REFLECTOR: Battery Advice

Rich Ervin rich_ervin at hotmail.com
Sun Dec 9 20:09:55 CST 2012


I've been hearing talk about the optima. Right now I'm in "triage" mode - nowhere close to gold-plating the system.

I will look into the Optima's and if the price is not unreasonable I'll buy that instead - I'm sure it's not more than $100 or more...

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From: edjonesbrady at gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 20:01:03 -0600
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Battery Advice

Hi Rich,I thought I'd throw this over to you and the group: is anyone using Optima or similar AGM batteries. When my Odessey goes I will consider an Optima or Johnson Control AGM battery. I've fairly good results with the Optimas, when properly sized.

Mark B. MageeN34XL
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On Dec 9, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Rich Ervin <rich_ervin at hotmail.com> wrote:





That's very generous, but I am not someplace warm, and I will need to replace this battery anyway so I think I'll need to just get the order turned in - maybe this week.



From: wjwilbeck at gmail.com
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:20:51 -0600
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Battery Advice

Hello Rich, I have a 4 year old Odyssey Battery that I replaced in my Velocity. It tests fine but I will not fly with it. If you live somewhere warm, I would consider flying it down to you sometime.  wj From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Rich Ervin
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 9:49 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Battery Advice 
I have an airplane battery which was dead for 10 years, but had very little usage prior to that (only a month or so).

I want to use this battery just for starting and possibly some slow-speed taxi work. I plan to order a new battery, but I'd like to continue working on this plane using the old battery until I'm ready to permanently install (and properly maintain) a new one.

I've already tried charging it, and it didn't seem to take a lick. I only charged for about 15 or 20 minutes though - once on a medium speed charger, then connected to a car battery with the engine running.

Does anyone have a tip for reconditioning the battery for temporary use?
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