Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-15 Thread Richard Fjeld
Hi Guy, (Interesting, and nice writing, BTW) I share your experience with batteries, only from the Bell side of things. We ran the major switching centers you described. We had individual cells that held 50 gallons of acid in each cell. A graph was kept for each cell. They lasted many years.

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-15 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Hi Wes, et al. I went looking through emails from you to find the reference, because I wanted to read it. I did not locate or recognize the reference in those emails. That aside... For conversation purposes I'll begin this assuming a flooded wet cell battery. That's because I have a pair of T-105

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-12 Thread Clay Autery
Well, please pardon my inquiry. I must have missed your earlier posting of it. Have a nice day. O:-) __ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 On 7/12/2016 11:29 AM, Wes Stewart wrote: > I've given the reference already. > > I'm not saying I necessarily agree w

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-12 Thread Wes Stewart
I've given the reference already. I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it, I'm just the messenger. I suppose that when I posted my first message I should have added, "According to the vendor, you cannot..." On 7/12/2016 6:39 AM, Clay Autery wrote: I'd like to see the reference on that on

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-12 Thread Clay Autery
That seals it... HAM "quiet" charging/operation system is definitely on the list now. I bought the little 2A charger to get me by with my little 12 Ah batt for use with RFI/noise hunting for now. But I'm going to start reading/researching and putting together a requirements list for a "proper"

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-12 Thread Clay Autery
Sounds like an engineering challenge to me... if it hasn't been answered "open source" before I get to that step, one that I might take on... A flexible design that is "quiet" and treat the LiFePO battery(ies) as they "need" for maximal lifespan, and allowing them to be used for operation w/ "flo

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-12 Thread Clay Autery
I'd like to see the reference on that one, too. As I EVENTUALLY will add high Ah batts to run pretty much all my household electronics, et al. Even if this is a true issue, no matter. Will just have to engineer around it 2x batts with power consumption fed "clock" and auto-switching comes to

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Walter Underwood
The KXPA100 is rated to produce 100W at 13.8V or more. I’ve heard reports of lower power at lower voltages. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jul 11, 2016, at 1:49 PM, Marc Veeneman via Elecraft > wrote: > > Actually you can charge and operate

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,7/11/2016 1:49 PM, Marc Veeneman via Elecraft wrote: But beware the charger RFI. The 10 amp chargers from BioennoPower are strong generators and I can't use them in the shack to recharge either the battery in use or any other battery while I'm on 80 meter CW. Thanks for all of your in

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Marc Veeneman via Elecraft
Actually you can charge and operate at the same time. Basic charge voltage is 13.2 and finishing voltage is 14.6 volts. I've never had a problem with any Elecraft (or other) ham gear at either voltage. Float charge would work just fine but I wouldn't make a habit of it. The control modules

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Matt Zilmer
I'd like to know the source of this as well. My shack power is 100W of Siemens PV on the roof, a 10A charge controller diode-ORed with a Samlex 1235 set to 13.62V. The output charges a 75AH Optima battery, which powers the equipment 24/7. I've never had any trouble with it in the four years

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,7/11/2016 12:58 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: Perhaps it would be overkill to consider one of these for my purpose anyway, but based on this thread my interest was piqued about using one of these in the shack to cover short power outages. I've learned that you CANNOT charge and feed a load at

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Wes Stewart
Perhaps it would be overkill to consider one of these for my purpose anyway, but based on this thread my interest was piqued about using one of these in the shack to cover short power outages. I've learned that you CANNOT charge and feed a load at the same time, i.e float charge. On 7/11/2016

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-07-11 Thread Clay Autery
Thanks again, Jim for linking to this vendor. Just ordered the 12 Amp/Hr battery they had on promotion with charger to 1) try them out, and 2) to power the K3s/P3 while RFI, et al hunting with all or most of the shack service shut down. __ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises

[Elecraft] Fwd: Bioenno's July Promotion

2016-06-30 Thread Jim Brown
This sale offers good discounts on some fine backpacking products from a ham-friendly company. 73, Jim K9YC Forwarded Message Subject:Bioenno's July Promotion Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:29:57 + From: Bioenno Power Reply-To: Bioenno Power To: j...@aud