[Elecraft] KX3 KXBC3 and NiZN batteries

[Don Wilhelm]

Lance,

The KXBC3 will not charge just any kind of battery - it must be of the 
NiMH chemistry if you are to be successful.
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There are many battery chemistry types out there - in the AA size, the 
most common rechargable is the NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) is one of the 
more common, and that is the type that the KXBC3 was designed to charge.

Yes, there are more exotic batteries, but the one advantage of NiMH that 
does not exist with many of the others is that should the rechargeables 
be depleted and you need to operate, go to the nearest drug, grocery, 
office supply, Walmart, K-Mart, etc and you can buy alkaline AA 
batteries that will keep you going - other specialized battery types may 
last longer or give higher voltages, but when they are depleted, you 
cannot substitute commonly available AA batteries.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/16/2012 6:47 PM, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:
> I have ordered the KXBC3 for my KX3 and hope to install it soon.  I know nothing
> about rechargeable batteries, and would like some guidance.  Will the KXBC3 handle

> automatic charging of any batteries I put into the battery pack? Do I just run up to
> 15 VDC into the KX3 power jack and it automatically charges up whatever is