[Elecraft] Lithium batteries

Mon Dec 22 09:43:01 2003

Going by the weight (0.42 oz) these have 80% of the capacity of an =
Eveready AA Lithium primary cell. At $1.25 they are equivalent to paying =
$1.60 for an AA. I recently paid $3 each for AA locally. I'm still =
playing with the design for a DC-DC converter to allow three AA NiMH =
supply 12 volts internal to the KX1. The converter goes where the second =
set of three cells were. This is the design that (on paper) allows a =
couple of hours of normal operation (full RF output).=20

  Dave=20

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Phil Wheeler
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:16 PM
To: Jack Brindle
Cc: David A. Belsley; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Lithium batteries

Jack Brindle wrote:

>
> On Dec 21, 2003, at 5:30 PM, David A. Belsley wrote:
>
>> Just crossed a web page =20
>> =
<http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/273/sesent/=20
>> 00> peddling lithium batteries at $15 for a box of 12 ($90 for a box  =

>> of 72).  That's $1.25 apiece, which seems pretty good.  I know=20
>> nothing  at all about "Surefire".
>
>
> Oh yes - that is the brand that is SURE to cause a FIRE...=20

Yes a choice name for an electrical device :-)

Phil

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list: [email protected]
You must be subscribed to post to the list.
To subscribe or unsubscribe see: =
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Elecraft Web Page: http://www.elecraft.com
Also see: http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm