Marco Leon mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote:
: Do you have copper battery cables? My Warrior would disengage the gear like
: you described until I got the copper cables put in.

: Marco Leon

Yes, I've got the copper cables. I've checked the terminals and connections
and they all seem to be in good shape. Looks can be deceiving however, so I'm
planning on going out with an assistant and a voltmeter and track down all the voltage
drops.

With the Skytec starter, I never really had a problem with "cranking power."
It's only the gear disengaging now that's making me suspect. If it turns out it is
the battery and I replace it, I suspect I'll be surprised at how much *extra* cranking
power I'll have. As things slowly degrade you forget what it used to do.

The main reason I'm asking is because another friend of mine put a lightweight
battery in his experimental. I don't know if it's available for certified.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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