Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:58:01 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d08.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.5) with ESMTP id 2002336 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:16:29 -0500 Received: from CavittP@aol.com by imo-d08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id q.95.293c831c (16335) for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:16:18 -0500 (EST) From: CavittP@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <95.293c831c.2b688562@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:16:18 EST Subject: Aircraft Battery / Starter X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_95.293c831c.2b688562_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 8.0 for Windows US sub 230 --part1_95.293c831c.2b688562_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In my L-235/320 I have a B&C electrical system including 40A alternator, solid-state voltage regulator and one of their sealed batteries. I purchased the battery 6 years ago and it's been flying in my plane for 1000 hours over the past 5 1/2 years. Still no sign of giving up the ghost... In my old Cherokee, I was lucky for the battery to last 2 years. Anybody else having such fabulous luck with their B&C battery? Should I be getting worried? I also have a Sky-Tec HT starter. It normally works fine, but on occasion when it's hot it sometimes fails to start. I'll get a high draw on the ammeter then the control CB pops. When that happens, it wont go until it's cooled off. Sometimes I resort to hosing off the engine to get it to cool sufficiently to get the starter to do it's thing... Anybody else have this experience with their starter? Pete cavitt - N320PL 619-701-0784 --part1_95.293c831c.2b688562_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In my L-235/320 I have a B&C electrical system including 40A alternator, solid-state voltage regulator and one of their sealed batteries.  I purchased the battery 6 years ago and it's been flying in my plane for 1000 hours over the past 5 1/2 years.  Still no sign of giving up the ghost...  In my old Cherokee, I was lucky for the battery to last 2 years.  Anybody else having such fabulous luck with their B&C battery?   Should I be getting worried?

I also have a Sky-Tec HT starter.  It normally works fine, but on occasion when it's hot it sometimes fails to start.  I'll get a high draw on the ammeter then the control CB pops.  When that happens, it wont go until it's cooled off.  Sometimes I resort to hosing off the engine to get it to cool sufficiently to get the starter to do it's thing...  Anybody else have this experience with their starter?

Pete cavitt - N320PL
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