Xref: utzoo rec.ham-radio:6160 sci.electronics:3919 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!mailrus!uwmcsd1!uxc!ksuvax1!cseg!hcx!gmg From: gmg@hcx.uucp (Greg M. Garner) Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.electronics Subject: Re: About to buy radio... actually about NiCds Summary: Source for gel cell batteries Keywords: NiCds Message-ID: <762@cseg.uucp> Date: 27 Sep 88 05:12:22 GMT References: <890@noao.UUCP> <26117@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <4111@cadnetix.COM> <122@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> Sender: news@super.ORG Followup-To: rec.ham-radio Lines: 28 In article <122@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>, sjs@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Stephen J. Schallehn F88) writes: [I wrote this part \/] > >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 The source for the batteries that we are using is Active electronics. They can be reached at 1-800-343-0874. The batteries they have range from 1.0 amp hour to 10.0 amp hour (rated for 20 hour discharge). Prices range from 16.19 to 57.99. They have both a 6 volt and 12 volt version. I am not sure if these would fit in a handi-talkie, but they would fit on your belt, as I have seen some hams do. I highly recommend these batteries. If you cannot find the radio-electronics article on the gel-cel charger, send me mail or call, and I will look up the exact date for the project. Good luck! Greg Garner gmg@hcx.uucp 501-442-4847