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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Will it fly?

Back to batteries. Rejuvenated batteries has been proven to be a waste of time, so what we gonna be talk'n bout today is "real" batteries. It's kind of like comparing "real" home brew chili with "get by" chili out the can.

Speak'n of chili, I got this chunk of venison in the frige what is need'n to be cook up. So here what I'm think'n...cut that sucker up in little bitty bite size tid bits, mix it with a pound of Jimmy Dean regular sausage and brew up a pot. What ya think???

What ya gotta do when ya charge "specialty" batteries is make sure ya know what you're doing. We ain't talk'n bout just stick'n any old charger on a battery,  walk'n away and think'n it gonna be fully charged in an hour. Batteries for boondock'n and off grid'n are specialty batteries, deep cycle and matched. And they gotta be charged a certain way. Most batteries for the above mentioned applications are usually "golf cart" 6 volt true deep cycle batteries. Although there are more expensive batteries on the market and some cheaper ones, golf cart batteries are more economical in price and longevity. At $100 a pop, $200 and you have a set of two what gives you 205 to 230 amp hours of continuous power. But....you can only use half that amount. Remember what I tole ya bout cycles? You only have so many cycles in the life of a battery. By never letting the voltage drop below 12.2 volts, your battery will last well over 5 years. Did I mention "matched"??? No matter how many batteries you have in your bank, they must all be the same in amp hour capacity and the same age for an equal charge for the life of the entire battery bank. Just one old or different amp capacity battery will "kill" the entire battery bank in short order. Ok, we got that straight....right??? All batteries are matched....right??? OK....Now let's charge them....the correct way.

Got us some rain yesterday afternoon and more expected all week. Was a bit chilly this morning, something like bout 54 degs. Sky all clouded up and a 10mph breeze out the east. Been hoping for a little rain just to see what my weeds will do. Stay underground ya little bastards.

1pm......boy howdy, what a beautiful day. All that crap from this morning is gone....poooof, just like that.

Took "that jeep" out on the open road while ago....kick it up to bout a hunert and not a vibration one. Now "that what I'm talk'n bout".  Maybe I'll just keep it and put the "little red bronco" in the dumpster....NOT.

Ok....here what I gonna do....remember that airplane I built 6 year ago and ain't flowed it yet. Gonna charge up all the batteries, break out some 6 year old fuel and see if it will crank up.

It ain't every day ya get a chance to fire up an airplane in your back yard. Wonder if that sucker will really fly? I got enough room to take off here in the park, but at some point, ya gotta land that baby and it take way much more space to land than to take off......sides that, ya see all them trees, RV's, fences and power lines? And one huge dumpster right where I gonna land. Bet ya a nickel I can hit one of 'em.
Damn Billy Bob, you sure got lots of toys and way too much free time on your hands.

7 comments:

  1. TAKE PICTURES of it running with that antique gas!!! :-) hope it's still good, the gas that is.. hell siphon some out of "that Jeep" won't hurt it a bit!!! ;-)

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  2. Now Billy Bob, how you going to squeeze yourself into that little old plane???

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  3. Ben, it don't run on Jeep gas. It takes a special blend of jet aircraft fuel, nitro glycerin, some automatic transmission fluid and a lot of nerve to mix that stuff up. Then when ya hears that first explosion in that little engine, ya better be back'n up. It gonna do something.

    Dizzy, ain't no way I gonna get in one them big airplanes much less a little one. My feet was made for walk'n.....they ain't got no feathers for fly'n.

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  4. Are you going to post your recipe for deer chili?

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  5. Anony....there's a guy down in Terlingua what uses my chili recipe during the chili cook off every year. I promised him I would not give my recipe to anyone else since he has won so many times in the last 25 years. Damn, wish I could remember his name.

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  6. thats not flying , thats falling with style. :)

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  7. Thanks for the info on the batteries but it is way over my head. Guess I am going to have to give up my dream of living in Terlingua or will have to buy a small lot in the Ghost Town so I can be near electricity :-(

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