jbDC9
Well Known Member
Why? Because, well... I'm a dumba$$. I left the master switch on. Oops.
It was just a quick lunch run to Brenham this morning. Landed at 11:45 and saw lotsa cars and people in the parking lot headed inside to grab all the tables. Better hurry. Tied down, chocks in, head for the front door. The Big Red Light on the EIS was flashing and trying to tell me something, but in the bright sunlight and my haste, I never saw it. An hour later as I'm pushing it to the fuel pumps I found my boo boo... ruh roh, I hope it starts. Usual static voltage is around 12.2 and by now it was down to 11.9 volts.
But no worries; it cranked right up on the second blade! I couldn't even detect that it cranked any slower... granted, the master was only left on for an hour or so, but after so many years of being used to flying worn out, beater rental ships I expected the battery to be gone and needing a charge. I'm really quite amazed at how long this battery is lasting; bought in Oct. '04 (for $55!!), first flight Nov. '06 and still going strong with 654 hrs on the Hobbs. Nice.
As a side note, as I was dreading the thought of dragging my ship down to the mx hangar for a battery charge, I was certainly glad that I added a battery access hatch to the rear baggage bulkhead/shelf... had a charge been necessary, the access hatch would've been a huge time saver.
It was just a quick lunch run to Brenham this morning. Landed at 11:45 and saw lotsa cars and people in the parking lot headed inside to grab all the tables. Better hurry. Tied down, chocks in, head for the front door. The Big Red Light on the EIS was flashing and trying to tell me something, but in the bright sunlight and my haste, I never saw it. An hour later as I'm pushing it to the fuel pumps I found my boo boo... ruh roh, I hope it starts. Usual static voltage is around 12.2 and by now it was down to 11.9 volts.
But no worries; it cranked right up on the second blade! I couldn't even detect that it cranked any slower... granted, the master was only left on for an hour or so, but after so many years of being used to flying worn out, beater rental ships I expected the battery to be gone and needing a charge. I'm really quite amazed at how long this battery is lasting; bought in Oct. '04 (for $55!!), first flight Nov. '06 and still going strong with 654 hrs on the Hobbs. Nice.
As a side note, as I was dreading the thought of dragging my ship down to the mx hangar for a battery charge, I was certainly glad that I added a battery access hatch to the rear baggage bulkhead/shelf... had a charge been necessary, the access hatch would've been a huge time saver.