X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:23:25 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from blu139-omc3-s11.blu139.hotmail.com ([65.55.175.211] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2636475 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:17:15 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.55.175.211; envelope-from=cgainza@msn.com Received: from BLU112-W34 ([65.55.162.188]) by blu139-omc3-s11.blu139.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:16:36 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: cgainza@msn.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_d3862260-5b8d-4d3e-9598-bc3ae9d3ce06_" X-Originating-IP: [67.180.21.88] From: Craig Gainza X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Battery tender X-Original-Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:16:36 -0800 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2008 20:16:36.0502 (UTC) FILETIME=[5EA94360:01C85233] --_d3862260-5b8d-4d3e-9598-bc3ae9d3ce06_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Have you checked out the Patco Model 300 Digi-key #PATC-08-ND? Two charger= s in one housing. =20 I have one that I no longer use since I converted to 24v. Let me know if y= ou are interested. Craig Gainza From: marv@lancair.net To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:30:19 -0500 Subject: [LML] Re: Battery tender Posted for "Colyn Case on earthlink" : I don't know enough to answer your question on HOW to do it but it seems l= ike=20 a bad idea if there's a possibility that when you plug it in, the two=20 batteries will be in different states of charge/sulphation etc. The tende= r=20 will not know what to do. Maybe best to get two tenders? =20 [We recently fought that battle on Ted Noel's IVP with two Odysssey batteri= es... one 17AH, one 55AH. I took the single Battery Tender and sent its ou= tput through a SPDT relay that has a 120V coil. I used a common lamp timer= to trigger the relay coil in a 4-hour-on/4-hour-off pattern. When the rel= ay is de-energized the hot side from the Battery Tender goes to battery #1,= and when it's energized the output goes to battery #2. The Battery Tender= , relay, timer, extension cord and battery connection cable (with a 3-condu= ctor connector... one ground, two hots) are all housed in a nice plastic to= olcase that looks rather like a briefcase... the whole thing sits inside th= e baggage compartment and gets plugged in when the airplane is sitting in t= he hangar. So far it appears to be working as intended. =0A= ] =0A= --=0A= =0A= For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html= =0A= --_d3862260-5b8d-4d3e-9598-bc3ae9d3ce06_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Have you checked= out the Patco Model 300 Digi-key #PATC-08-ND?  Two chargers in one ho= using. 

I have one that I no longer use since I converted to 2= 4v.  Let me know if you are interested.

Craig Gainza




From: marv@lancair.ne= t
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:30:19 -0500
S= ubject: [LML] Re: Battery tender

Posted for "Colyn Cas= e on earthlink" <colyncase@earthlink.net>:

I don't know enoug= h to answer your question on HOW to do it but it seems like
a bad idea = if there's a possibility that when you plug it in, the two
batteries wi= ll be in different states of charge/sulphation etc. The tender
will n= ot know what to do. Maybe best to get two tenders?
 
[We recent= ly fought that battle on Ted Noel's IVP with two Odysssey batteries... one = 17AH, one 55AH.  I took the single Battery Tender and sent its output = through a SPDT relay that has a 120V coil.  I used a common lamp timer= to trigger the relay coil in a 4-hour-on/4-hour-off pattern.  When th= e relay is de-energized the hot side from the Battery Tender goes to batter= y #1, and when it's energized the output goes to battery #2.  The Batt= ery Tender, relay, timer, extension cord and battery connection cable (with= a 3-conductor connector... one ground, two hots) are all housed in a nice = plastic toolcase that looks rather like a briefcase... the whole thing sits= inside the baggage compartment and gets plugged in when the airplane is si= tting in the hangar.  So far it appears to be working as intended.&nbs= p;   <marv>   =0A= ]

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