[NSRCA-discussion] Electrics

[J.Oddino]

I bought the Honda and am very happy with it.  I can run two 10s chargers at once so it should pay for itself pretty fast if one needed two marine batteries per year.
Jim O
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nat Penton 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:08 PM
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Electrics


  The only battery giving me a problem is the lead acid Marine 'deep discharge'  battery used for field charging of the lipos. It has lost about 70% of it's capacity in seven months.

  It provided six 12min flts when new and was purchased from Academy Surplus for $40. It has provided a total of maybe 80 flights ( 30 cycles ??? ). The problem is likely due to my maintenance ( lack thereof ). I left the battery in a partial discharge state sometmes for weeks. You can find maintenance needs on Google at agmbatteries, courtesy Earl Haury.

  West Mountain sells a gell cell, 54#, 84ah, rated for 500 cycles @ 100% discharge ( 20hr discharge rate ), $149 del. I will see how it performs under our conditions.
                                                        Nat


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