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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe the market has confirmed your choice. The
availability of NiCads seems to be shrinking. The latest crop of NiMh (Eneloop,
Sanyo) looks to me like it will have own the entire market place soon. LiPo's
still seem to be the best power/weight ratio for those who need big batteries
but remain less user friendly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW</DIV>
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<DIV>"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing." -- Edmund Burke<BR>...."The problem with socialism is that you
eventually run out of other people's money." <BR> MARGARET
THATCHER <BR><A href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=geobet4@verizon.net href="mailto:geobet4@verizon.net">George
W.Kennie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion]
batteries?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>TOO COTTON-PICKIN' QUIET on here so I thought I'd
stir the waters a little.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>when making the decision to make up a pak due to
their tendency to self-discharge and other erratic anomolies.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>about a week and a half ago and since
September it had finally dropped to 10.5 Volts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>than commercially available stuff I could buy,
but when the impulse strikes, I conveniently go and get 'em. Nice
!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Since a week and a half ago I've only flown about
3 times, but the thing is still reading 11.5 !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>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 face=Arial size=4>I would dare to mention in this
group.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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