[Elecraft] Silicone batteries

[Mark Goldberg]

Their 100 Ah battery weighs 61 lb. I bet it is still a lead acid battery. A
100 Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate weighs about 31 lb. A Lithium Cobalt may be
half that.
They are dancing around but never say no lead or no acid, only "no acid
mist". Any regular gel cell meets that.

73,

Mark
W7MLG



On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 12:14 PM David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I did look at the link and read both pages for the standard and gel
> batteries.  You should do the same ... there is no way that the gel
> batteries have both silicone and silicate plates, and the text uses both
> interchangeably.
>
> More importantly ... do a Google search like I did for "silicone
> batteries".  You won't find a single other reference to "silicone"
> technology in a battery.   Not a one.  Now do a search for "silicate
> batteries" ... you'll find lots of references to that technology.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> On 9/3/2021 11:53 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> >
> > Guys, look at the darned link - it's not a typo.
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
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> > On 9/3/2021 2:42 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
> >>
> >> It's either a marketing term, or it's a clumsy tech writing mistake.
> >> I vote the latter.
> >>
> >> The description for the regular batteries states that the plates are
> >> a silicate compound, not silicone.
> >>
> >> The description for the gel batteries jumps back and forth between
> >> using silicate and silicone.
> >>
> >> The company name is Silicone Batteries, which makes me think they are
> >> some marketing/selling outlet that is rebranding stuff they buy
> >> elsewhere (probably China) and the company itself may even simply be
> >> a Chinese company attempting to put forth a western storefront and
> >> they messed up the translations.
> >>
> >> I'm not saying that the batteries themselves and the listed specs
> >> aren't legitimate, but it's a clumsy presentation.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/3/2021 8:29 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
> >>> When I saw a reference to silicone batteries in a flying discussion
> >>> forum I first thought it had to be a typo or a joke.  It seems they
> >>> are real - http://www.siliconebatteries.ca/index.html
> >>>
> >>> Anyone here had any experience with them?
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Andy. k3wyc
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