Bob Nuckolls put that in an very old cop of the Aero-Electric' Connection. Said, "he wished he would have never printed that." Dale http://www.long-ez.com =====================> Adios y vaya con

I second that.. Not recommending such a load carrying wire inside the copper or aluminum tube. Vance Atkinson EAA Flt and Tech advisor. COZY N43CZ VEZ N3LV

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Palmer Reising wrote: Problem? No. Completely unnecessary and heavy? Yes. Most people using bellevilles run either two or four. With 1/2" bolts, almost all use four. Eight, as they say, is right out.

Andrew Anunson wrote: Generally, yes. If the steel is embedded in an area that doesn't see water exposure. If water can seep into the layup, then rusting can occur (as does AL corrosion on VE wing

Del Schier wrote: Given the discussion of potential issues with Lithium batteries here recently (and they're obviously real), I wonder if we underestimate the potential issues with Lead Acid

At one point, that was a fashionable thing to do. It was done that way in my plane by the original builder. I would not do that. I don't believe it saves any weight, there is the potential for any

Hi Del,, My Knowledge as an Industrial Engineer with experience in house with one of the largest Battery Manufacturers in the country. The interconnect between the cells are the weakest parts of the

The 1/2” bolt head presses on the large area washer in a circular area of about 5/8” or slightly larger. All the clamping force in directed from the head to the large area washer. One possibility

Hi, Do you see any problem with using an eight (8) Belleville washer stack on the 1/2 inch Propeller bolts on a Cozy III with an O-360 or would you suggest buying new bolts and using a four or six

Steve I wonder how you know the inter cell connections failed; did you take one apart? I suspect I have a bad Odyssey 925. On several occasions the airplane would not crank over well, once not at all

When embedding uncoated steel in the aircraft structure, do our epoxies prevent the steel from rusting? If we apply zinc chromate primer to steel for rust prevention, will our epoxies bond to that

I'm a Cozy builder and learned something from a VariEZ friend today. He put his #2 POS wire from his battery in the nose to the firewall inside a half inch copper tube. He used the tube for the ground

I too have used Odyssey batteries the last 18 plus years in my Mk III. On the first battery, at 5 years, I reckoned it might be getting tired so I took it to an automotivve elecco who tested it and

I have two had airplanes with Odyssey batteries and never a problem! I left the battery switch on and drained one completely down once. I followed the instructions on their website and brought it

Sounds like Odyssey might have a quality control problem. My 925 works fine after five years, has sat for up to three months in the winter, never seen a battery maintainer, and always starts on the

Andrew Anunson wrote: 7.3. You get to pick the units. Depends on the installation. If you're wiring a harness to an instrument / piece of avionics, allow for the thing to be moved in the IP - folks

Steve, What is the basis for your statement "the connection between the cells are designed to fail"? I have two Odyssey PC 680's in my Defiant. I replaced both of them last year. Both had 5 years

Marc Zeitlin wrote: Have generous service loops in electrical bundles so that wires can be moved, just in case. What is a generous service loop? Good information regarding excessive use of wire

We've done this a few times since we built our first Berkut and realized that it is a good idea. Be careful not to use too flimsy of material, we discovered one retainer on a Berkut that let