bdshort
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I'm curious... what's the difference, performance wise, between the Ni-Mh and the LiIon batteries?
X-Scooter question (batteries)
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cool_hardware52
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bdshort:
The original NiMh batteries were nominally 13 amp hour at 24 volts. he current NiMh batteries are rated at 15 amphour at 24 volts.
The Li-Ion battery is 30 amphour at 28.8 volts.
This yeilds about 2x the run times you might get with the 15 amphour NiMh.
Tobin
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bdshort
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Thanks! Now to just save up the $3600... 
cool_hardware52
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The Li-Ion batteries are only $1600...bdshort:Thanks! Now to just save up the $3600...
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bdshort
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Yeah but I don't have an X either!
cool_hardware52
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bdshort:
Details, details......
I have very much enjoyed my X scooter. Lightweight, reliable, easy to operate. Much less expensive than a boat, but has the capacity to extend the areas you can each from a shore entry. Big fun.
Tobin
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cool_hardware52:Details, details......
I have very much enjoyed my X scooter. Lightweight, reliable, easy to operate. Much less expensive than a boat, but has the capacity to extend the areas you can each from a shore entry. Big fun.
Tobin
Indeed. Me too.
The main differences between the LIon battery (AG pronounces this word with a thick South African accent as BAT-TREE) and the NiMH are (1) the cost and (2) the burn time.
I am getting about 45+ minutes of burn time with my NiMH's (I have 2). These cost about $400 each, and one comes with the standard package deal.
The LIon battery advertises about 90+ minutes of burn time, and costs about $1,400 each.
Thus, financially, it makes more sense for beach diving to buy 2 NiMH batteries than one LIon battery, since for the same price of a LIon battery you could buy 3 and 1/2 NiMH batteries.
However, for boat diving, the LIons are worth the extra $1,000 each simply because you don't need to switch batteries between dives on a boat with a LIon.
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