I have lots of discharge tests on these if you want it.. 0.7a, 1.5a, and 2.2a. Titanium powpower cells were significantly better than anything else I found.. -<br>Sanyo and tenergy sucked big time.<br><br><br><span style="font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;"><br><br></span><span id="signature"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999;">-- Sent from my Palm Prē</div><br></span><span style="color:navy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align="left" style="width:75%">On Mar 24, 2010 9:27, Scott Miller <scott@opentrac.org> wrote: <br><br>The sodium acetate ones are heavy, though.
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<br>If I can find board space for the traces, I'm thinking of scattering a
<br>few big flat SMT resistors around the board. The CR123A cells can put
<br>out 1500 mA continuously, so I could easily get a few watts of heat as
<br>needed. I wish metal core PCBs were a little cheaper - that might help
<br>spread the heat around better.
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<br>Scott
<br>N1VG
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<br>Steve Noskowicz wrote:
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<br>> The sealed plastic pouch versions don't use air. It is a reversible exothermic chemical reaction. This is the ones with the metal popple disk.
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<br>> I think they have a super saturated solution of an acetate salt, perhaps sodium acetate. There's several YouTube videos showing the process - ad nausium...
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<br>> at fractions of an inch of mercury the Iron compound versions will die.
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<br>> -- 73, Steve, K9DCI
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<br>> --- On Wed, 3/24/10, Scott Miller <scott@opentrac.org> wrote:
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<br>>> About a dozen people have suggested
<br>>> this, but I'm not convinced the oxygen level is
<br>>> sufficient. I do happen to have a vacuum chamber in
<br>>> the shop, so once I get a functioning payload again I'll
<br>>> have to throw a few of those in there and compare the heat
<br>>> generated to a control at 1 atmosphere.
<br>>>
<br>>> Scott
<br>>> N1VG
<br>>>
<br>>> AD4BL wrote:
<br>>> > An alternative to keeping equipment warm on a balloon
<br>>> flight is to use the hand warmers. They
<br>>> last about
<br>>> > 8 hours and provide enough heat to keep equipment
<br>>> operating in a cold environment.
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