[ARC5] Battery Report

[scottjohnson1]

The 1.5 volt primary cells are lithium-metal cells.  Nominal OCV is 1.8v and under load they are very nearly 1.5 v.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Scott Robinson <spr at earthlink.net> Date: 2/2/20  16:43  (GMT-07:00) To: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>, Phillip Carpenter <carpenterpa at tds.net> Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [ARC5] Battery Report Stating the obvious, just in case...Lithium batteries make about 3.7 volts, not the 1.5Volts that alkaline and zinc-carbon one do. Their higher cost is at least partly offset by this fact.PEace,ScottOn 2/2/20 1:52 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:>     I suspect these are also custom branded Duracell. Duracell does make > a line of lithium cells and batteries. Costco also carries custom > branded lithium batteries, probably also Duracell.> > On 2/2/2020 1:31 PM, Phillip Carpenter wrote:>> I just bought an 18 pack of the Lithium Ion AAs at Sam’s Club for >> $1.22 a piece. I noticed that the Sam’s Club brand AAs (Members Mark) >> are listed with a guaranteed 10 year shelf life.>>>> Phillip WB4PAC>>>> Sent from my iPhone>>>>> On Feb 2, 2020, at 4:27 PM, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> >>> wrote:>>>>>>      I've found plenty of leaking carbon-zinc batteries but I think >>> you may be right that they did not leak as often. The gunk they exude >>> when leaking is different: carbon-zinc is acid while alkaline >>> batteries are, what else, alkaline. All in all I agree that there are >>> no completely leak free dry cells. One just has to keep after them. >>> Even mercury cells leaked, found plenty of old bias cells that had >>> gunked up everything around them, but, they were all very old.>>>>>>> On 2/2/2020 12:38 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:>>>> It seems to me that the old carbon zinc cells (which I believe the >>>> Sunbeam cells from Dollar Tree represent) were less likely to leak >>>> than the modern alkalines.  I think they did less damage, tooi. >>>> Remember when Everyready advertised leak proof cells and that they >>>> would replace the flashlight if required?  I think they stopped that >>>> when the alkalines came out.>>>> As for as rechargable cells, the LI-Ion types seem to be far >>>> superior to nicads and NIMH when it comes to holding a charge.  I do >>>> have a couple of 18657 Li-Ion cells that arrived brand new and dead >>>> with no re-charging and a couple more that died after a short >>>> service life.>>>>>>>> Wayne>>>> WB5WSV>>>>>>>> ______________________________________________________________>>>> ARC5 mailing list>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>>>> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>>>>>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net>>>> Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html>>> -- >>> Richard Knoppow>>> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>>> WB6KBL>>>>>> ______________________________________________________________>>> ARC5 mailing list>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>>> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>>>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net>>> Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html> ______________________________________________________________ARC5 mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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