I'm lucky I have a local batteries plus so no shipping. They have a lot of stores and all of them can build packs
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:21 PM, "J. L. Trantham" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a local shop that builds battery packs that turn out to be cheaper > than Batteries Plus since shipping is not involved. You should check your > local yellow pages to see if you have a 'Battery Warehouse' type store. > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Scott McGrath > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 4:43 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Cc: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Sulzer 5A & 5P PSU/battery question > > Batteries Plus in the US builds nicad packs to order they have built packs > for my 105 and 5065a and 5061a packs with original specification cells > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 1, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Attila Kinali <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:51:21 +0100 >> Magnus Danielson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yesterday I picked up a Sulzer 5A + 5P without batteries. It is supposed >>> to have 21 D-cell NiCd batteries, but today those are not easy to come >>> by, >> >> NiCd Batteries still exist, but have been mostly replaced by LiIon/LiPoly >> packs these days. Though, you should be still able to find NiMH batteries, >> which are in most cases a drop in replacement for NiCd, if you keep >> two things in mind: >> >> 1) The maximum charge current of the battery should never be exceeded. >> NiCd were much more forgiving in that regard. >> >> 2) When charging finished, then the batteries need to be disconnected >> unless you do a trickle charge. At least this was a problem with the >> early NiMH, it might have changed in the past 15 years. Check datasheet. >> >> 3) Charge end detection for fast NiCd chargers (>1C) does not work with >> NiMH as the negative Voltage slope of NiMH is not as pronounced as with >> NiCd. If you have such a charger, you need to replace it with a modern > one. >> >> >> HTH >> >> Attila Kinali >> >> PS: Yes, i cannot count :-) >> -- >> There is no secret ingredient >> -- Po, Kung Fu Panda >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
