
November 29th 15, 12:52 AM
posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Winter Care
On Saturday, 28 November 2015 15:45:53 UTC-7, Richard wrote:
On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 2:23:50 PM UTC-8, Ron Gleason wrote:
For many or most of us, winter is here and the gliders are parked for a number of months. I have removed every battery from the cockpit, put mouse poison in the trailer and taken out anything that should not freeze (waxes, plexi-glass cleaners etc).
What is the best way store glider batteries, specifically LiPO4's? Just plug them in the charger? Does it matter if they are in the house or in a cold garage?
What the PDA's and PNA's? Again just keep them on the charger in the warm house?
Any other items folks do to bundle up their gliders?
Ron Gleason
I don't think you can go wrong with the following recommendations.
The recommended is to discharge the battery about 1/2 and then store do not leave on the charger. I don't think warm or cold will matter, but I would bring them in the house out of the condensation.
PDAs PNAs in the house on the charger every month or so.
Mouse poison I don't know.
You will find the mice in the summer when the dead ones heat up and stink.
Richard,
www.craggyaero.com
Thanks Richard
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