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01-22-2007, 05:47 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Ft. Pierce, Florida (FD88)
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RV-6 battery size?
I have a 1996 RV-6 with the battery in the center of the floor up at the firewall. Does anyone know if the standard battery box fits a 25 or 35 size battery? I would go measure but the plane is 2+ hours away and I need to order one today.
Buz
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01-22-2007, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
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Battery info
Concord 25RG-XC battery (22.95 LBS)
Part Number = ES 25RG-XC
Price = $147.00
Quantity
Odyssey Battery (14.50 LBS)
Part Number = ES PC680
Price = $87.50
Quantity
Looks like Vans sells the 25
Personally, I switched mine to the Odyssey, less expensive and lighter too.
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Bob Martin
RV-6, 0-360 Hartzell C/S, Tip up, 1200+TT
James extended cowl/plenum, induction, -8VS and Rudder. TSFlightline hoses. Oregon Aero leather seats.
D100-KMD150-660-TT ADI2- AS air/oil seperator. Vetterman exhaust with turndown tips.
Louisa, Virginia KLKU N94TB
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01-22-2007, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: KSLC
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I'd get the lighter Odyessy as suggested, and install some kind of spacers in the box. The Odyssey is about half the size. My battery box is the same as yours.
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01-22-2007, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Battery
WalMart, Garden tractor battery, about the same weight as the Concord, less than $25.00!
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Bill Waters
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RV6A - Gone, but not forgotten!
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01-22-2007, 08:21 AM
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been here awhile
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 4,300
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Quote:
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WalMart, Garden tractor battery, about the same weight as the Concord, less than $25.00!
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But I don't think it is a sealed, RG battery (I have one of the tractor batteries in my kit car and it cranks the V6 just fine). This means you will need a vented and drained battery box in case the battery burps some acid. I like the Odyssey. |
01-22-2007, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Ft. Pierce, Florida (FD88)
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Thanks guys, Does the smaller Odyssey have less capacity, say to power radios with alternator failure, than the rg-25?
Buz
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01-22-2007, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
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battery picture
Hope this helps.
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Bob Martin
RV-6, 0-360 Hartzell C/S, Tip up, 1200+TT
James extended cowl/plenum, induction, -8VS and Rudder. TSFlightline hoses. Oregon Aero leather seats.
D100-KMD150-660-TT ADI2- AS air/oil seperator. Vetterman exhaust with turndown tips.
Louisa, Virginia KLKU N94TB
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