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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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 Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Battery Life |
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Kolbers,
No July fourth flyby this year. A couple months ago I had trouble getting
the engine started after the FireFly had set in the hangar for a couple of
weeks. I put a trickle charger on the battery to bet the engine started.
When I got home I ordered a new ultrastart-red battery. To keep flying I
connected the trickle charger to the battery to keep it topped off while it
was in the hangar. The battery was back ordered and it came two days ago.
I did not bother to install it as I had been having not trouble with
starting the engine. But yesterday, the battery died, and so I did not get
to make my flyby.
I checked out my log. The battery started the engine for 467 flights over a
period of six years and two months. At current battery cost, it figures out
to 21 cents per flight to keep from pulling a rope or hand propping.
My daughter and son-in-law hosted about 40 relatives over the fourth. The
kids were a little disappointed, but I told them we can try again next year.
We had a great time. I hope your fourth was as much fun.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: Battery Life |
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trouble getting the engine started after the FireFly had set in the hangar
for a couple of weeks. >>
Hi Jack,
you are OK with a mains supply to your trickle charger..
For those like me who hangar in afield with no such luxuries this may be
interesting. I had a charging point installed in my Xtra and I have fixed a
small solar panel on the roof of the hangar that provides power to an
ordinary car plug. The sort that plugs into a cigar socket. Seems to work
even here in rainy overcast England.
The plug hangs from the hangar roof conveniently placed to plug in. I have
in mind a system to lift the spare cable clear of the plane when I push her
out, otherwise the cable might remove the VG`s from the top of the wing.
Perish the thought.
Cheers
Pat
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planecrazzzy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:08 am Post subject: Re: Battery Life |
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So Jack..... Why didn't you just pull the rope or Hand prop it for the one flight.....and git yer batt later..???
Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" in MN
PS I was SHOCKED to hear you have Elec Start....
That ALOT of weight...
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| jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne wrote: | Kolbers,
No July fourth flyby this year.
At current battery cost, it figures out
to 21 cents per flight to keep from pulling a rope or hand propping.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:48 am Post subject: Battery Life |
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At 05:08 AM 7/6/08 -0700, you wrote:
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So Jack..... Why didn't you just pull the rope or Hand prop it for the one flight.....and git yer batt later..???
Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" in MN
PS I was SHOCKED to hear you have Elec Start....
That ALOT of weight...
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Mike,
No rope to pull. I thought about tying it to the pickup truck and hand
propping. But since I had never done it before, I thought it might be
better if someone was around when I did it. So I passed it up for the
day.
One reason I can make the weight limit is that I don't have a manual rope
pull start. The Victor 1+ does not come with one.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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neilsenrm(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: Battery Life |
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Jack
I use a battery maintainer on my Kolb battery and see twice the service life. I forget the exact make and model but it says something like automatic battery maintainer from one of the big name battery charger companies. I keep my battery attached to it anytime I'm not flying. It works especally well when the plane is in winter storage. I use a 12 AH battery in my plane that I use to start my 2180cc VW. The battery is margional so any loss or battery power is noticable. The maintainer keeps the battery fully charged.
Since I had such good luck with this device I have pruchased a bunch of float chargers from Harbor Freight. They usually have them on sale for about $10.00. I have been using them them on my boat and car in Florida when I'm in Michigan and on my tractor in Michigan when I'm in Florida. The boat battery has had the Harbor Freight charger on it for the last three years and my car for two years connected for up to nine months at a time.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VWpowered MKIIIC
[quote]-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Jack B. Hart" <jbhart(at)onlyinternet.net>
[quote] --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jack B. Hart"
At 05:08 AM 7/6/08 -0700, you wrote:
>--> Kolb-List message posted by: "planecrazzzy"
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>So Jack..... Why didn't you just pull the rope or Hand prop it for the one
flight.....and git yer batt later..???
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> Gotta Fly...
> Mike & "Jaz" in MN
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>PS I was SHOCKED to hear you have Elec Start....
>That ALOT of weight...
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Mike,
No rope to pull. I thought about tying it to the pickup truck and hand
propping. But since I had never done it before, I thought it might be
better if someon ====== [quote][b]
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