REFLECTOR: Battery Advice

[Mark Magee]

Optima's have gone up in price recently. The used to be less expensive than
any certificated battery. I love them for they have such a long shelf life.
I have one out in the garage that's probably 6 or 7 years old I use to jump
off any dead battery. Still kickin' strong.

Mark

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Rich Ervin <rich_ervin at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  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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> CC: reflector at tvbf.org
> 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. Magee
> N34XL
> Sent from IPhone 4S
>
> 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<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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