[Elecraft] KX3 internal battery charger

[Matt Zilmer]

NiMH-only far as I know.  There are safety issues with Li, and NiCd
types aren't often used any more.

If several charger settings are offered, it's a sure bet that some
user will set it wrong for the battery type being charged.  This can
damage batteries and in turn cause them to bulge or leak.  Could
produce disappointing results for the KX3 owner.

I see problems like the above in consumer products all the time.  The
user leaves the charger enabled, then puts non-rechargeable cells in
the device.  And then we get it back for repair....

NiMH offer the best compromise, imho.  And the KXBC3's charge rate is
around C/10 (10 hour charge time, roughly), so the NiMH cells won't
overheat.  Wayne's chosen best for all of us, seems like.

matt W6NIA

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:33:59 -0400, you wrote:

>I know the internal battery charger for the KX3 is still being finalized,
>but my question is: will it be able to charge differnt types of batteries
>like lithium or just nicad?
>K2QY
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