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mdnanwelch7(at)hotmail.co
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 Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:55 am Post subject: Kolb batteries |
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Tim,
My mind moves quicker than my fingers. Two MONTHS ago, is when I bought a battery tender.
The question is simple; When your battery was new, would it start your motor? If your answer is "yes", then the problem isn't needing a bigger battery, it's keeping the one you have charged!!
Because like I said, a bigger battery will die, too.
If your battery will start your motor when the battery is fully charged, the trick, then, is to make sure it is always fully charged!!
Right now, I have a one year old battery in my motorcycle dieing. I don't start it but about every 6 months or longer, lately. Before I ever buy another one, I will also get the battery tender. This dead battery stuff is just getting old, and what's more, it's unnecessary!!
Just my thoughts.....
Mike Welch
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e.bayliss(at)blueyonder.c
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:49 am Post subject: Kolb batteries |
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Hi all
Eddie here from the UK. I have a mk111 c and my small motorcycle battery died after about 1 year ( hardly used over that winter ) . I replaced the battery with the same size , about 12 amp/hour I think and also at the time, bought a small solar charger panel on special offer, down from £19.99 to £9.99 from a place called maplins ( dont know if you have them over there but Im sure you can source one somewhere ) I also spliced into the battery charging lead from the solar panel and split the charge between my kolb and the old car battery I have for my small cheap winch to pull the kolb into the trailer/hangar . Three years later both batteries are still doing fine , the car battery will still winch the plane up into the trailer and as long as I remember to turn the master switch off the 582 spins up into life every time . As others have said batteris dont like to be neglected keep them used or charged or they seem to die. The solar charger is probably the smallest charge available but because it is trickle charging all the time it is daylight it keeps every thing topped up and working . while I am typing I would like to say that I read evrey post here and have learnt such a lot from all who post here . So thanks to all
Eddie Bayliss
Liverpool
Uk
mk111 classic
Rotax 582
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undoctor
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Location: Bethelhem, PA
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:58 am Post subject: Kolb batteries |
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Hi Eddie,
Looks like I've got a similar thinking counterpart in the UK!! I also have a Worn Works winch mounted in on old job-site trailer I refurbished for a home for my FireFly. I have a solar charger http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200263124_200263124 hanging in the window in the front of the trailer to keep the battery fresh, but rather than have a permanent battery for the winch I used a portable and clamped it to the winch leads, and would just take it home to recharge once in a while.
The attached pic is when the FF was secured for the ride to the airstrip, with the wings slung in cradles hanging from the roof and the tail boom in another cradle mounted on the floor.
After I positioned my trailer/hangar at the strip I took the wheels off, put them inside the front of the trailer, and have the axles resting on two sets of 4 X 4's just high enough to keep the brake drums from resting on the ground. With this lowered stance, and the light weight of the FF, I no longer use the winch. I simply hook a nylon strap in the lower strut receivers and easily pull it up the ramps by hand. I marked the point on the trailer floor where to stop the main gear wheels to go outside and line up the tail wheel with the track for it, which are a couple of traffic sign channels bolted together and configured to allow the engine to make it under the header, then raising the rear of the FF so the forward end of the wings (inside root of the leading edge when it's set up) clears the floor of the trailer.
Took some figuring, but it worked out really well. Twelve hundred bucks for the raggy trailer, a couple of hundred for new tires, some new lights, paint to make it un-ugly and free carpet for the area in the front for BSing over coffee with anyone hanging around the strip. The side door opens just at the front of the FF, so you don't have to squeeze by to get to the tools or coffee pot.
Nice to hear from your part of the world. Fly safe.
Dave Kulp
Bethlehem, PA
FireFly 11DMK
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