On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:39 -0400, "Jonathan Hallameyer" wrote:

> Speaking of bursty... Lithium primary cells aren't anywhere near as
> bursty, leakage wise, than alkaline. Which may be another reason to
> use them in something you're going to let sit for a while.

And they operate at lower temperatures - Alkaline batteries don't work
very much below freezing.

If you want really super low temperature performance you can use lithium
thionyl batteries, a bit pricey but good for military applications where
you just need it to work.

But even standard off-the-shelf lithium cells have great low temperature
performance.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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