[Elecraft] KX3 Grounding & NiMH Batteries

[Tim Henrion]

There are two types of NiMH batteries, ‘regular’ and Low Self Discharge (LSD). LSD NiMH batteries have 10-20% less capacity that the highest capacity standard NiMH cells but lose much less of their charge over time. I use LSD NiMH’s because the charger in the KX3 has to be enabled manually and doesn’t continually top up the batteries. For scenarios where I’d really care about the extra capacity, I use an external lithium iron battery pack anyway

The generally recognized ‘best’ LSD NiMH batteries are the Sanyo Eneloop XX batteries (the black ones, not the standard white Eneloops which have less capacity). They do come at a significant cost premium, however, for the 10-15% extra capacity they have over less expensive NiMH LSD cells.

Tim Henrion
KC1EOQ

> On Mar 20, 2016, at 10:59 AM, TFJM via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Looking for suggestions on some type of quick connect/disconnect for a ground
> to the chassis of the KX3 instead of having to loosen a thumbscrew each
> time.
> 
> Also, is there one type of NiMH batteries to consider that might be
> considered the best? Just rec'd my KX3 and haven't bought batteries. I have
> been using the Pro Audio Engineering power supply.
> 
> Thank you-
> 
> 
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