[Elecraft] OT - Lithium memory batt

[Fred Townsend]

Jim:
There are other batteries but none that will last ten years and give you 3
volts. I understand you not wanting to pay the surcharge UPS wants for a
lithium battery transport but there is a simple solution. Buy the CR2032
battery holder from Digikey and have it shipped first class mail. Then head
into town, Anchorage if you must, and head for a drugstore for the CR2032.
Ten years from now when you replace it again you won't have to even heat up
the soldering iron.
73
Fred, AE6QL

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Wiley
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:03 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] OT - Lithium memory batt

Hoping to take advantage of the knowledge base here.  Does anyone know of a
battery suitable for memory backup (installed life =  5 years or
more) that uses a chemistry other than lithium?  And hopefully comes in the
"coin cell" configuration?  I need to order some CR2032 size, with solder
tabs or PC pins, but the vendors tell me that lithium cells cannot be sent
via the postal service, and I refuse to pay upwards of
$25 shipping via UPS or FedEx for a $2.00 battery.


-Jim, KL7CC


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