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Old 08-28-2014, 02:51 PM
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Default Charging Skyview Backup Battery after testing

Hi All,

I am being ask to test the back up battery again. I guess a year has passed since I did this. How do I get the backup battery to recharge once the test is completed, before I go flying again?

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Old 08-28-2014, 02:56 PM
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You could just go flying and charge during the flight but if you definitely want to recharge it before the next flight, hook up a battery charger to your 12V starter battery and turn the Main on. As long as there is 12V Main power supply SV will charge the battery if necessary.
I forgot how long it took but I doubt it took much longer than an hour.
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Old 08-28-2014, 03:41 PM
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It takes about 3 hours to fully charge the battery.

Unless your next flight is one that really needs the battery, just go flying. By the time you're off the ground you'll have 5 minutes of backup battery charge, and that will just keep going up as you fly. So there's really a small window where a failure will lead to needing the battery but it not being charged enough.
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To do the annual skyview test, the installation manual on page 7-16 says disconnect the main power from the skyview. How did you disconnect it?

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To do the annual skyview test, the installation manual on page 7-16 says disconnect the main power from the skyview. How did you disconnect it?

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Turn off the Master.
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Old 01-12-2015, 08:23 PM
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Thankyou
With the master power off, ran Skyview for 60 minutes.
After putting trickle auto charge on overnite with both the master and skyview on, i Turn it on today and still says it needs the battery test!
Any suggestions?

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Old 01-12-2015, 08:46 PM
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Tim,
Unless you pressed "TEST BATT" after you turned the master off, you didn't run the battery test in SkyView. It's a specific mode, not just letting it run on the battery for a while.

You also can't have SkyView and the master on with a trickle charger- a trickle charger is about 750mA but the SkyView is 3A by itself. So this will kill an aircraft battery quickly.
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Old 01-13-2015, 05:42 PM
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Thankyou Dynon. I don't recall seeing "test batt", just stay on.

I'll try again and if it fails this time can I install a new battery from you on this SLSA?

Tim
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Old 01-14-2015, 10:25 AM
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If it stayed on for 60 minutes manually, then it will pass the test.

I'm not 100% sure what the rules on an S-LSA are for a maintenance item like this. We know you can't add something to an S-LSA without the OEM's instructions, but we're not sure if something like this needs to be in the maintenance manual or not. You'd need to ask Vans/Synergy to be sure.
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Old 01-17-2015, 01:26 PM
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Thankyou Steve. If I can ask another question. First time trying to download the updates, onto the computer. No luck. Windows can't open this file. So I save it to the computer....takes a couple seconds, not hours...it's a "duc file"
This can't be it?
What now?... it to the flash drive and upload into Skyview a per Dynons directions
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