Here's a question, John. What is the potential for lithium ion technology
for power packs and such down the road? Is it theoretically viable, is the
only stumbling block getting these units in shapes and sizes which would
accommodate various electronic devices?
Tris
And the unfortunate side of NiMH batteries is that they still don't make a
1/3A that would be needed to make up clusters for the nicad pack.
> I shouldn't take sides and won't. But to be fair, let me quickly relate
> another side of John and how he operates his business.
>
> The long and short of it is I had him overhaul a power pack for one of my
> motor drives, and while he had it I asked if he'd put NiMH batteries in
> there instead of NiCd's. He was reluctant to do so (in fact he used to run
> a short article on this issue on his site, and it's probably still there)
> but finally relented (I wanted to use this as a test--I've three other
> power packs with NiCd's in them) and sent me the reworked unit. All was
> well this summer in Spain for a coupe of shoots, but when I went to
> recharge this pack it wouldn't work. When I returned from vacation I sent
> it back to John and asked him to see what was wrong with it. He responded
> that one of the NiMH cells were bad.
>
> Bottom line is that he ate the cost of his mistake (to let me talk him
into
> using NiMH's instead of NiCd's) even though he could have easily charged
me
> for another repair job (in fact, I told him to do so if he thought that
was
> proper, but he sent it back to me gratis).
>
> Now, does that sound to anyone out there like a man who stops short of
> giving good service? To me it does not. I've no special interest here in
> either party but I must say my dealings with John have been cordial and
> happy, or at least from my end everything's okay. I know that within my
> experience the work he does is topnotch. I wouldn't be surprised if he's
> not perfect in some way, but then who is?
>
> I'd guess we could do a whole lot worse when it comes to OM repairs.
> Indeed, I have in the past. Haven't you?
>
> Tris
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