X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 20:24:56 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from www.dynacomm.ws ([198.22.63.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 962313 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:20:54 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.22.63.66; envelope-from=lorn@dynacomm.ws Received: from [10.0.1.202] (adsl-69-209-185-245.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net [69.209.185.245]) by www.dynacomm.ws (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id j4OKK4f31293; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:20:04 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--927633842 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Cc: John Stchur LML , Sandra Leigh Olsen From: "Lorn H. Olsen" Subject: B&C BC-100 Battery X-Original-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:20:03 -0400 X-Original-To: Lancair List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) --Apple-Mail-1--927633842 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed I purchased a boat in Slidell, LA (New Orleans) and was there all =20 last week. Come Saturday, as I went to start the plane, I noticed =20 that I had left the master on for 5 days. First came the hand prop, =20 the engine started but the battery was so dead that it couldn't put =20 out enough current to start the alternator. Next I borrowed jumper =20 cables and restarted the engine, took off and climbed out, heading =20 back to Detroit. After about 20 minutes of flying the current into the battery went =20 from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 amps before the alternator circuit breaker =20 (CB) blew. I shut off the master and let everything cool off for 15 =20 minutes. I am sure glad that I have magnetos. I hand flew the plane =20 using my handheld Garmin. I then reset the CB, turned on the master =20 and then the alternator. The system charged for about 3 minutes and =20 then shutdown again. I turned the charging system back on every 10 =20 minutes for the next 2 hours and finally the charging current went =20 below 40 amps and stayed on. I tested the battery temperature by hand =20= and estimate that the battery got to about 140=B0F. When I landed I put my battery tender on the battery. The battery =20 tender said that the battery was 80% charger and went to work on the =20 balance. Yesterday I went to the airport and started the plane twice. Both =20 times had good high speed rotation. What a great battery. Two years ago, on the advice of Tim Hedding the head engineer at =20 http://bandcspecialty.com/, I purchased a BC-100 battery. Tim only =20 said that he had had fewer complaints about the BC100 than about many =20= other batteries. I now agree with Tim. The BC-100, 25 AH is not the same size as the Gill is replaced. I had =20= to have a battery case made. I am now glad that I did. I was =20 replacing my Gills every 1 to 2 years. -- Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp. 248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,000 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan --Apple-Mail-1--927633842 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I purchased a boat in Slidell, = LA (New Orleans) and was there all last week. Come Saturday, as I went = to start the plane, I noticed that I had left the master on for 5 days. = First came the hand prop, the engine started but the battery was so dead = that it couldn't put out enough current to start the alternator. Next I = borrowed jumper cables and restarted the engine, took off and climbed = out, heading back to Detroit.

After about 20 minutes of = flying the current into the battery went from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 amps = before the alternator circuit breaker (CB) blew. I shut off the master = and let everything cool off for 15 minutes. I am sure glad that I have = magnetos. I hand flew the plane using my handheld Garmin. I then reset = the CB, turned on the master and then the alternator. The system charged = for about 3 minutes and then shutdown again. I turned the charging = system back on every 10 minutes for the next 2 hours and finally the = charging current went below 40 amps and stayed on. I tested the battery = temperature by hand and estimate that the battery got to about = 140=B0F.

When = I landed I put my battery tender on the battery. The battery tender said = that the battery was 80% charger and went to work on the = balance.

Yesterday I went to the = airport and started the plane twice. Both times had good high speed = rotation.

What = a great battery.

Two years ago, on the = advice of Tim Hedding the head engineer at=A0http://bandcspecialty.com/, I = purchased a=A0BC-100 battery. Tim only said that he had had fewer = complaints about the BC100 than about many other batteries. I now agree = with Tim.

The = BC-100, 25 AH is not the same size as the Gill is replaced. I had to = have a battery case made. I am now glad that I did. I was replacing my = Gills every 1 to 2 years.

Lorn H. = 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.

248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws

LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,000 hrs, = N31161, Y47, SE Michigan

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