07-08-2003, 07:17 PM
[cool]Now that you are a registered member, you can send me Private Messages by first clicking on my name in any post...and then at the bottom of my profile page there is a button for "Send Private Message". I'll send you one, with my Phoenix phone number on it. Give me a call when you hit town and we will chat and/or get together.
First, here's a link to Batteries Plus. [url "http://www.batteriesplus.com/"]http://www.batteriesplus.com/[/url] They have several stores in the Phoenix area and also some in California. If you go to the website, they have a button for locations, by state. There have to be a lot of stores in the "Inland Empire" area that carry the gel cell batteries, with all of the new equipment that uses them.
Most outlets that carry a line of the 12V gel cell batteries have a full range of amp sizes, so you can decide how big you want and how much you want to spend. That battery and charger from Cabelas ain't a bad deal. However, the battery is about half again as heavy as the compact model I am using that I got at a local gold prospecting show.
The Cabelas unit weighs 5.6 pounds. My Panasonic 5 AH model LC-R125P1 weighs out at only 3.5 pounds. I think I got two of them on a show special for $15. That was about two years of heavy use ago. My Eagle Cuda 168 only draws about 1/2 amp, so theoretically I could run it about 10 hours without recharging. Six or seven hours straight is about my limit, so I have never run out of power.
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First, here's a link to Batteries Plus. [url "http://www.batteriesplus.com/"]http://www.batteriesplus.com/[/url] They have several stores in the Phoenix area and also some in California. If you go to the website, they have a button for locations, by state. There have to be a lot of stores in the "Inland Empire" area that carry the gel cell batteries, with all of the new equipment that uses them.
Most outlets that carry a line of the 12V gel cell batteries have a full range of amp sizes, so you can decide how big you want and how much you want to spend. That battery and charger from Cabelas ain't a bad deal. However, the battery is about half again as heavy as the compact model I am using that I got at a local gold prospecting show.
The Cabelas unit weighs 5.6 pounds. My Panasonic 5 AH model LC-R125P1 weighs out at only 3.5 pounds. I think I got two of them on a show special for $15. That was about two years of heavy use ago. My Eagle Cuda 168 only draws about 1/2 amp, so theoretically I could run it about 10 hours without recharging. Six or seven hours straight is about my limit, so I have never run out of power.
Watch for your Private Message.
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