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I'd appreciate the opportunity of having such a plug when you're done.

Thank you,
Courtney


On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 17:09, Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi Peter:
>
> Modern battery chemistries, like Lithium Sulfur Dioxide and others have
> a 100% capacity shelf life which is stated to be at least 10 years and
> has yet to be really figured out.  I have some of these batteries that
> test at 100% after 13 years.  The common "123" photo battery is in this
> very long shelf life category.  Of course you would need a GPS receiver
> that used a battery of this type, like the military PLGR (AN/PSN-11) or
> use and adapter.  One of the products I'm currently desigining is a plug
> to fit the very common BA-5590/U LiSO2 battery for just such applications.
>
> But your point is well taken.  Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) results in
> all kinds of benefits.
>
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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> . . . .
> >>... for $1K I could buy four high-quality GPS receivers and a whole lot of
> >>batteries.
> >
> >
> > As an engineer you might like to calculate the quantity, weight, cost, and
> > keeping quality issues of amassing enough batteries to power handheld GPS
> > receivers over the period needed for an extended passage, along with the
> > difficulties involved in replacing them regularly along the way, in what are
> > the charmingly undeveloped places we sail so far to find. It doesn't stack
> > up.

   

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