cool_hardware52
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UV-18 might cut it though, little extra weight but decent burn etc. I do like the SS scooters, seem well-made. I was talking to a friend from the PI today and he reminded me that NiMH don't like interrupted charging (electricity supply is prone to brown-outs in Puerto Galera) or high ambient temps; whereas SLA cope with the former and like the latter
A power interruption is not a big deal for a properly designed NiMh charger, the charger simply restarts when the power comes back on line. Unless this is happening many times during a given recharge it's hard for me to see how that impacts charging.
NiMh batteries don't charge well when hot, but that requires that the battery be run quite hard, and then placed directly on the charger, this is pretty unlikely in the real world.
There is a pervasive "myth" about high ambient temps interfering with NiMh batteries, and this myth grew out poorly designed NiMh canister light batteries that used a series / parallel design and a thermistor.
Series / parallel cell arraignment is expressly cautioned against by all NiMh cell manufactures, and can lead to charging problems that have been incorrectly attributed to high ambient temps.
A pure series NiMh pack does not have these problems. I know all the Nimh packs used in the Dive X line are pure series.
Tobin