It looks like these refillable "cores" hold the equivalent of 33 watt-hours of power. That's maybe 40% more power than the internal AA battery pack holds. The internal battery pack weighs ~240 grams, about the same as the "reactor" and a single core. So it seems like a fair trade in terms of energy/mass.
A 5 watt solar panel weighs 170 grams, and during an average day will produce 20-40 watt hours of power. I might be more tempted to carry one of those around for "limitless" power as it costs much less and is less complicated. But the technology is interesting, and in its infancy, so it will be interesting to see where it winds up a decade from now. 73, Bob, WB4SON On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Doug Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > Being new to this group I don't know if this has been posted before. Have > a > look at the Brunton Hydrogen Reactor at: > > > > http://www.ohgizmo.com/2013/10/23/brunton-hydrogen-reactor-can-keep-you-off- > the-grid-for-months/ > > The Brunton web page at http://www.brunton.com/products/hydrogen-reactor > shows it but there isn't as much info as above. > Two of these in series will keep a KX3 going for quite a while. A little > rework and the possibilities are endless. > > Doug Hudson > K7CUU > Bremerton, WA > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
