Going Lithium for the Tube
It's time to replace my tube battery. I also want some new RC airplane batteries so I'm going to go back to some previous experiments using Lithium-Ion Polymer batteries for my float tube.
My average tube trip consumes 20mAh of battery capacity. So to achieve that and a little extra, I'll be carrying 6 of these:
http://www.valuehobby.com/...-5000mah-3s-trx.html
3S lithium Ion batteries have very similar voltage ranges as a 12V Lead Acid battery (12.6V fully charged, 9V dead).
They don't have "memory", are suitable to full discharge but are vulnerable to damage if over-discharged.
A big advantage is the weight of the 30Ahr Lithium battery will be about 5lbs.
Handling any current lithium ion technology requires proper safety measures (so do Lead Acids). Samsung demonstrated this in spectacular fashion. I will post pictures of my set up and safety measures I use.
Give a man a fish and he's fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll spend his life squinting at invisible thread.
My average tube trip consumes 20mAh of battery capacity. So to achieve that and a little extra, I'll be carrying 6 of these:
http://www.valuehobby.com/...-5000mah-3s-trx.html
3S lithium Ion batteries have very similar voltage ranges as a 12V Lead Acid battery (12.6V fully charged, 9V dead).
They don't have "memory", are suitable to full discharge but are vulnerable to damage if over-discharged.
A big advantage is the weight of the 30Ahr Lithium battery will be about 5lbs.
Handling any current lithium ion technology requires proper safety measures (so do Lead Acids). Samsung demonstrated this in spectacular fashion. I will post pictures of my set up and safety measures I use.
Give a man a fish and he's fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll spend his life squinting at invisible thread.