On 1/17/2015 11:13 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote:
> KRnetHeads,
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> But the most surprising thing about the flight was that with no
> generator charging it, the battery only dropped .2V in an hour of
> flight! This is a 6 year-old Odyssey 680 AGM battery that started
> N56ML for years. The Compufire is supposed to fire down to 7V...and
> then I have the backup battery at the flip of a switch.
>
> I have a new 680 that I bought during the starting troubles that
> appeared the day of the planned Chino flight. Might as well swap them
> and put the old one in place of the backup. Maybe I don't even need a
> generator anymore! just kiddin' there.
>
> I guess it's time to relearn how to use this ancient-but-expensive
> oscilloscope I inherited from Jim Hill several years ago...
Tony B said " Put a starter on your plane. Recharge the battery
every night.
At fly in's, you will get 17 starts before your battery will cause
a problem"
Saves quite a bit of Alternator weight, Virg
