[RE-wrenches] Lithium batteries.....

[Darryl Thayer]

Here is a far out idea.  Why not try to work with Li-ion from a battery tool.  Such as a Ryobi LI-Ion battery, 18 volts, I would guess from performance they start new at 5 AH and 18 volts. The step down can come from AM or Solar Converters or one of the other step down converter people.  

Darryl

--- On Sun, 8/24/08, John Veix <john at gosolar.co.nz> wrote:

> From: John Veix <john at gosolar.co.nz>
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Lithium batteries.....
> To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 3:45 PM
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a customer with a hot air balloon doesn't want
> to use F.L.A. deep cycle battery due to weight factors, but
> wants to use Li instead - and also wants to use  PV to
> charge it.
> 
> I have never looked into this, but he seems to think the Li
> battery charges at 16.8v.  The battery will be small,
> probably about 10 a/h and will be used for a transponder.
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me about the feasibility of this
> application.
> 
>                                                            
>         cheers,            John Veix,
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