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Bill Noble wrote:


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On 06/14/2010 12:40 PM, tom koehler wrote:
hokey smokes! These batteries just run a blower fer pete's sake! Make
up your
own battery pack, for sure! I'd do it in a heartbeat! It is likely
the case
that you have some kind of charger associated with this outfit, that
is made
for charging this pre-connected pack. Well, it is a simple matter to
get a
ni-cd charger that accepts single cells. connecting the cells
together for
your respirator should be a straightforward task. uffda. tom koehler


Yeah - it's a smart charger too. Hope it's compatible with NIMH. Think
I'll see if I can't replace the nicads with those...

...Kevin
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no, don't do that - look up the charging profiles for the two types of
cells - bad idea, actually dangerous


Ah - thanks for the heads up. OK, nicad it is still...


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