Quote: (Originally Posted by
RonMicjan)
5-AA battery packs or 2-C 3.6v lithiums are the recommended battery packs for the Meg Apecs system. They give 3-6 month, or 6-12 month service, are easy to make, easy to order (from ISC) and the prudent diver will have extras on hand, aleviating the need for temporary fixes.
There is necessity. ISC is a little more than a pissing distance away (something like 21,000 km, across the Pacific ocean, and a gauntlet of postal delivery, and customs agents. Ok Cyprus is closer, maybe only 15,000 km
Welding of batteries, especially Lithium ones, is hazardous in itself. They have a much lower temperature tolerance and should only be welded with a specialized tak welder. Proper Lithium C's need to get imported from Singapore, another gauntlet of post and customs. A real pain when you fry a cells trying to get a proper weld on it with a soldering iron. Normal AA cells have a somewhat higher tolerance, but I have had the rig re-set itself, all because of a bad weld.
Aknowledged however, is one should use the best cells available.