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06-02-2018, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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A big concern out here in the AZ summer not leaving the jumper battery in direct sunlight where it can overheat. I carry one in my car and it has started me twice when the main battery gave up the ghost. It?s got a remarkable energy density.
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06-03-2018, 03:59 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Gloversville, NY
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OK, Jim thats a nicely packed emergency kit. My question is, where do you clamp the battery pack cables for that emergency start? If its to the battery itself the top cowl has to be off, and I fail to see how it can be replaced with the motor running. Or, have you installed an external heavy duty connector for this purpose?
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06-03-2018, 04:27 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Hinckley, Ohio
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Originally Posted by moosepileit
Assuming the cells inside are cylinders like common 18650s, the main hazard is crushing them verically in shipping type handling. The negative contact is everything but the top and the insulator between the top and the balance of the shell case.
Cells can be dumb and managed by the device like a laptip battery or each cell can have a control chip.
Recharge it outside the plane away from easy igniteables just in case.
Easy to google if interested.
My concern in upping cable size is though more efficient, the smaller cable may be done on purpose to limit current. I would make sure the unit does not overheat using the larger cables. If 10 feet of 8 gauge acts like the thinner, shorter OEM cable, nice flexibility added.
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I don't think this pack uses cylindrical cells. Pretty sure pouch form factor is used. See pic below...
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06-03-2018, 04:49 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Hinckley, Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigJohn
OK, Jim thats a nicely packed emergency kit. My question is, where do you clamp the battery pack cables for that emergency start? If its to the battery itself the top cowl has to be off, and I fail to see how it can be replaced with the motor running. Or, have you installed an external heavy duty connector for this purpose?
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Good catch... I haven't tried actual connection to the PC680 through the oil access door. My thinking was to have rather small clamps on the jumper cable for this purpose. Looks like next step is a trip out to the hanger. I have a small pigtail installed now for trickle charger. Might need to replace with something more substantial like this Battery Quick Connector Kit rated at 175A.
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06-03-2018, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Windsor, California
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I've thought about carrying one of those little lithium 12-volt battery packs, but I don't have any real world knowledge as to whether or not they would be useful starting up a 912.
Instead, I carry in my emergency repair kit an 18-inch long piece of battery cable with a battery terminal-sized ring connector swaged on one end and and inch of bare wire strands exposed on the other end. If faced with a dead battery while on a trip, my plan is to attach this cable to my positive battery terminal, extend the bare end out through the open oil access door, hook-up a jumper battery and start the engine. Once started, I will run the engine until it is warmed-up, shut the engine down and, hopefully, the aircraft battery will have a sufficient charge to restart the engine on its own. Alternatively, I might keep the engine running, disconnect the jumper battery, insulate the bare end of the installed cable with a heavy-duty "acorn" and secure the cable inside the engine compartment -- with great caution I might add! Anyways, that's my "plan". 
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06-04-2018, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Windsor, CO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piper J3
Chemistry is similar as EarthX
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Just a quick note here, the Lithium Polymer used in this jump pack is not the same as lithium iron phosphate chemistry that EarthX uses. They are different on many levels but here is a quick video that describes how and why they are different. And just another side note, we have developed and been selling a quick connect cable for the exact type situation for years and most will connect the cable to their battery, run it in through the oil door for a convenient quick jump if necessary.
https://earthxbatteries.com/shop/earthx-jump-pack
https://earthxbatteries.com/shop/ear...-connect-cable
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06-04-2018, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In New Braunfels, ist das Leben schön!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piper J3
...Might need to replace with something more substantial like this Battery Quick Connector Kit rated at 175A.
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Exactly what I did. Accessible through the oil door. Pigtail with clamps can be removed from the cockpit.
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Last edited by larrynew : 06-04-2018 at 12:41 PM.
Reason: schpelling
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06-04-2018, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St Louis, MO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DHeal
I've thought about carrying one of those little lithium 12-volt battery packs, but I don't have any real world knowledge as to whether or not they would be useful starting up a 912.
Instead, I carry in my emergency repair kit an 18-inch long piece of battery cable with a battery terminal-sized ring connector swaged on one end and and inch of bare wire strands exposed on the other end. If faced with a dead battery while on a trip, my plan is to attach this cable to my positive battery terminal, extend the bare end out through the open oil access door, hook-up a jumper battery and start the engine. Once started, I will run the engine until it is warmed-up, shut the engine down and, hopefully, the aircraft battery will have a sufficient charge to restart the engine on its own. Alternatively, I might keep the engine running, disconnect the jumper battery, insulate the bare end of the installed cable with a heavy-duty "acorn" and secure the cable inside the engine compartment -- with great caution I might add! Anyways, that's my "plan". 
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How about insulating it and leave it connected/secured, tucked away?
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06-04-2018, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Windsor, California
Posts: 924
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Doug -- Sure you can do that. I just didn't want an extra wire in there. In 640 hours I haven't needed to jump the PC-680 so an "emergency jump" fix serves me OK. A plug-in mini-jumper connection does sound enticing however. -- David
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06-04-2018, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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My thought is to run a cable from the positive battery terminal through the firewall and install a post on the tunnel under the instrument panel that I can clip the alligator clamp and connect the negative clamp to the airframe. The advantage is that jumping can be done without assistance or removing the upper cowling. My car has a similar setup because the battery is under the backseat floorboard.
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