[Elecraft] 12V gel cell

2005-12-17 Thread Fred Jensen
Thanks to all for both the posted and direct responses. I have the open circuit terminal voltage up to 12.8V right now, and it drops to 12.1 when I power the K2 with it. It is a PowerSonic 12Ah battery, but I will have to do some checking to see if its capacity is still up there. FWIW: I

[Elecraft] 12V Gel Cell

2005-12-16 Thread Fred Jensen
A little off topic but this is the battery I power my K2 and KX1 from so... Without intending to, I allowed the 12V sealed gel cell 12 Ah battery to dischage to about 6.2V when I finally discovered it after coming home from a trip. It was slowly being discharged, not open circuited. I