Re: [ercoupe-tech] No Subject

[James B . Brennan]

I want to reiterate the BatteryMINDer site - 
http://www.vdcelectronics.com/aircraft.htm - they claim (and I believe 
it) that aircraft batteries run at a slightly different voltage than 
cars (I thought he told me slightly higher), that their unit was set up 
in conjunction with specs. supplied by Concorde and that, even with 
float mode, an auto charger really doesn't cut it if battery life is an 
issue.  By the way, they have $50 (or so) BatteryMINDers that will 
charge and float to the correct voltages, but only at ordinary 
temperatures.  When its HOT or cold, it will be significantly off the 
desired voltage (I think he told me hot wants less, cold more voltage). 
 I concluded why worry since my 'Coupe is 30 miles away and I cannot 
keep visiting it with my Fluke voltmeter to make sure it is happy.  Now 
I know it is on the money as well as desulfated, at least as much so as 
I should expect, having used the battery 3 years without the fancy 
electronics.  I'd talk with the guy at vdc electronics before making 
holes in your plane.

jbb
PS- Those electrical connectors look very nice, but I'll bet they fall 
into that FAR void like the GPS "Gizmo" - "not that there's anything 
wrong with that"