[W6YRA] 12v Gel Cell Batteries

Ryan Caron rcaron at igpp.ucla.edu
Tue May 27 21:27:00 PDT 2014


Congrats on the new ticket, and thanks again!

We have a Black & Decker charger over on the far right bench that may be 
helpful. Just use the lowest (2A) setting.

On 05/27/2014 04:49 PM, Khoury, Jeff wrote:
> K6MKD (Formerly KK6LXH) and I delivered 30 @ 7Ah gel cells and left them
> under the far desk.
>
> We didn’t have our equipment to load test them, but history says that
> about 80% of them will test good under load.
>
> When we get a chance, we will go over to break the packs open and test them.
>
>
> --
> *Jeff R. Khoury
> *Manager, Platform Support
> UCLA Information Technology Services (ITS)
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>
> From: Ryan Caron <rcaron at igpp.ucla.edu <mailto:rcaron at igpp.ucla.edu>>
> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 10:13 AM
> To: Jeff Khoury <jkhoury at it.ucla.edu <mailto:jkhoury at it.ucla.edu>>
> Cc: "w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu <mailto:w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu>"
> <w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu <mailto:w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu>>
> Subject: Re: [W6YRA] 12v Gel Cell Batteries
>
> Jeff,
>
> We can always use more lead acids! Thanks!
>
> On May 27, 2014, at 9:01 AM, "Khoury, Jeff" <jkhoury at it.ucla.edu
> <mailto:jkhoury at it.ucla.edu>> wrote:
>
>> I have an opportunity to obtain some gently used UPS batteries that
>> are being replaced on schedule.  If the club needs them, I could
>> rescue them from the recycle pile and place them in the shack.
>>
>> I’ll load test them to make sure they’re not duds.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Jeff R. Khoury
>> *Manager, Platform Support
>> UCLA Information Technology Services (ITS)
>> 741 Charles E. Young Drive South
>> CSB1 2nd Floor
>> Los Angeles, CA 90095
>> P: 310.825.9594
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Sincerely,
Ryan Caron
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UCLA - Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
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