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Old 01-24-2013, 11:31 AM
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Securaplane, the battery charger manufacture is based here in Oro Valley.

I spoke to the Fire Marshall today (still trying to get our airpark hangar fire codes sorted out) and he said he's getting lots of calls about this 2006 incident that burned down the companys 3 storey building...

I had forgotten about this....

Securaplane fire cause unknown

By Brian P. Nanos, ExpNews@ExplorerNews.com

November 15, 2006 - One week after Oro Valley-based Securaplane Technologies lost its administrative building in a three-alarm fire, investigators are months away from zeroing in on the fire's cause.

Despite the loss of a building he values at $2 million, Securaplane's President Dave Daniels claims the company is in a good position to rebuild.

A fire the morning of Nov. 7 destroyed the company's property at 10800 N. Mavinee Drive and disrupted the company's administration, sales and marketing, products support and research and development offices. The company's 138 employees also temporarily lost use of their landline phone and Internet systems.

According to Daniels, each of those offices either has little effect on the company's current business obligations or is easily transferable. Employees with offices in the burnt building are now all working in the company's other building located just across North Mavinee Drive.

Daniels said the fire had little affect on the company's ability to make its upcoming product shipments on time.

One week after the fire, investigators had yet to determine its cause. This week, inspectors representing the company's insurer, the town of Oro Valley and Golder Ranch Fire District were at the scene attempting to discover the fire's cause.

"It's not a quick issue," Golder Ranch fire inspector Steve Hobarenko said after the first day of inspections. "It's something that's going to play out over a number of months."

Witnesses told firefighters that the fire started in the area the company stores batteries. Early investigation on the scene confirmed the fire's location, but the cause will not be determined until all possibilities are ruled out, Hobarenko said.

John Sullivan, community services division chief of the Golder Ranch Fire District, said investigation into the cause of the fire is focusing on the possibilities that it was caused by a defective battery, defective battery charging equipment or worker error.



I think the final report blamed an improper test set-up, but the fire was largen enough to destroy the building.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:00 AM
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Glenn, I am curious to hear how the little 2.2 lb. Shorai compared to your PC680 when starting your airplane. Also, when you can please let us know how the 4.4 lb. Shorai works compared to the others as well. Thanks, Tony
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:13 AM
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Tony etal,

Starting at post #25 of this thread, you can read about some testing done with the 18Ah Shorai. For my personal experience, you can read my series of progressing results starting at post #47 of the same thread.
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:31 PM
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Check this out: http://www.super-b.com/en/
I installed two of them in my Rv 7
They are very well known in Italy and many Lsa have been running on those with no issues since 5 years. Little bit expensive but quite affordable.
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