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Message: Re: [IAC] BATTERIES

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From: Bruce Parham <bparham at ISI.EDU>

Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:38:45 UTC

Message:

  Ron,

If your S2A is registered as "Experimental", you can do as you please with
batteries, otherwise you may be stuck with "Approved" types only. 

When it came time to replace the battery in my S1S, I used a 30 AH gelled
electrolyte lead-acid battery designed for wheelchair service.  It was the
same size and weight as the old Gates Gelcel at about half the price ($65).

Good luck :-)

Bruce


> From owner-iac at lists.handmadesw.com Thu May 27 19:09:24 1999
> From: "charles chadwick" <bubbaron at bellatlantic.net>
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> Subject: [IAC] BATTERIES
> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:32:13 -0400
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> I AM ABOUT TO REPLACE THE BATTERY IN MY PITTS S2A.  THE FELLOW I PURCHASED
> THE PLANE FROM TOLD ME TO PURCHASE A GELCEL FROM A COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES
> WHEEL CHAIRS OWNERS. HE HAS BEEN BUILDING PITTS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND
> SEEMED TO"KNOW OF WHAT HE SPEAKS".  ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MASSES?  
> 
> WHAT SPECS SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR, AMP/HOUR ETC? WILL THE SAME BATTERY
> WORK IN AN S2B? ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE TO PURCHASE THESE ANIMALS?  
> 
> THANKS
> RON CHADWICK
> BUBBARON at BELLATLANTIC.NET
>