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Subject: Re: About Battery Maintainers. . . .

The question about changing the charging clamps/jacks. . . .
That style of maintainer delivers very low current to do the ...

Bob,
About "portable" 121.5/406 antennas....
I would like to construct a portable antenna that in the event of surviving a mishap, one could remove the ELT, take outside to a favorable loc ...

Every battery has a certain "internal resistance -IR" build in due to its chemistry, connectivity inside, age, temperature, etc., etc. This resistance is variable and very low; in millioh ...

. . . any chance there is other electronics "back" there that are operational, such as tail strobe and power supply causing interference with flux..??

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Hi Bob,

Yes, you picked up on exactly the switches I was referring with my comments.
If you come across replacements, please put a P in your memory bank to let me know where to obtain.
Mu ...

. . . . Not wanting to venture into the dark side of some of these "conversations", I just want to relay what I have personally viewed on this subject of old switches and WD40.....

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Hi Art,
I think you are asking 2 questions about battery and panel test.

If you are just trying to keep a good battery charged/maintained, there are several low cost "maintainers" ...

. . . Same here..! There were about 20 "blueberry" emails in my emails this
morning that had the authenticated "aeroelectric-list" address.
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Remi,
If you do not have a backup radio, I personally, would not deactivate it.
Since it is already part of your panel why not keep it on-line as an
emergency radio..?
And, it's receiver function ...

A comment about the P-lead mounting.

That wire connection at the mag is subject to a lot of vibration and turbulence.
Secure the P-lead as if a room full of kindergarten kids are going to us ...

Just some suggestions about auto battery failure. . . .

From a simplified view point, batteries usually fail because. . .

1. Being over-charged in the vehicle or on a charger or both. . ...

. . . .Neat idea. . . .!!

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Fans for the Garmin Navigators. . .
Both the 430 and 530 run "hot", at least from my point of view. This is
normal says Garmin and I was wondering if any of you guys have installed
rea ...

We had this happen one time on a drive into Mexico for winter duck hunting.
We drove in friends old Suburban as it was pretty much bullet proof in the
Baja outback conditions.
I the way down, at n ...

Hi Jim,

You probably have already found this. . . the 155 display is easy to get to
and change.
Just remember to set the control knobs at some "known" position before you
pull them o ...

Hmmm. . . . Interesting scenario. . . .

First thought is. . . if one is good at watching steam gauge detail, the
amp/current meter should drop 1-2 amps because the support charge going to
the b ...

I like the ". . . very high clearance,. . . . " description. . .

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. . . never tell an "auto" shop that a part is off an aircraft. . .!

Tell them it is off a boat, tractor, etc. !!

Most shops in US have a built alarm system that they cannot "tou ...

It is unusual but, a contactor can go bad.
Usually if it is mounted the wrong orientation and gets moisture inside
causing fungus or electrolysis corrosion on the contact surfaces that carry
the ...

Oops. . . I probably spoke out of turn.

I did not see the 2nd image where the wire passes thru and is soldered on both sides. That joint maybe Ok. . The only flaw is that I cannot see the ...