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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!acorn!cwatters
- From: cwatters@acorn.co.uk (Colin Watters)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: The end is Ni (Lithium)
- Message-ID: <17069@acorn.co.uk>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 13:26:37 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.143435.21127@gdunix.gd.chalmers.se>
- Sender: cwatters@acorn.co.uk
- Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England
- Lines: 12
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- In article <1992Jul21.143435.21127@gdunix.gd.chalmers.se> co@bildsun1.mednet.gu.se (Christer Olsson) writes:
-
- >I've seen some adverts about russian rechargable lithium-cells with very high
- >capacity compared with both Ni-Hy or Ni-Cd cells. It seems a lithium cell of
- >same voltage and weight has 10 Ah compared with 1.5-2A for Ni-Cd and maybe
- >3Ah for Ni-Hy.
-
- I heard lithium is even more dangerous than Cadmium. So dangerous that a whole
- new kind of lithium battery was being developed in order to make mild overcharging
- safe.
-
- Perhaps this is why they are only available in Russia?
-