > I naively purchased AA lithium batteries for my KX3 and thought it would > charge them only to find out it won't. > Anybody have a suggestion or experience with a AA lithium charger they > would recommend? > > Paul > KA5SUN > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
