John,
My experience with Sealed Lead Acid batteries has been quite good. My
K2 has had the internal battery installed for about 6 years now with no
problems noticed, nor have I had leakage problems with any of the SLA
batteries that I have had over the years.
The discussion started out based on a K1 question, and the battery
holder for the K1 is for AA cells. I have had leakage problems with
some of the AA cells in the past, usually the Alkaline type have more of
a chance for leakage than others, but I have had NiCads leak too - but
not very often.
73,
Don W3FPR
John Huggins wrote:
Hello all,
As I creep towards my K2 definition...
- Low wattage is fine
- SSB option (yeah I know I probably want 100 watts with this, but I
still want it)
- DSP Board maybe
...and since one person spoke about the coolness of taking one and only
one box to the picnic table along with a simple wire...
- Internal antenna tuner
- Internal battery option
...are must have options.
However, reading today's threads about leaking batteries renews my
concerns about batteries in general.
So is there a consensus that internal batteries, while functionally
terrific, are just trouble waiting to happen?
Thanks, as usual, for your inputs.
John
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