[VHFcontesting] DC Power Distribution

[Ray J]

what are you talking about?
 did you read the article??

/The report it says the /Avestor battery's are in all likely hood better 
than other battery's that they could have used..


 /"After one of our network equipment batteries malfunctioned in Houston 
last year, we retained one of the nation's leading engineering and 
scientific consulting firms to investigate the issue, along with a 
subsequent incident, and advise the company as to the risk of continued 
usage of the battery in question. /

/The final report was issued/ [to AT&T] /last week. The third-party firm 
found that the battery design was sound, as were the safety features, 
and concluded that the risk of hazardous failures with this battery is 
as low, if not lower, than the risk with alternative batteries, which 
are used by other telecommunications and cable companies in similar 
applications. "
/

/
remember..
/

Almost any battery can explode under the right conditions.. 
 the  Lead acid ones everyone uses now... can be quite dangerous...

And I doubt  anyone is going to be buying large Lithium-metal polymer 
battery packs to power the rover , unless they are made from $$$$$...


W9RAY



> A note of caution -- stay away from Avestor batteries.
>
> AT&T learned the hard way that they were manufactured wrong, and they 
> caused a big (bang) problem for them.
>
> Knowing AT&T's engineering practices, I'm sure these batteries were 
> "telco grade" on paper.
>
> Follow the links for nifty photos of a burnt up DSLAM in a Houston 
> suburb, and damage to the house and fence near it, from the explosion 
> and fire.
>
> http://saveaccess.org/node/1566
>
> Don't buy Avestor batteries for your rover!!!  (Or more likely, just 
> stay away from them altogether.)
>
> Nate WY0X
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