Matronics Email Lists Forum Index Matronics Email Lists
Web Forum Interface to the Matronics Email Lists
 
 Get Email Distribution Too!Get Email Distribution Too!    FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Subject: Re: Odyssey style battery -- low cost

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Matronics Email Lists Forum Index -> RV-List
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
richard.b.zeidman(at)boei
Guest
PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:42 am    Post subject: Subject: Re: Odyssey style battery -- low cost Reply with quote
Does anyone know if these low cost or real oddesy batteries are
available locally, such as an auto supply or Radio Shack, in case you
got stuck with a bad battery in the middle of a trip? One less spare to
worry about!
Rich Zeidman
RV7

- The Matronics RV-List Email Forum -
 

Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:

http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List
Back to top
ronlee(at)pcisys.net
Guest
PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:26 am    Post subject: Subject: Re: Odyssey style battery -- low cost Reply with quote
At 09:41 AM 10/30/2006, you wrote:
Quote:

<richard.b.zeidman(at)boeing.com>

Does anyone know if these low cost or real oddesy batteries are
available locally, such as an auto supply or Radio Shack, in case you
got stuck with a bad battery in the middle of a trip? One less spare to
worry about!


Interesting point. I could not find one in my town so changing at a
conservative interval makes more sense to me.

Ron Lee

- The Matronics RV-List Email Forum -
 

Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:

http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List
Back to top
luckymacy(at)comcast.net
Guest
PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:25 pm    Post subject: Subject: Re: Odyssey style battery -- low cost Reply with quote
I'm still using the same pc680 for over 4 years now. I've run it down a couple of times by accident but it still starts my io-360 just fine. I think if you keep it on a battery tender all the time in between flights it helps some. That's what I do anyway.

-List [quote][b]

- The Matronics RV-List Email Forum -
 

Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:

http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List
Back to top
ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
Guest
PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:51 pm    Post subject: Subject: Re: Odyssey style battery -- low cost Reply with quote
Zeidman, Richard B wrote:

Quote:


Does anyone know if these low cost or real oddesy batteries are
available locally, such as an auto supply or Radio Shack, in case you
got stuck with a bad battery in the middle of a trip? One less spare to
worry about!
Rich Zeidman
RV7


I bought a non-odyssey a couple of years ago at the local Exide battery
store. (Jackson MS; not exactly a huge market: 300k metro area.) I
*think* they had odyssey's as well; I just didn't want to pay their
rather high price.

Most industrial electronics supply outlets will likely have something
that will fit. The big SLA batteries made for UPS's will almost always
work because the nature of the SLA technology will make the source
impedance of the battery low enough to dump the high currents needed to
start engines.

Most cycle shops & water sports shops are likely to have them too;
that's where most are probably used.

BTW, others have mentioned Gruber. The 1st I remember was Charlie Kuss
(thanks, Charlie). He pointed out that you can get *2* of the ~17 AH
batteries, as a 'power pack' for about $50 including shipping. I haven't
tried them in my plane, but they have replaced the 4 6Volt batteries in
my computer UPS & just about doubled the reserve power of the UPS.
Access to their website seemed to come & go & it took me about 2 weeks
to hit it while it was up, but the product came on time & as advertised.

Charlie

- The Matronics RV-List Email Forum -
 

Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:

http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Matronics Email Lists Forum Index -> RV-List All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group