[NTLK] H1000 battery and charger issue

[Forrest]

Frank:

Thanks for the information. I was unaware of the restrictions on the AAA NiMH Batteries in Europe; also that the charging curve was different.

I know that you have mentioned before that shipping said battery packs has been a problem, due to postal restrictions.

Also good to know that the OMP sleds are less expensive than MP2x00s.

These are all good things to file away for future reference.

Mahalo,
Forrest

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> On Aug 19, 2018, at 3:04 PM, B Dudney <kosmicdollop at saber.net> wrote:
> 
> NMH cells were a huge improvement. Prior to them, I gave up on NiCd’s, ordered a very handy, little Velleman kit voltage converter, attached the biggest heat sink the hobby shop had, and hooked it to a sealed Pb-acid battery. Yeah, the rig was kinda heavy and somewhat bulky, but I was able to ignore recharging: rarely ran out of juice even if unplugged all day long. Plus I didn’t get radiated by 60 cycle.
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> B
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> Piotrowski Paweł (Newton) wrote:
>>> On 19 Aug 2018, at 21:56, NewtonTalk <newtontalk at pda-soft.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> For one, you'd need AAA size Nickel-Cadmium cells. These have been banned in Europe for years. In
>>> Germany you simply cannot buy them anymore.
>> 
>> In UK NiCd AAA are available on eBay. If you want I can sand couple for you.
>> 
>>> For an OMP it would make most sense to buy two battery holders and eight
>>> rechargeable AAA size Nickel-Metal-Hydride cells with the highest capacity
>>> you can get. Charging those in a halfway decent external charger would at
>>> least triple the usage time you get out of one pack, compared to a brand-new
>>> original rechargeable pack. Provided you'd manage to get one, which hasn't
>>> been possible for at least two decades.
>> 
>> I think this is the best way to run OMP's and 100’s.
>> 
>> My other idea is to use external LiPol with DC-DC converter and connect it to normal DC input. I must try it.
>> 
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> via cable from low-power MacBook lacking wireless devices,
> hence radiating no deadly EMR connectivity: see RadiateNot.Me;
> plus powered by non-radiating coaxial DC cable from utility shed
> where wall wart* EMR is indetectably far away
>                           *standard Apple shielded power supply = less emissions
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