Eveready super heavy duty batteries are simple Zinc Carbon cells developed
from the leclanche cells of the 19th century, they are basically low
capacity and of dubious value. They are also prone to electrolyte leakage
when discharged with resulting damage to the battery holders and surrounding
elec
Hi all,
For anyone interested the WA State Gliding Comps start this Friday with
practice being today and tomorrow. There's a record turnout for us of 30
entries. Results and info can be found at www.waga.org.au
Regards
Don Woodward
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Aus-soari
Peter
Initially I was told that the Lithium batteries were not required for the
reasons Scott Penrose raised. So I purchased some "average" quality
batteries, Eveready Super Heavy Duty. We got low battery lights on the
first day of use! I don't know the science of the different batteries but
Hi Peter
I have had continuous tracking from one pair of Lithium batteries for over 2
weeks - restarting tracking each day, and the batteries are still running. In
all my tests, running SPOT for 2 weeks in NZ, a number of glider flights,
drives etc, I am only on my second batteries in 8 months.
John,
have you any idea how long the batteries last on continuous tracking?
Spot specify not cheap Lithium batteries ($8.95 a pair of AA Lithium
Energisers at my chemist next door) only and we have been discussing
how long they last.
Changing them in mid-air is a bit fiddly and probably dang
Guys
Spot tracking devices have been installed in all gliders in the 18 metre and
Open classes for Day 2 of the Australian Multi Class Nationals being held at
Benalla, Victoria.
Yesterday we had a few pilots who forgot to turn on the spots and a couple
of failures due to low batteries, so
