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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:19 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Bob and the group:

I did an aeroelectric search for "Dry Cell" and came up empty. A quick
(too quick, apparently) look at Concord's web-site comparing Dry Cells
to VRLA batteries indicated that for the same Amp-Hr rating, the Dry
Cells are a little heavier and significantly better in cold-cranking amps.

However, since I'm removing the starter as part of my LongEZ rebuild
that doesn't do much for me.

On the other hand, if Dry Cell batteries perform better than VRLA in
terms of durability (specifically shell-life, self-discharge and
tolerance of time spent sitting while discharged) I would be interested.

Any thoughts from the group on the advantages (if any) and disadvantages
(other than the obvious weight/cost. e.g. do they use the same charging
profile?) of a Dry Cell battery on a starterless airplane?

Best regards to all,

Steve Stearns
Boulder/Longmont, Colorado
CSA,EAA,IAC,AOPA,PE,ARRL,BARC (but ignorant none-the-less)
Restoring (since 1/07): N45FC O235 Longeze Cothern/Friling CF1 (~1000 Hrs)
Flying (since 9/86): N43732 A65 Taylorcraft BC12D


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:44 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

At 08:14 AM 8/25/2008 -0600, you wrote:
Quote:


Bob and the group:

I did an aeroelectric search for "Dry Cell" and came up empty. A quick
(too quick, apparently) look at Concord's web-site comparing Dry Cells to
VRLA batteries indicated that for the same Amp-Hr rating, the Dry Cells
are a little heavier and significantly better in cold-cranking amps.

However, since I'm removing the starter as part of my LongEZ rebuild that
doesn't do much for me.

On the other hand, if Dry Cell batteries perform better than VRLA in terms
of durability (specifically shell-life, self-discharge and tolerance of
time spent sitting while discharged) I would be interested.

Any thoughts from the group on the advantages (if any) and disadvantages
(other than the obvious weight/cost. e.g. do they use the same charging
profile?) of a Dry Cell battery on a starterless airplane?

Don't know what's being called a "dry cell". I'm aware
of NO lead-acid technology that does not reside in
one of three categories (1) flooded - like on your
'65 chevy (2) gelled - like those on many wheelchairs
and other 'mess-sensitive' need for deep-cycle
batteries and (3) starved-electrolyte, valve-regulated
lead-acid, recombinant-gas, thin-film, glass-mat, etc. etc.
These are all names for essentially the same technology.
The reason you didn't find "dry cell" mentioned in the website
postings is because there's no such thing. ALL lead-acid
technologies use liquid water and sulfuric acid electrolyte.
The differences are whether the stuff is liquid and
(1) sorta contained but with vented caps, (2) immobililzed
by adding 'jello' or (3) immobilized by the wetting/
capillary action of a finely woven glass 'kleenex'.

Some folks like to call these "dry" . . . you CAN
drive a nail through the side of the battery and it
will not leak . . . but it is by no means dry.

http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/bat_thd.pdf

http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/battery.pdf

Battery selection should not take up much of your
time. What's your battery maintenance program?
How much do you plan to depend on a battery?
If you're day-vfr only, buy the cheapest battery
you can find, run it 'til it craps. Engine cranking
is the primary concern and any sealed lead-acid
battery with terminals for fat wires will get your
engine started. CAPACITY is another matter. If you
plan to design and maintain a known level of
battery-only endurance for en route operations
then your first task is an energy analysis of
your battery-only endurance, pick a battery that
meets that requirement at 80% of rated capacity
(don't forget to further de-rate for load!), and
decide what protocols (preventative maintenance)
you'll adopt as owner-operator to make sure that
capacity is available to you at all times.

This exercise can be successfully carried out
with ANY battery brand or technology.

Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:29 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

I'm pretty familiar with VRLA batteries. This looked like something new
but it could be that I got caught by marketing spin (I hate it when that
happens...). I'll do some more homework and will report back if I find
something interesting.

Steve Stearns
Boulder/Longmont, Colorado
CSA,EAA,IAC,AOPA,PE,ARRL,BARC (but ignorant none-the-less)
Restoring (since 1/07): N45FC O235 Longeze Cothern/Friling CF1 (~1000 Hrs)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:08 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Steve,

I think you are talking about the Odyssey "Dry Cell" battery series? If so, they technology they use is "absorbed glass mat." The Odyssey folks call them "Dry Cell" because if you were to break open the case, no electrolyte would run out. It is totally contained within the glass mat material.

So, yes, a bit of advertising hype. But it is still an excellent battery. I have an Odyssey 680 in my (under construction) Europa. The battery is 5 years old. I've been using it to test the panel as it was installed. There were periods as long as a year and a half where the battery sat unused. It held a charge for those unused periods. After 5 years of such abuse, it still turns the engine (Rotax 914) over quite briskly. Prior to first flight, I'm troubleshooting a few last gremlins in the instrument panel and it will run the panel all day long. When it's time to replace it, I'll have no hesitation replacing it with another new Odyssey.

Just my two bits.

Bob Borger
http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL


On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at 07:25AM, "Steve Stearns" <steve(at)tomasara.com> wrote:
Quote:


I'm pretty familiar with VRLA batteries. This looked like something new
but it could be that I got caught by marketing spin (I hate it when that
happens...). I'll do some more homework and will report back if I find
something interesting.

Steve Stearns
Boulder/Longmont, Colorado
CSA,EAA,IAC,AOPA,PE,ARRL,BARC (but ignorant none-the-less)
Restoring (since 1/07): N45FC O235 Longeze Cothern/Friling CF1 (~1000 Hrs)
Flying (since 9/86): N43732 A65 Taylorcraft BC12D



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:36 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

At 08:07 AM 8/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Quote:


Steve,

I think you are talking about the Odyssey "Dry Cell" battery series? If
so, they technology they use is "absorbed glass mat." The Odyssey folks
call them "Dry Cell" because if you were to break open the case, no
electrolyte would run out. It is totally contained within the glass mat
material.

So, yes, a bit of advertising hype. But it is still an excellent
battery. I have an Odyssey 680 in my (under construction) Europa. The
battery is 5 years old. I've been using it to test the panel as it was
installed. There were periods as long as a year and a half where the
battery sat unused. It held a charge for those unused periods. After 5
years of such abuse, it still turns the engine (Rotax 914) over quite
briskly. Prior to first flight, I'm troubleshooting a few last gremlins
in the instrument panel and it will run the panel all day long. When it's
time to replace it, I'll have no hesitation replacing it with another new
Odyssey.

The Odyssey batteries are a product of the old
Gates-cum-Hawker-cum-EnerSys prismatic cell batteries
built here:

http://www.odysseyfactory.com/about.html

Got to tour this plant a few years ago while on
assignment with Raytheon/H-B. The full line of
their products can be seen at:

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/

Without a doubt, these products are at the leading
edge of battery quality and performance . . . with a price
to match. As I recall, about 700 folks running a highly
automated manufacturing process produces about 60,000
batteries a day!

But it's still an SVLA battery loaded with the same
water-acid mix used by their competitors.

Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

You don't have to be an old timer to remember that "dry cells"
are carbon - zinc flashlight batteries.

I love my Odyssey battery but it sounds like one of their marketing
folks stepped out on a limb without engineering support


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:17 am    Post subject: Re: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

A question related to Odessey batteries specifically, how can you determine the number of 'cells' within the battery. I've not been able to find that in their docs.

The reason I ask is that I just got a West Mountain CBA battery tester, and one of the test parameters is the 'number of cells' . Not really sure how to answer that, to build an accurate test.

Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks,

Mike


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:50 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

At 09:17 AM 8/26/2008 -0700, you wrote:
Quote:


A question related to Odessey batteries specifically, how can you
determine the number of 'cells' within the battery. I've not been able to
find that in their docs.

The reason I ask is that I just got a West Mountain CBA battery tester,
and one of the test parameters is the 'number of cells' . Not really sure
how to answer that, to build an accurate test.

ALL lead-acid batteries are composed of cells that
develop just over 2 volts per cell at room temperature.
Like the batteries used in our cars since day-one,
a 6v battery is 3 cells; a 12 battery is 6 cells,
etc.

I'm not sure why West Mountain puts that block into
their setup screen . . . the value placed in it has
no effect on how the test is run. It's a constant
current discharge + data acquisition system that will
yield the same plot irrespective of what values go
into the "battery type" and "cells" boxes.

I'm pleased that you've acquired one of these
very useful tools!

Bob . . .

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:50 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Mike,

A single lead-acid cell will produce approximately 2.1 volts. For a 12 volt ( 12.6 volts actually) battery that is 6 cells.

Check out "lead acid battery" in the Wikipedia.

Bob Borger
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at 11:17AM, "mikef" <mikefapex(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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A question related to Odessey batteries specifically, how can you determine the number of 'cells' within the battery. I've not been able to find that in their docs.

The reason I ask is that I just got a West Mountain CBA battery tester, and one of the test parameters is the 'number of cells' . Not really sure how to answer that, to build an accurate test.

Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks,

Mike


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:51 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

At 09:03 AM 8/26/2008 -0700, you wrote:
Quote:


You don't have to be an old timer to remember that "dry cells"
are carbon - zinc flashlight batteries.

Hmmmm . . . I think the witch's brew of gooey stuff
in side was still moist and probably water based. I
also recall how badly they could leak! There was a time
that one battery manufacturer (Eveready I think) offered
to repair or replace any appliance that was trashed due
to leakage of their new and improved cells.
Quote:
I love my Odyssey battery but it sounds like one of their marketing
folks stepped out on a limb without engineering support.

It's been my experience that the last folks marketing
wants to hear from are the engineers!

Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:53 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

* AeroElectric-List message posted by: "mikef" <mikefapex(at)gmail.com>

A question related to Odessey batteries specifically, how can you determine
the number of 'cells' within the battery. I've not been able to find that in
their docs.

The reason I ask is that I just got a West Mountain CBA battery tester, and
one of the test parameters is the 'number of cells' . Not really sure how to
answer that, to build an accurate test.

Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks,

Mike

Mike,
* Lead acid batteries, such as the odessey, are about 2 V per cell, which
means a 12V battery has 6 cells.
*
* Roger


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:08 am    Post subject: Re: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Thanks for the battery cell info, it does help.

I am very glad to have gotten the CBA battery tester and look forward to using it. I'll post feedback as I run some tests.

Sunday I fired up the engine on my new Z19 system and ground ran for a few minutes. All smoke stayed in wires, major circuits worked as expected. Its a beautiful thing.

Thanks again,

Mike


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:48 am    Post subject: Re: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Is there a source for these batteries in an 8ah rating that does not have the fast-on tabs, such as those used on wheelchairs? The smallest I've found with bolt-on terminals is 17ah.

Thx,
Bradley


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:04 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

At 04:48 AM 8/27/2008 -0700, you wrote:
Quote:


Is there a source for these batteries in an 8ah rating that does not have
the fast-on tabs, such as those used on wheelchairs? The smallest I've
found with bolt-on terminals is 17ah.

Thx,
Bradley

The field of choices drops rapidly when you go below
17 a.h. Few manufacturers of smaller batteries are
interested in the applications that include engine
cranking. Concorde used to have a smaller battery
with machine screw threaded brass terminals but I think
they've discontinued it.

B&C offers a 12 a.h. with fat-wire connections . . .

http://www.bandc.biz/BC103-1.pdf

I believe this is the Odyssey PC545

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc545series.htm

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which has a 14 a.h. capacity at the 20 hr rate.

There is one smaller. The PC310 has fat-wire terminals
(4mm) and capable of cranking engines.

You can get the technical manual for the PC series
batteries at:

http://aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Batteries/Enersys_Hawker/Odyssey_PC_Series_TM.pdf

You'll note that the 310 is less than half the battery
than the popular PC625.

What are your requirements for capacity? Have you
done an energy study for battery-only endurance?
The 310 is not cheap and it's fragile compared to it's
larger siblings.

Bob . . .

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:35 am    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Search the Dekka line. Same thing as Odysey with bolt on terminials 8 AH.
Ken

Beemer wrote:
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Is there a source for these batteries in an 8ah rating that does not have the fast-on tabs, such as those used on wheelchairs? The smallest I've found with bolt-on terminals is 17ah.

Thx,
Bradley



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At 10:35 AM 8/27/2008 -0400, you wrote:
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Search the Dekka line. Same thing as Odysey with bolt on terminials 8 AH.
Ken

Do you have a specific part number for Deka? While looking
for them I found this "Power Star" product on Ebay

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It's a 9 a.h. device, probably at the 20hour rate. This makes
it a 4.5 a.h. battery for powering an e-bus for 3 hours . . .
i.e, about 1.5A ebus. Size is L = 5.91 x W = 3.39 H = 4.21

A 9 a.h. battery would weigh in at about 7-8 pounds.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:11 pm    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Mine are ETX9 Dekka Power Sports batteries. As mentioned before one will
start my subaru fine but they normally auto parallel for cranking on my
bird as per Z-14. The cables bolt onto the top or the side of the
battery which is convenient. Next size up is the ETX12 at about the same
price. Made in USA.
Ken

Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:
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At 10:35 AM 8/27/2008 -0400, you wrote:
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>
> Search the Dekka line. Same thing as Odysey with bolt on terminials 8 AH.
> Ken

Do you have a specific part number for Deka? While looking
for them I found this "Power Star" product on Ebay

bb99768.jpg


It's a 9 a.h. device, probably at the 20hour rate. This makes
it a 4.5 a.h. battery for powering an e-bus for 3 hours . . .
i.e, about 1.5A ebus. Size is L = 5.91 x W = 3.39 H = 4.21

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:11 am    Post subject: Re: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Quote:

At 04:48 AM 8/27/2008 -0700, you wrote:

Is there a source for these batteries in an 8ah rating that does not have
the fast-on tabs, such as those used on wheelchairs? The smallest I've
found with bolt-on terminals is 17ah.

Thx,
Bradley

<snip>

What are your requirements for capacity? Have you
done an energy study for battery-only endurance?
The 310 is not cheap and it's fragile compared to it's
larger siblings.

Bob . . .



After much discussion, we think this is how my electrically-dependent engine breaks out...

Quote:


Current draw on 4 cylinder EFI engines:

Pump at 40 psi- 5-8 amps
Injectors at 5000 rpm- 3-4 amps
Ignition at 5000 rpm- 2.5-4 amps (depends on coil charge time)
ECU- .15- .6 amps depending on ECU

My total current draw in flight at 4500 rpm with 2 pumps on (one LP
Facet, one HP Bosch 048), transponder, comm, gps, injectors, coils,
ECU and scavenge pump is 18 amps.


We seem to think that the 17ah PC680 clone would give just about 15 minutes of realistic run time, given some age on the battery. I guess I might have to carry the weight of another battery around to be safe.

Bradley


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:11 pm    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Bradley,

I am installing a similar system and I think those numbers seem a little high. I know the Walbro pump I'm going to use
is listed at 4 amps. What injectors and coils are you using?, Again, to my uneducated mind those numbers seem high.

I have a similar setup and I think I'm looking at around 12.5 amps.
RWS EC3 controller
Walbro pump
Delco LS-1 coils
Transponder, GPS, COM, etc.
Two contactors

I have the LS-1 coils only using 1/2 amp.

Sam
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>
> At 04:48 AM 8/27/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>
> Is there a source for these batteries in an 8ah rating that does not have
> the fast-on tabs, such as those used on wheelchairs? The smallest I've
> found with bolt-on terminals is 17ah.
>
> Thx,
> Bradley
>
>
>
> What are your requirements for capacity? Have you
> done an energy study for battery-only endurance?
> The 310 is not cheap and it's fragile compared to it's
> larger siblings.
>
>
>
> Bob . . .
>
>


After much discussion, we think this is how my electrically-dependent engine breaks out...


>
>
> Current draw on 4 cylinder EFI engines:
>
> Pump at 40 psi- 5-8 amps
> Injectors at 5000 rpm- 3-4 amps
> Ignition at 5000 rpm- 2.5-4 amps (depends on coil charge time)
> ECU- .15- .6 amps depending on ECU
>
> My total current draw in flight at 4500 rpm with 2 pumps on (one LP
> Facet, one HP Bosch 048), transponder, comm, gps, injectors, coils,
> ECU and scavenge pump is 18 amps.


We seem to think that the 17ah PC680 clone would give just about 15 minutes of realistic run time, given some age on the battery. I guess I might have to carry the weight of another battery around to be safe.

Bradley

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:40 pm    Post subject: Dry Cell Batteries? Reply with quote

Quote:
>
> What are your requirements for capacity? Have you
> done an energy study for battery-only endurance?
> The 310 is not cheap and it's fragile compared to it's
> larger siblings.
>
> Bob . . .
>
> After much discussion, we think this is how my electrically-dependent
engine breaks out...

> Current draw on 4 cylinder EFI engines:
>
> Pump at 40 psi- 5-8 amps
> Injectors at 5000 rpm- 3-4 amps
> Ignition at 5000 rpm- 2.5-4 amps (depends on coil charge time)
> ECU- .15- .6 amps depending on ECU
>
> My total current draw in flight at 4500 rpm with 2 pumps on (one LP
> Facet, one HP Bosch 048), transponder, comm, gps, injectors, coils,
> ECU and scavenge pump is 18 amps.
We seem to think that the 17ah PC680 clone would give just about 15
minutes of realistic run time, given some age on the battery. I guess I
might have to carry the weight of another battery around to be safe.

According to the performance curves at:

http://tinyurl.com/5p6d4w

a 17A load on a 100% battery will give you just
under 30 minutes of run time down to about 10V. So
a battery due for replacement would be suited
for about 20 minutes of operation.

Consider running both batteries of a 2-battery
architecture in parallel. Losses in any given battery is an
I(squared)*R function. By cutting the current per
battery by about 1/2, the energy lost in each battery
drops to 1/4th the original amount. Doing 1/4
per battery in two batteries gets you 1/2 the
lost watts. Two 17 a.h. batteries gives you
34 a.h. of total capacity. An 18A load on this
combo goes to a 60+ minutes of duration.

A savings of 5 or so pounds can be realized by
going to a single 28 a.h. battery.

http://tinyurl.com/6eu2p8

The internal impedance of this battery seems
better than two 17 a.h. in parallel. It gives
you the same 60+ minutes at less weight
and total capacity.

Of course, with a single battery or treating
two batteries as one battery dictates an
aggressive capacity tracking protocol. If
ever there was an power plant begging for
a second, small alternator, it's this one.

Bob . . .


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