Johnny, LIPOs have a tendency to burst into flame if not treated with great care. I always carried my RC lipos in a metal container after having one burst into flame. Scary!
I know some are using Lipos and they are a option, so please do not send me hate mail if you have gone that route. :-)) 73s Jim On Mar 4, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Johnny Siu wrote: > Hello Gentleman, > > The battery technology for Li-Po is very mature. If you wish, please > consider a Li-Po battery pack at 3.3Ahr capacity. Light weight and more > power but of course, you have to select good quality one with protective > circuit PCB. > > > cheers, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > > > 寄件人﹕ JAMES ROGERS <[email protected]> > 收件人﹕ Gary Hvizdak <[email protected]> > 副本(CC) Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > 傳送日期﹕ 2011/3/4 (五) 8:40:57 PM > 主題： Re: [Elecraft] K2-KBT2 battery > > My documentation specifies the following battery: > > http://www.power-sonic.com/images/powersonic/sla_batteries/ps_psg_series/12volt/PS-1229_10_Dec_15.pdf > > which is according to the manufacturer is a 2.9AH SLA (sealed lead acid) > battery. I know my kit was assembled in 2010. Not sure when it was purchased > as I am the second owner. Maybe at some later date Elecraft has switched to a > Gel Cell. > > I replace my battery with an equivalent with slightly less ampere hours > (2.2AH) as it was locally available (Batteries Plus) and the cost was nominal > at $19.26. > > Jim > On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Gary Hvizdak wrote: > > > Jim, > > > > According to Elecraft’s website (see the excerpt below), the KBT2 uses a > > gel-cel battery. > > > > 73, > > Gary KI4GGX > > > > > > With the KBT2 installed, the K2 becomes the ultimate all-band field radio. > > Rated at 2.9 AH, the gel-cel battery is extremely safe, and can be > > recharged inside the K2 continuously from the same DC supply used to power > > the rig at home. Power outage? No problem--you'll never miss a beat! (KBT2 > > not available for K2/100.) > > > > > > JAMES ROGERS > > Thu Mar 3 17:18:02 EST 2011 > > > > If you got six years out of a lead acid battery, you are doing good. > > Batteries Plus has a replacement with slightly less capacity for just over > > $19. It is 2.2AH rather than 2.9AH. > > > > To your question, yes, est kaput! > > > > 73s Jim, W4ATK > > > > > > JIM ROGERS, W4ATK > [email protected] > http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk > K3/100 P3 > K2/10 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > JIM ROGERS, W4ATK [email protected] http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk K3/100 P3 K2/10 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
