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Old 03-11-2019, 12:21 AM
Neil Neil is offline
 
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Default Batteries gone bottoms up.

Had one of these units.. Batteries after a while would not hold a charge... Ripped them out -- guess what -- 10 rechargeable 1.2v batteries... REALLY !!! And the cost of replacement if one goes bottoms up, is what ???

Replaced the whole unit with a sealed lead-acid battery between the sub-panel and the firewall... Designed to function as everyone else is using for a G3X system.

1/10 th price and 100% more reliable. Maybe my batteries were just unfortunately a bad lot - as it seems some have greater luck..
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Old 03-11-2019, 08:06 AM
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Since I posed this question 5 years ago, I thought I should give an update. As my original post said, the first unit failed pretty quickly, the second has been going ever since without issue. I fly IFR so I test this system fairly often. Still going strong.
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