Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 23:04:40 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from orngca-mls03.socal.rr.com ([66.75.160.18] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b4) with ESMTP id 1601016 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:03:10 -0400 Received: from walter (bak-24-161-199-34.bak.rr.com [24.161.199.34]) by orngca-mls03.socal.rr.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.3) with SMTP id g64139L23330; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:03:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <004201c222f6$f06d7680$22c7a118@bak.rr.com> From: "Walter Dodson" X-Original-To: , "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Battery life X-Original-Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:05:50 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Rick, I have had some good battery experience and find about four years life is what you can expect. If you take care of your battery it should hold enough reserve power after a start to give you that thirty minutes we all need after the alternator quits. The new technology trickle chargers sound like a great thing tho I have no direct experience. The very worst thing you can do is run the battery dead. These are not deep cycle types. They loose a good percentage of their life each time they are "killed". Add to that putting in too much distilled water and watching your baby overflow on the charger and you have a big waste of bucks. Read and follow the charging directions! I am using my first Concord RG (recombinant gas) battery in our IV-P. I installed it eighteen months ago to cycle the gear and such. It seems to be just great so far. I have done no capacity check yet but I'm not worried. I charge it every sixty days when it's out of use. I firmly believe the RG's are the wave of the future. Best luck, Walter Dodson IV-P 87%+/-