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To: jazusamo

We use similar batteries where I work. They go on charging runaway about once a week. First the smell begins. Then the heavy sulphur smell feels heavy in your lungs. Then the smoke begins. At that point I throw the disconnect from about a hundred yards away and wait until the stink clears. Then I call the battery company who comes out and replaces the unit for about $23,000 dollars. It’s a good business to be in. That is until someone decided to get them approved for an airworthiness application / use! Vehicles on the ground have a use profile of maybe two hours a day. Aircraft run 24/7 until a maintenance cycle.


2 posted on 02/07/2013 11:29:43 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: blackdog

Good points, I’m amazed they were approved for airliners.

Not only are vehicles used less but if an incident occurs you can stop and get out but that’s kinda difficult at an altitude of 35,000 ft.


3 posted on 02/07/2013 11:43:26 AM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: blackdog

Have you considered lead-acid or nickel-iron replacements?


6 posted on 02/07/2013 12:03:32 PM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
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