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From: sjs@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Stephen J. Schallehn F88)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: About to buy radio... actually about NiCds
Summary: Gell cells in HT's
Keywords: NiCds
Message-ID: <122@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>
Date: 26 Sep 88 06:32:08 GMT
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Reply-To: sjs@phobos.UUCP (Stephen J. Schallehn F88)
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>I don't know if this is possible, but I am involved in the electronic
>scale business, and we were having battery problems, so we just pitched
>the factory batteries and started using gel cel batteries!  These 
>lasted about 10 times as long as the original batteries ( I don't know
>if the originals were nicads or not), and they never stopped working.

  Is it possible to use such gel cell batteries in a small package as a Handi-
Talkie?  Could you also give a source for such batteries? Thanks.

                                              - Steve Schallehn