REFLECTOR: Battery Advice

[Brooke Wolf]

I have a spare Odyssey 925 that fell out of my truck to the ground…about 3 feet.  A corner of the battery is dented a little but I can't see any cracks or anything.  The battery seems to take a full charge and holds it nicely.  Would I dare use this battery in my airplane?

Brooke
N108BG XLRG-5


On Dec 11, 2012, at 10:52 AM, reflector-request at tvbf.org wrote:

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> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Battery Advice
> Date: December 11, 2012 10:51:14 AM EST
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> I have three Odyssey batteries and the oldest (2003) still cranks my boat in summer and winter.  I keep the one in my airplane fully charged using a 2 amp charger.  My Chevy engine is all electric with only the Odyssey and dual alternators. 
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> From: Ruben Creus
> Date: 12/10/2012 2:29:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Battery Advice
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> Talking about batteries, It is time to change mine; we had some discharges over time and not holding well now. I am thinking on an Odyssey 925. Crack power sounds good, but cold amps suck 330. Talking with Odyssey, they tell me that the standard CCA is for 30 seconds, but their technology is designed to give all the best on the 5 first seconds, and when cold, it should give at least 500 for the 5 seconds.
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> Any of you have any experience with Odyssey. Are these claims right?  I live in the DC area, so not to bad, but few days a year, we easily are below freezing level, and wonder if anyone has already played with freezing temperatures and batteries.
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> I also saw the AEROVOLTZ Phosphate Lithium, pretty cool!!  410 CCA for 3lbs weight!!  Maybe two of those would be better.
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> Ruben G. Creus
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