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zsmith3rd(at)earthlink.ne
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 Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: More dead battery |
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If the plane is parked out on the ramp it'll be a really long extension cord.
However.....for those with cigar lighter-type outlets installed for various appliances, there is another approach if you are parked outside.
There are small 12-volt solar panels available with a cigar lighter plug on about ten feet of wire.
These supply about one-quarter amp at 12+ volts, don't over-charge.
Next step up in this is to use a "solar panel regulator" so that the battery never sees over 13.6 volts. These are only about 2 x 2 x 2 inches, a few ounces, a few dollars.
We use these on standby generators at remote radio tower sites and it works very well.
You may need to change your wiring such that the lighter recepticle is always connected to the battery and not through the master.....or just install one for this purpose. Solar panel can just lay atop the instrument panel and soak up that free sunshine.
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Zed/701/R912
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rstone4(at)hot.rr.com
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject: More dead battery |
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Zed,
Where can some of these solar panels be obtained? Are they available
to the public?
Tracy Stone
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leo(at)zuehlfield.com
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject: More dead battery |
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Robert I have one I got from J. C. Whitney.
www.jcwhitney.com From their aviation parts department, of course.
Leo Gates
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robert stone wrote:
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Zed,
Where can some of these solar panels be obtained? Are they
available to the public?
Tracy Stone
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