[Elecraft] Elecraft KX3

[James Maynard]

On 2011-05-21 01:52 AM, Jim Balls wrote:
> Don't understand the use of NIMH cells with the current crop of LI-PO cells
> massively out perform in size, weight and capacity.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Maybe safety concerns?
>
> Jim
I favour Lithium Iron Phosphate cells because that chemistry seems to be 
immune to thermal runaway.
(That's what I'm installing in my boat as a propulsion battery bank for 
an electric motor.)
However, charging them properly (maintaining equal voltage in each of 
the cells of the battery bank) is, I think, more of a design hassle for 
a portable rig like the KX3 -- or whether suitably small Lithium Iron 
Phosphate cells are even available.

I expect that the Ele-team has made a good choice given the present 
state of the art.

Jim K7KK