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RE: "Running" on the Battery

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Subject: RE: "Running" on the Battery
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:05:28 -0800
> Of course, the magnetos don't need electrical power to provide the spark,
> and the 150 doesn't have much of an electrical system to begin
> with, but it
> might be a record. He had a hand-held radio and navigated by following
> highways. Maybe there were some no-flap landings involved; I didn't ask.

Might be for distance, but I've driven cars every day for months at a time
without a working generator; just a trickle charger at night.

One trick I haven't seen mentioned, disconnect one headlight.  With a
healthy battery, that should give you 4 hours or more driving time at night.

Randall

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