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<DIV><SPAN class=545445314-16012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Keith,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=545445314-16012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
was the part number on that DeWalt pack?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=545445314-16012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Did
you buy it at a retail outlet?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=545445314-16012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
guys at Home Depot looked at me funny when I asked if they were going to stock
extra battery packs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=545445314-16012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=545445314-16012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Keith
Hoard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] A123
batteries<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I bought a DeWalt 10-cell pack and have made two 3S and one 4S pack
for my Mini-Inspire. They are definately heavier than Lipo per cell, and
larger (about the size of a C-cell). If guys are barely making weight
with LiPo's, then they won't make it with these cells since you need to use
two 10S packs, their capacity is 2400Mah. Each cell is about 70 grams.
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<DIV>However. . . . I like that the A123's are much more robust than
LiPo's. You can store them at full charge, discharge them to 5%, draw
mega amps, charge at mega amps, and not worry about them quitting at 20 cycles
because you didn't know of some stupid limitation. Oh yeah, the whole
"don't vent with flames" thing attracted me too!! <BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/15/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Kelly
Regan</B> <<A
href="mailto:kelly.regan2@verizon.net">kelly.regan2@verizon.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Have
you guys seen this?<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.a123systems.com/html/home.html">http://www.a123systems.com/html/home.html
</A><BR><BR>--<BR>______________________________________________<BR><BR>Kelly
Regan<BR><BR>Home Page: <A
href="http://www.reganspace.com">www.reganspace.com</A><BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion
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clear=all><BR>-- <BR><BR>Keith Hoard<BR>Collierville, TN<BR><A
href="mailto:khoard@gmail.com">khoard@gmail.com</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>