Bought the EarthX, never worked from the start (read would not turn engine at all). I even bought the Optima4 charger for it. For now I traded back to Concorde. I will call EarthX up soon.
I was going to use an Odyssey PC680 in our project plane, and I even bought a pair of them for this very purpose. Then the battery in my wife's Miata failed, so one of the 680's was called into service. Uh oh, now the lawn tractor won't start. Dang, there goes the second 680.
Now that I have no 680's in stock, I'm giving consideration to going the EarthX route.
What I'd like to know is how large is the install base and what is the fleet flight hour accumulation on these LiFePo batteries. In short, I'd like to get a sense of overall reliability. A second important consideration for me is, being a Canuck, I have to have a battery that will make things go when it's cold. I mean cold, as in -20C (my personal cutoff for flying).
Ask guys at Boeing 787! fire, fire, heat. dangerous, it is not worth
Bought the EarthX, never worked from the start (read would not turn engine at all). I even bought the Optima4 charger for it. For now I traded back to Concorde. I will call EarthX up soon.
Great, I have a lot of good experience with LiFePO4 from an DIY electric vehicle conversion I upgraded and drove for years. From that experience, I know they drop off rapidly in current capability below about 50F and drawing current below 2v/cell does permanent irrevocable damage. Otherwise they proved very robust and produce dramatically better in all regards than SLA for a fraction the weight. And I know they have a nice low self-discharge another nice long winter months feature.
Would still love to hear from someone who has had it longer than a few months.
Thanks though!
The risk is yours to take, or not, but you should understand that there is a better option.
The risk is yours to take, or not, but you should understand that there is a better option.
Which is what, Dan? Lead acid?
(Not a leading or laoded question. You seem to speak from experience but not sure what you were meaning here.)