How old ...is your Odyssey Battery

[N42AH]

Since I purchased my 9A flying there wasn't any information either in the logbook or on the battery when it was installed.

So off I sent an email to the Odyssey.

My serial number on the battery is 06GCS061250340 and there was a sticker on it that had 0769-2016 and under that number was 0606

Here is their reply:

The serial number…06GCS061250340 shows that the battery was manufactured on the 125th day of 2006 and the 0606 located under the 8 digit part number 0769-2016 indicates that the battery shipped from this facility in June 2006.



So no you know how to determine your Odyssey batteries real age.

[zilik]

My PC-680 is one month old. I left the master on while spending 3 days in Covington, LA enroute to the Bahamas. The easy fix was to buy a new one and not have to worry about it for the rest of the trip. The old one was 4 years old.

I left my old one with my buddy and he recharged it per Odyssey instructions and then load tested it and it passed.

[kevinh]

I just load tested my PC680 purchased in 2002 (per the Oddessey datasheet). Still passed with 14AH of capacity.

It has been in my plane since first flight in 2005. I test it every couple of years.

[gasman]

2004 and still in good shape.......... Tested every annual.

[Walt]

I replace mine every 2 years, makes me feel good

[RVadmirer]

On an O320 - first one lasted 2 years......
This one is now on a trickle charger 50% of the time and hope it lasts longer! No problem with the alternator so don't know why it croaked so soon.....

[bhester]

I bought mine sometime between 2005 and 2006, started using it full time Feb. 2007, and it is still performing like day one. That just makes me feel good

[Sam Buchanan]

Originally Posted by Walt

I replace mine every 2 years, makes me feel good

Send me your old ones.

Six years and counting on my PC680 (includes leaving the master on for ten days....)

[lancef53]

Mine is from 05, still working well.

[Walt]

Originally Posted by Sam Buchanan

Send me your old ones.

I would but I use them to jump start the guys that are to cheap to replace their batteries

I have an all electric airplane (dual LSI) so my theory, when it comes to aircraft maintenance, is an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure