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[Rambit]

Originally Posted by CUEBALL

we use Lithium or sodium batteries in our radios.... the PRC 77 back in the day used a magnesium battery..... maybe we used something like you did back before I started my service in 1983..

Looks like your on your own~

Jeez, ours were old 25 sets from circa Korea...haha. Maybe they still are???...haha.

Bernie

[Cibalo]

Originally Posted by fadertoo

Doesn't that have to be a sendup? Thirty-two 1.5 volt AAs connected in series would make a 48 volt battery. Not many lantern bulbs would hold up to that! It's a good sendup, though!

You can put the batteries in parallel too. When you do that the voltage stays the same but you increase your amp-hours. It is possible to make the 6V battery this way but I knew the video was bogus when all the batteries just fell out individually instead of in small packs. Now if you could put 4 batteries in series and then 8 of those packs in parallel (4S8P) you'd have a nice 6V battery with 8 times the run time over a single 4-cell AA battery pack.

All the military batteries now are like Cueball said. They are either primary (one time use) lithium batteries or secondary (rechargeable) lithium batteries. The biggest reason is size and weight. The lithium batteries have a higher specific energy (Wh/kg) over other common battery technologies. For the dismounted soldier, the less the batteries weighs the more ammo, food, water they can carry.

[tony324]

nice! thats good to know

[fadertoo]

Originally Posted by Cibalo

You can put the batteries in parallel too.

You don't know how glad I am that I added the "connected in series" phrase before I hit submit. Ha! I just knew someone would know a way to connect them so they only put out 6 volts!

[Cibalo]

Originally Posted by fadertoo

You don't know how glad I am that I added the "connected in series" phrase before I hit submit. Ha! I just knew someone would know a way to connect them so they only put out 6 volts!

No problem. I'm just glad I could use some work knowledge here on the forum.