I, too, use Bioenno batteries. They work well, and I have tested the ones I own under load, and the advertised capacity ratings are pretty accurate. My one gripe is that the balancing circuitry is built into the pack. This causes them to slowly self-discharge. The original A123 batteries use a balancing system built into their specialized chargers, and they hold their charge much longer. However, A123 filed Ch11, and they are now back in production by a new owner. I don't know how good the new ones are, but they are available once again through Buddipole. My now very old original A123 packs still test out at 85% of their original capacity. They were expensive, but they were a good investment. I've had them, I think, about 10 years--I used to use the S4P1 to power my beloved KX1, which at 14.2V put out bookoo power!
73 Eric WD6DBM On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 5:41 AM Tommy <[email protected]> wrote: > I use a Bioenno 9ah battery with mine, works great. > > Tom - KB2SMS > > > On 6/1/20 7:39 AM, Doug Daniels wrote: > > I'm hoping to get my KX2 for Field Day, and am looking to get an external > > battery to use for FD as well as SOTA. I'm looking at the Talentcell and > > Bienno 12v 12Ah ones. Anything specific to the KX2 I need to know about > > external batteries? I know the internal one is more or less proprietary. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
