I'm guilty of not paying much attention to reflector
chatter concerning batteries, as I didn't expect to
need any. (:-)
Now I have a new KX3 (S/N 4437) and find I need
a set to keep the clock running when it's off 12V.
Who's a good source?
73!
Ken - K0PP
kengk...@gmail.com
Sanyo, Tenergy, Powerex, Imedion, Panasonic, etc.
matt W6NIA
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:51:22 +, you wrote:
I'm guilty of not paying much attention to reflector
chatter concerning batteries, as I didn't expect to
need any. (:-)
Now I have a new KX3 (S/N 4437) and find I need
a set to keep the
Hi Ken,
While higher capacity may seem better, it is sort of a false promise. The
highest capacity cells tend to have high self-discharge, which causes them
to deplete just sitting on the shelf quickly.
Look for low self-discharge batteries. Sanyo's Enerloop (~2000mah) or
Sanyo's XX (~2500mah)
The Sanyo's are also known as Eneloops. Be sure to get 2000mah or higher
capacity cells.
Mark
KE6BB
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On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Matt Zilmer mzil...@verizon.net wrote:
Sanyo, Tenergy, Powerex, Imedion, Panasonic, etc.
matt W6NIA
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:51:22
Just to be clear, there are Sanyo's Eneloops out there at retail, but
also a line of Sanyo commercial cells generally sold only as OEM
product. I had a 14.8V pack built from the latter: 39 WH - so good
for several days of KX3 CW ops.
73,
matt W6NIA
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:43:07 -0700, you wrote:
Ken, if you only want batteries to keep the clock running and you otherwise
run off of an external power supply, why not a set of simple alkaline cells?
One set should last years, if not longer!
73 Ron AC7AC
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:51:22 +, you wrote:
I'm
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Source of NiMH cells?
Just to be clear, there are Sanyo's Eneloops out there at retail, but
also a line of Sanyo commercial cells generally sold only as OEM
product. I had a 14.8V pack built from the latter: 39 WH - so good
for several days of KX3 CW ops.
73,
matt W6NIA
@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Source of NiMH cells?
Just to be clear, there are Sanyo's Eneloops out there at retail, but
also a line of Sanyo commercial cells generally sold only as OEM
product. I had a 14.8V pack built from the latter: 39 WH - so
Ken,
If you primarily want to keep the clock alive, I think the 2000 mAH
Sanyo Eneloop are hard to beat, based on cost, availability, and self
discharge rate. I'd avoid Alkaline cells for long term use because of
the potential damage from leaking.
73,
Rich AC7MA
On 06/27/2013 11:58 AM,
...@verizon.net
To: Mark Petiford rv6am...@yahoo.com
Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Source of NiMH cells?
Hi Mark,
You caught me in the middle a battery research project (day job) and I
found some dirt on Rayovac -literally
).
From: Matt Zilmer mzil...@verizon.net
To: Mark Petiford rv6am...@yahoo.com
Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Source of NiMH cells?
Hi Mark,
You caught me in the middle a battery research project (day job) and I
found
I think early this year, we were seeing a lot of out of the box infant
mortality with the Rayovac rechargeable NiMH cells.? Not sure if that is
still a problem.
FTR, I bought two 4-packs of the Rayovac Platinum (2Ah, slow discharge, like
Eneloop) in May and all eight were fine, with equal
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