p.mulwitz(at)worldnet.att
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 Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:44 am Post subject: Shop Battery |
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Hi John,
I went to a large auto battery discount place and bought a "Deep
Discharge" battery for use in my shop. This is designed to be
completely discharged, unlike normal batteries which can be damaged
by total discharge. This sort of battery is commonly used in
equipment like golf carts. I think it cost me around $30.
I mounted the battery on a little wall shelf. I also installed a
switch and volt meter, but this part is clearly optional. (The switch
disconnects the volt meter so it doesn't slowly discharge the
battery.) The last piece of equipment is a decent battery charger.
With all this in place, I can use various jumper cables and similar
contraptions to power all sorts of things. Testing 12 volt equipment
like strobe and navigation lights was a natural. I also use this as
a power supply for nichrome wire to cut styrofoam using a little
table built for that purpose. This one little part of my shop gets a
lot of use.
Good luck,
Paul
XL wings
| Quote: | hi list
starting to put together my electrical system. when
testing the lights and other electrical componets,
what should i use as a power source. i was thinking
of buying my aircraft battery now and using it until i
am ready to put it in the aircraft. will this damage
it and or is it powerful enough for testing purposes.
i can recharge it anytime but perhaps using it for
testing is a bad idea any recommendations would be
helpful. thanks in advance
john butterfield
601xl, corvair
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