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1. 02:58 PM - Re: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers (Steve Stearns)
2. 04:47 PM - Re: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers (Charlie England)
3. 09:17 PM - Re: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers (skywagon185guy)
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| Subject: | Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers |
Hi Bob,
While you are evaluating the "new kid" can you see how it behaves if it is
connected to the battery but there is no AC? I have the unfortunate
situation in that my city (Longmont CO) seems to do nasty things to the
power line (usually, when I'm out of town) which causes all the GFIs in all
the hangars in my area to trip. And then, it seems, every battery we have
on a charge maintainer (my maintainer is one of the recommended Schumakers
(sp?)) discharges through the maintainer.
Very irritating... I'm wondering if the "new kid" will also do this...
Steve Stearns
LongEz N45FC, Taylorcraft BC12D N43732
Boulder/Longmont CO
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| Subject: | Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers |
On 8/30/2023 4:57 PM, Steve Stearns wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> While you are evaluating the "new kid" can you see how it behaves if
> it is connected to the battery but there is no AC? I have the
> unfortunate situation in that my city (Longmont CO) seems to do nasty
> things to the power line (usually, when I'm out of town) which causes
> all the GFIs in all the hangars in my area to trip. And then, it
> seems, every battery we have on a charge maintainer (my maintainer is
> one of the recommended Schumakers (sp?)) discharges through the
> maintainer.
>
> Very irritating... I'm wondering if the "new kid" will also do this...
>
> Steve Stearns
> LongEz N45FC, Taylorcraft BC12D N43732
> Boulder/Longmont CO
Henny Youngman's excellent advice:
The patient says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
The doctor says, "Then don't do that!
And from Bert Lance:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Any SLA or LifePo battery that's in good condition (as they should be in
an a/c), without a load connected, will take a year or more to
self-discharge to the point where you'd notice it.
I'll bet more batteries are killed by chargers and maintainers (through
either defects or misuse) than are preserved/saved.
Just something to think about.
Charlie
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| Subject: | Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers |
Steve makes my earlier point about discharging expensive batteries due to
maintainers/chargers not having some sort of blocking diode.
I have a history of losing 4 deep cycle large batteries that discharged to
a point that the chemistry refused to allow recharging.
This is especially true on GFI controlled AC circuits and not being around
the area to reset them for months.
I solved this with a simple code (probable) breaking mod.
By removing the GFI and going with a straight through AC source. Doing
this will allow the maintainer to be powered up again when the line becomes
active.
If you are absent from the area for months this is a temporary fix.
D
On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 4:50=AFPM Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.c
om>
wrote:
> On 8/30/2023 4:57 PM, Steve Stearns wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> While you are evaluating the "new kid" can you see how it behaves if it i
s
> connected to the battery but there is no AC? I have the unfortunate
> situation in that my city (Longmont CO) seems to do nasty things to the
> power line (usually, when I'm out of town) which causes all the GFIs in a
ll
> the hangars in my area to trip. And then, it seems, every battery we hav
e
> on a charge maintainer (my maintainer is one of the recommended Schumaker
s
> (sp?)) discharges through the maintainer.
>
> Very irritating... I'm wondering if the "new kid" will also do this...
>
> Steve Stearns
> LongEz N45FC, Taylorcraft BC12D N43732
> Boulder/Longmont CO
>
> Henny Youngman's excellent advice:
> =9CThe patient says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
> The doctor says, "Then don't do that!=9D
>
> And from Bert Lance:
> "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>
> Any SLA or LifePo battery that's in good condition (as they should be in
> an a/c), without a load connected, will take a year or more to
> self-discharge to the point where you'd notice it.
>
> I'll bet more batteries are killed by chargers and maintainers (through
> either defects or misuse) than are preserved/saved.
>
> Just something to think about.
>
> Charlie
>
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