X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:47:47 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta21.charter.net ([216.33.127.81] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.0) with ESMTP id 4062327 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:07:19 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.33.127.81; envelope-from=troneill@charter.net Received: from imp11 ([10.20.200.11]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20100103230643.YWOM21519.mta21.charter.net@imp11> for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:06:43 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([75.132.241.174]) by imp11 with smtp.charter.net id RB6h1d00U3mUFT705B6i32; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:06:42 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=45f240DqAAAA:8 a=fGch3QI15nTsrB7lmt8A:9 a=WGZkV7B_ttcWxXftMbB3vPX6WlwA:4 a=TizjoR_ZAiv-EEV0cQwA:9 a=DlXHIyHwTBtLcbNn3rcA:7 a=CuAGhAlFb3PhBUKJCIAV0ljF5v8A:4 From: Terrence O'Neill Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-55-784959628 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: 2 questions X-Original-Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:06:41 -0600 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: <5E99D230-5598-4549-9E49-508FE3CE8E1C@charter.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) --Apple-Mail-55-784959628 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thanks, Colyn. Your info about the 625 is reassuring. I now think my Odysey charger (smallest one) is kaput... will call the = co. tomorrow... the battery reads about 5.5 vdc' now... and when = connected to the charger the vdc drops to 88.4 mV that's millivolts... = ... and when I put my tester to the output of the charger it reads zip. =20= Electricity is not my strong suit.... Terrence N211AL L235.320 On Jan 3, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Colyn Case at earthlink wrote: > A couple other points on the odyssey battery. > 1) Probably everyone knows this but just in case: A std aviation = battery will sulphate if you leave it on the shelf for a year. this = happened to me so at that point I had a choice of buying an expensive = de-sulphating charger or buying odyssey batteries which don't have this = problem. I bought the batteries. > =20 > 2) the pc680 is called the pc680 because it provides 680 amps for 5 = seconds. Similarly the pc625 provides only 625 amps for 5 seconds. = However, in every other cranking metric: "cranking", "cold cranking", = "hot cranking" the pc625 outperforms the pc680. It also has more = total storage capacity. On my airplane, the cranking situation I'm = most worried about is in the air, trying to get the prop out of feather. = (k. we just had the debate about props and their handling so we don't = need to do that again). I decided cold cranking amps is what I care = about. > =20 > details are available here:=20 > http://www.odysseybatteries.com/files/techbook.pdf > =20 > =20 --Apple-Mail-55-784959628 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Thanks, Colyn. Your info about the 625 is = reassuring.
 I now think my Odysey charger (smallest one) is = kaput... will call the co. tomorrow... the battery reads about 5.5 vdc' = now... and when connected to the charger the vdc drops to 88.4 mV =  that's millivolts... ... and when I put my tester to the output of = the charger it reads zip.  
Electricity is not my strong = suit....
Terrence
N211AL = L235.320

On Jan 3, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Colyn Case = at earthlink wrote:

A couple other = points on the odyssey battery.
1) Probably everyone knows this but just in case:   = A std aviation battery will sulphate if you leave it on the shelf for a = year.    this happened to me so at that point I had a = choice of buying an expensive de-sulphating charger or buying odyssey = batteries which don't have this problem.   I bought the = batteries.
 
2) = the pc680 is called the pc680 because it provides 680 amps for 5 = seconds.   Similarly the pc625 provides only 625 amps for 5 = seconds.   However, in every other cranking metric: = "cranking", "cold cranking", "hot cranking"   the pc625 = outperforms the pc680.  It also has more total storage = capacity.    On my airplane, the cranking situation I'm most = worried about is in the air, trying to get the prop out of = feather.   (k.  we just had the debate about props and = their handling so we don't need to do that again).   I decided = cold cranking amps is what I care about.
 
details are available here: 
 
 

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