Airplane Batteries

Morgans wrote:

"George Patterson" wrote

Not mine. The Gill batteries in my C-150 lasted about 6 years.

What is your secret for success? Do you have it inside,heated, trickle
charge it, fly often?

I kept it tied down in New Jersey, charged the battery once a year during the
annual, and flew 70-100 hours a year. Flying was pretty regularly spaced out
over the year except for those periods when unexpected maintenance was
necessary. I flew few really long flights, though I did make Sun'n Fun once.

Prior to my buying the plane, it was kept tied down in West Virginia. It flew
about 4 hours in the year before I bought it. I had to replace the battery a few
years after I bought the plane in 1989. According to the logs and the tags on
the battery, it was a little over 6 years old. I sold the plane in 1996. The new
owner is also in New Jersey and kept it tied down. As of 1998, the battery was
still going strong, but I haven't spoken with the man since then. The plane is
still registered to the guy who bought it from me.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.