[Elecraft] New Sanyo eneloops

[WILLIS COOKE]

Are these batteries available with solder tabs?  Who are some good 
distributors?  I find that assembling packs by soldering wires is difficult and 
makes for bulky packs.  A source for packs that are preassembled by spot welding 
into 4 or 6 cell packs would be nice, but I have not seen a source except for 
the complete packs which tend to be expensive with the case already assembled.  
Cost effective for newer equipment, but hardly a way to salvage a 20 year old 
HT.
 Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart 




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From: Matt Zilmer <mzilmer at verizon.net>
To: AB8XA <ab8xa at arrl.net>
Cc: Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, June 10, 2011 10:10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New Sanyo eneloops

Eneloops hold a charge quite well.  I'm using them for various
wireless peripherals around the shack.

The Tenergy NiMH AA cells are also quite good and have a slightly
higher rated capacity.    I plan on using two sets of these for the
KX3.

NiMH in general is very cost effective compared to the higher price of
Lithium-based energy storage.

73,
matt W6NIA


On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:26:42 -0400, you wrote:

>I know many have moved on to other technologies, but some still use Sanyo's 
>eneloop NiMH batteries for their price and ability to hold a charge for a long 
>time (I'm thinking KX3). 
>
>
>I see this morning they have a couple of new models (and a wireless charging 
>case), one with 25% greater capacity:
>
>http://panasonic.net/sanyo/news/2011/06/09-1.html
>
>73
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