[Elecraft] New Sanyo eneloops

[Matt Zilmer]

See www.nicdlady.com.  I believe she's still assembling packs and has
the proper pop-weld equipment.  Located in SoCal.

matt W6NIA

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:24:12 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>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
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>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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