REFLECTOR: battery

[Scott Derrick]

The concord rg is a great battery.

The Hawker (Enersys) Odyssey is the same technology at half the price.  
I think Hawker's been making them longer than Concord.

http://www.portablepower.com/products/slabatteries/Odyssey.asp

Scott

NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:
> Lou,
>  
>  
> Do you need the weight of the battery size you now have to keep your 
> CG right? If so I would suggest a Recombinant Gas Battery from 
> Concord. They are identified by the part number RG.. such as RG-25 or 
> RG-25XC 
>  
>  CONCORDE AIRCRAFT BATTERIES from Aircraft Spruce 
> <http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/fbpages/FBconcordebatt.php>
>  
> They are Sealed Lead acid batteries, but the technology is so much 
> better than flooded cell batteries. I can get into the design and all 
> that, so ask me if you need that info. The benefits are:
>  
> Sealed, No venting or weeping.
> Much lower internal resistance in the battery = more power to your 
> systems/starter
> Much longer life
> Works fantastic in colder weather.
>  
> I replaced the battery in my Cherokee 235 with the RG-25. It cranks 
> that O-540 like you wouldn't believe, and I have never heard the 
> battery get "tired". It has been in there 3 years so far. I have to 
> fly when it gets colder here. Ok not THAT cold, but the airplane is 
> sitting in my driveway all night below freezing. I have messed up and 
> not primed the thing enough in that cold, and it just keeps on 
> cranking... No problem.
>  
> They did a test cranking an IO-540. They put the batteries in a 
> freezer. The RG battery had more cranking power after cranking 30 
> seconds than the flooded cell battery had before cranking at all.
>  
> That would be my easy solution. Check locally for price and 
> availability. It may be cheaper and faster than having Spruce ship it.
>  
>  
> You can always pick a battery from B and C specialties:  Batteries 
> <http://www.bandc.biz/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?4X358218>
>  
> I am using two of their BC116 batteries in my Velocity. They are 
> amazingly small and powerful. I can crank my 340 HP Aluminum block V-6 
> Chevy with *just one* of them. It took some cranking when I first 
> started too since my fuel injection idle circuit was out of adjustment.
>  
> Bottom line, My advice would be to check your connections and switch 
> to a Recombinant Gas Battery (don't let someone sell you a gell 
> cell... it is NOT the same). I think you will be pleased.
>  
>  
> Kurt Winker
>
>
>
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