Recently I got a set of four 1/3 AA 350 mah NiMHs with tabs from Batteries America. I didn't check them with a voltmeter beforehand, I'm sorry to say. I presumed they would be good. I soldered up a 4-cell pack, but it only put out 3.6 volts and one cell was dead when I checked it. When I phoned, the guy at Batteries America said I must have touched the soldering iron to the cell itself. "Look for a spot where the plastic cover has a small hole in it where you would have touched it accidentally," he said. I did and he was right. So I bought a new one from them, which arrived shortly, and you can guess that I was more careful this time. Now I have a 4.8+ volt pack.
No doubt you checked the cell before soldering it, Ed, but others might make the same mistake I did unless they are more careful than I was. Al In a message dated 5/22/2005 4:10:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Ed writes: I now buy from Cheap Battery Packs (had a bad cell after a couple of flights and he replaced it). Used Batteries America before- no problems Bought from SR Batteries before and was sent a dead cell and he would not replace it. I personally would NEVER anything buy from him again. No matter what his reputation is supposed to be. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
