Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #34928
From: jbker@juno.com <jbker@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EC2 Current Draw
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:02:33 GMT
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Joe,

I measured each of the items individually, but am not at home so can
not look them up. Starting current is very large compared to the other
items. If you are looking at a modern battery such as an Odessey, it
has very low internal resistance so can deliver plenty of cranking
current. The item to size your battery is how many amp-hours do you
wish to have in reserve. I flew my airplane (13B) for an hour with the
alternator off before the voltage started it's rapid roll off. These
batteries will hold voltage until about empty.

Bernie

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