Re: sealed (air tight) rechargable battery technology



On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:21:15 +0000, Ken Smith wrote:

> In article <426e9d1f$0$83051$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Ian Stirling <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [... batteries in nasty environment ...]
>
>>Actually, lithium works quite well for this.
>>The lower the average charge state is, the greater the cells life.
>>As long as you have proper control, and don't overdischarge (under 3V)
>>or overcharge (more than 4.2/43V), and match the cells right, lithium
>>could be a fairly good match.
>>
>>Cost is of course a problem.
>
> The Lithiums I was looking at didn't like the cold and yes were very
> costly.
>
> I could also never get it on paper that they had solved the "exploding in
> flames" problem on the higher power ones. I could for the smaller ones
> though.

Dunno, even cell phone LiIons are having "expoding in flames" problems.

> In the end SLAs just looked like the right one to pick.

I think I agree, but the temperature issue is interesting.

--
Keith
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