[Mobile-Portable] 101zd mobile issue

Philip, KO6BB ko6bb at ko6bb.com
Tue Aug 21 21:51:12 EDT 2007


1,000 Amp/Hours?  How big is that sucker?  I use THREE 120Amp/Hr deep cycle 
batteries on 24/7 float charge to run my station, and each one is 
bigger/heavier than the average car battery. . .

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Oakland" <soakland at verizon.net>

> Hi Art - I'm not using the car battery (2003 Honda Civic) - I'm using an 
> auxillaiy "jumper battery" that supposed to give 1000 amp hours. I notice 
> it is fine when fully charged - I just tried it in the house and the 
> inverter beeped the warning signal but didn't shut down on transmit. So is 
> the answer to be sure the battery is fully charged and get a larger 
> inverter? If so what size?
>
> Tnx
> Scott
> 



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