LOAD CELL (was Re: Lead Acid Battery Desulfators
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search for strain gauge too. you may find more links.
what pressures are you looking to measure ?
what prices are you finding and looking for ?
E-bay has some for less than $50.00.
Dave
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, <johnspooner@s...> wrote:
> Does anone know of an inexpensive load cell, or a source of
components to
> make a piezoelectric load cell?
>
Original Message
> From: <davemucha@j...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:20 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Lead Acid Battery Desulfators
>
>
> > From the article, it is not an end user product.
> > There are already pleanty of those on the market. Of course they
ar
> > not using the term desufate as that would turn up the DIY lists
on an
> > internet search.
> > http://www.vdcelectronics.com/press_room.htm
> >
> > Any smart shop who moved a lot of batteries would use this stuff.
> > farm/tractor supply, large truck centers, rental places, the list
> > goes on. There are dozens if not hundreds of places that would
> > benefit from such a unit.
> >
> > I see pleanty of markets for such a unit. how about your marina
that
> > will store your boat battery over the winter ? By spring your
> > battery would be better than it was at the end of the season and
the
> > fee would make everybody happy.
> >
> > This technology will change the way we think about car batteries.
> > Not that lead acid will be around all that much longer. Fuel
cells
> > will make lead acid look like buggy whips in 50 years. heck, my
cell
> > phone uses a NiMH battery. That's nickel metal hydride, the
hydride
> > being the hydrogene part that is part of the fuel cell technology.
> >
> > http://popularmechanics.mondosearch.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?
> > grab_id=67647455&EXTRA_ARG=&CFGNAME=MssFind%
> >
2Ecfg&host_id=1&page_id=5932&query=fuel+cell&hiword=FUEL+CELL+CELLS+FU
> >
ELING+FUELS+FUELED+CELLING+FUELER+FUELERS+FUELIN+FUELIE+CELLO+FUELA+CE
> > LLES+
> >
> > sorry for the long url.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Lee Mairs \(SAG\)"
<lmairs@s...>
> > wrote:
> > > Since when was battery charging called de-sulfating? Sulfate
won't
> > form if
> > > you keep the battery fully charged. This looks like a fancy
(more
> > costly)
> > > way to sell a multi-bank (10) trickle charger. Probably useful
for
> > stores
> > > that have up to ten batteries and a very low turnover rate, but
> > hard to see
> > > how this would be useful to an end-user.
> > >
> > > Lee Mairs
> > >
> > >
Original Message
> > > From: "Don Denhardt" <dondenhardt@y...>
> > > To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:10 AM
> > > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Lead Acid Battery Desulfators
> > >
> > >
> > > > If there are any folks that had wondered about the
effectiveness
> > of lead
> > > > acid battery desulfators, the following link should dispel any
> > remaining
> > > > doubt.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
http://www.exideworld.com/News/pressrelease/technology/20021105_exide_
> > introd
> > > uces_charging_unit.html
> > > >
> >
> >
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what pressures are you looking to measure ?
what prices are you finding and looking for ?
E-bay has some for less than $50.00.
Dave
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, <johnspooner@s...> wrote:
> Does anone know of an inexpensive load cell, or a source of
components to
> make a piezoelectric load cell?
>
Original Message
> From: <davemucha@j...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:20 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Lead Acid Battery Desulfators
>
>
> > From the article, it is not an end user product.
> > There are already pleanty of those on the market. Of course they
ar
> > not using the term desufate as that would turn up the DIY lists
on an
> > internet search.
> > http://www.vdcelectronics.com/press_room.htm
> >
> > Any smart shop who moved a lot of batteries would use this stuff.
> > farm/tractor supply, large truck centers, rental places, the list
> > goes on. There are dozens if not hundreds of places that would
> > benefit from such a unit.
> >
> > I see pleanty of markets for such a unit. how about your marina
that
> > will store your boat battery over the winter ? By spring your
> > battery would be better than it was at the end of the season and
the
> > fee would make everybody happy.
> >
> > This technology will change the way we think about car batteries.
> > Not that lead acid will be around all that much longer. Fuel
cells
> > will make lead acid look like buggy whips in 50 years. heck, my
cell
> > phone uses a NiMH battery. That's nickel metal hydride, the
hydride
> > being the hydrogene part that is part of the fuel cell technology.
> >
> > http://popularmechanics.mondosearch.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?
> > grab_id=67647455&EXTRA_ARG=&CFGNAME=MssFind%
> >
2Ecfg&host_id=1&page_id=5932&query=fuel+cell&hiword=FUEL+CELL+CELLS+FU
> >
ELING+FUELS+FUELED+CELLING+FUELER+FUELERS+FUELIN+FUELIE+CELLO+FUELA+CE
> > LLES+
> >
> > sorry for the long url.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Lee Mairs \(SAG\)"
<lmairs@s...>
> > wrote:
> > > Since when was battery charging called de-sulfating? Sulfate
won't
> > form if
> > > you keep the battery fully charged. This looks like a fancy
(more
> > costly)
> > > way to sell a multi-bank (10) trickle charger. Probably useful
for
> > stores
> > > that have up to ten batteries and a very low turnover rate, but
> > hard to see
> > > how this would be useful to an end-user.
> > >
> > > Lee Mairs
> > >
> > >
Original Message
> > > From: "Don Denhardt" <dondenhardt@y...>
> > > To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:10 AM
> > > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Lead Acid Battery Desulfators
> > >
> > >
> > > > If there are any folks that had wondered about the
effectiveness
> > of lead
> > > > acid battery desulfators, the following link should dispel any
> > remaining
> > > > doubt.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
http://www.exideworld.com/News/pressrelease/technology/20021105_exide_
> > introd
> > > uces_charging_unit.html
> > > >
> >
> >
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
> > basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the
Subject and
> Body of the message will be ignored.
> >
> >
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> >