Ah yes..of course....
I had my mind focused on charging and not actually using..
Thanks,
bill
On Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003, at 12:14 America/Los_Angeles, miracleantenna wrote:
Hi Bill...
Most nicad packs have both a fuse and a thermal regulator that'll cut
off the power if things get out of hand. The battery holder for the
817 doesn't...
When you put alkalines in, their nature is to limit the current to
some reasonable value due to their internal resistance. The internal
resistance of nicads is much lower, therefore they can supply much
higher peak currents and perhaps get you into trouble either charging
or operating.
Bottom line - if nicads (or NiMH) short out, you can get a fire and
even possible explosion of the batteries - alkalines will just get
warm for a while, then die.
Robert VA2ERY
--- In FT817@..., Bill Mahaffey <w6eet@c...> wrote:
The manual states that the FBA-28 battery holder was designed solely
for alkaline batteries and that Ni-CD or other rechargeable cells
must not be used due to the lack of protection circuitry.
Forgive my lack of knowledge but what "protection circuitry"
is missing that it needs? Is the use of nicads really "dangerous?"
Thanks
Bill
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