<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">The NiMH technology seems to be improving, both my TX batteries and the flight pack in my Temptation had a significant charge left after sitting unused since the fall. The older NiMH cells would self discharge rather quickly.<br><div> </div>Bob Kane<br>getterflash@yahoo.com<div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> George W.Kennie <geobet4@verizon.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:12:26
PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion] batteries?<br></font><br>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">TOO COTTON-PICKIN' QUIET on here so I thought I'd
stir the waters a little.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">I remember, several times hearing on this forum
that Nickel Metal Hydride batteries were not all that desirable of a
choice</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">when making the decision to make up a pak due to
their tendency to self-discharge and other erratic anomolies.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">I feel compelled to relate my experience. I put a
set of 2500 ma cells in my Txmitter a little over a year ago. </font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">When I take this unit off of charge, many times it
has indicated a voltage of 12 Volts (usually 11.9). My previous
charge</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">was done last September and even though we are
located in the N.E. where we sometimes fly in temps ranging into </font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">the low 20's, we do get out quite a few
weekends throughout the winter. Despite the fact that I never take my
Txmitter</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">out of the car all winter long and it's subjected
to 5 degree nites, which I'm told is not good for batteries, I charged it
</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">about a week and a half ago and since
September it had finally dropped to 10.5 Volts.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">Special Paks?, you ask? I go to Best Buy and
pick 'em up and solder up my own. They're not significantly cheaper</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">than commercially available stuff I could buy, but
when the impulse strikes, I conveniently go and get 'em. Nice !</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">Since a week and a half ago I've only flown about 3
times, but the thing is still reading 11.5 !</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">Now I do have to admit that they like a slow charge
better than fast, but I never slow charge the flight paks I wire up</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">for my planes and I don't own any planes with
commercial flight paks and some of them have more years on them
than</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Arial">I would dare to mention in this group.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Arial">Soooo, If you've been considering a NMH pak and you
have doubts or concerns, take my experience for what it's worth !?!</font></div>
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