Re: [Elecraft] Premade tab welded battery packs

2014-07-13 Thread David Christ
Art sees the same thing I do. Take those 10 springs, uncoil them and fasten end to end. That surprisingly long, hight loss length of wire is what all the current has to pass through. Far from ideal for keeping the voltage and efficiency up. I have seen better designs incorporated into

Re: [Elecraft] Premade tab welded battery packs

2014-07-13 Thread Walter Underwood
One of the Elecraft engineers mentioned that they worked hard to find a battery holder with low resistance contacts and conductors for the KX3. wunder K6WRU On Jul 13, 2014, at 5:47 AM, David Christ radio...@mchsi.com wrote: Art sees the same thing I do. Take those 10 springs, uncoil them

[Elecraft] Premade tab welded battery packs

2014-07-12 Thread Acbross via Elecraft
Less loss than spring connected packs. http://www.onlybatterypacks.com/items.asp?db=37 Art - KC7GF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: