Tim, with all respect for you, last time I send you a mail, remember ? it was about 6V and 12V power supply, but I've got no answer. Is your offer valid only for US ? Vasile On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Tim Crist wrote: > OK Piclist, I'm going to get a reputation for the guy that's always trying > to get rid of something. Here is our surplus du jour: > > We have about 20,000 three cell NiMH AAA batteries in surplus. They are > new in boxes of 480 packs per box and each box weighs 40 lbs. As before, we > are offering to send these boxes to anyone who wants one at the cost of > shipping. I am not willing to break the boxes down into smaller quantities. > I would also prefer to ship them domestically. > > The packs have heat shrinking, and 1 inch red and black leads. The leads > are terminated with a female connector, with 0.100" spacing. > > We bought these batteries as part of a larger contractual agreement. Our > products have a very long warranty, and quality testing has shown that these > batteries are not good enough in the three year timeframe with our methods > of charge/discharge. The original source is BYD (China). > > As an engineer, it gives me the willies that our alternative is to pay for > these batteries to go into some landfill. Therefore, I am offering them to > the largest set of engineers I can think of (piclist). > > If you want a box, email me your name and shipping address. The two options > for paying for shipment via UPS is COD, or we prepay shipping, and bill you. > Let me know which you prefer. We are located in Tucson, AZ. I'll leave it > to you to calculate UPS shipping charges. > > Thanks, > > Tim Crist > Tri-tronics, Inc > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads