Hi, Clark--
I bought a huge marine battery at WalMart some years back. It was a sealed
unit and one of it's claims to fame was that it would operate on its side or
standing up -- didn't matter.
I built a meter circuit using a zener diode so my meter wound up reading
from 11.8 to 13 volts, then put dry transfer lettering on the meter's dial,
"E" for 12v, and "F" for 12.8v with cutsy little pointers and markers at
half and quarter "full" points.
73,
Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clark Savage Turner" <csturner@kcbx.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:02 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Wanted: battery and noise help!
> Most honored list members:
>
> Anyone can recommend a good price/performance 12 volt battery to run the
> OMNI VI? I also have the Herc II, and I'd float the battery on 10 amp
> charge while running the Herc II (no p.s. here). I've used a common
> marine deep cycle battery and it works fine, but finally fell over in
> the trunk of my car after a few years and dumped the electrolytes (and
> the acid ate up my nice Pelican case with my Buddipole inside! The
> Buddipole survived, but the case took a hit....)
>
> I thought that maybe a pair of 6 volt golf cart batteries would work
> fine. I might also think about a step up regulator to give me 13.8
> volts through the useful range of the batteries (though for the possible
> 70 + amp draw of the Herc II this could be expensive?)
>
> Well, if anyone is doing this, especially if you float a solar charger,
> I'd like to hear from you.
>
> Another question. I've got power line noise from more than one source.
> I have the Timewave (JPS) noise canceller and it works well on a single
> noise. Anyone ever daisey chain these things to notch more than one
> noise source? Anyone have a Timewave noise canceller that they'd like
> to sell to me?
>
> Clark
> WA3JPG
> Sunny Central Coast of California
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