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bbradburry(at)allvantage.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:21 am Post subject: BB Battery Company model BP17-12.

The battery I'm looking at is the BB Battery Company model BP17-12.

Through Digikey  www.digikey.com  they are $24.69 each and weigh 13.56

lbs



Does anyone have any knowledge of this battery and battery company?

This seems really cheap, which always worries me.  The battery is almost

a direct replacement of the Odyssey 680 that goes for about $100????



Bill Bradburry

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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: BB Battery Company model BP17-12.

At 08:10 AM 6/13/2006 -0400, you wrote:



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<bbradburry(at)allvantage.com>



The battery I'm looking at is the BB Battery Company model BP17-12.

Through Digikey  www.digikey.com  they are $24.69 each and weigh 13.56

lbs



Does anyone have any knowledge of this battery and battery company?

This seems really cheap, which always worries me.  The battery is almost

a direct replacement of the Odyssey 680 that goes for about $100????



Bill Bradburry


	


   Assuming anything about a battery based on brand and

   marketing is not good science. As I noted in an article

   several years ago . . .



http://aeroelectric.com/articles/AA_Bat_Test.pdf



   . . . there didn't seem to be much one can do to

   the recipe for a battery without severely altering

   the capability of the product. In the article, I

   found that no matter what price/brand AA-alkaline

   you purchased, there was very little difference in

   capabilities.



   Digikey is a pretty upstanding supplier of stuff

   to industry. They're not going to stock a battery

   that's causing a lot of grief for their customers.

   BB battery has a website and publishes a data

   sheet for this product at:



http://www.bb-battery.com/bp17-12.pdf



   The batteries appear to be made in China, hence

   the lower than average cost. Cut corners? Yes,

   many manufacturer's have tried to compete by

   recipe/process adjustment on many products over

   the years and they're all gone now.



   Call the Hawker folks up and they'll give you

   an extensive data dump on why you should favor their

   product over the BB battery. But they're not prepared

   to give you data on tests that show the return on

   investment for purchasing the Odyssey over a BB

   is there.



   A battery can become unavailable for a number of

   reasons other than absolutely quality of the battery.

   I've suggested many times that one should be

   both outfitted and skilled to fly any airplane

   in the "J-3 mode". When I walk up to a rental airplane,

   I have no knowledge of that airplane's electrical

   system history and I'm not particularly inclined to go

   research it before every rental. That's why the

   flight bag has enough hardware in it to let me

   continue flight to intended destination with

   the panel completely black should the need arise.



   Now, if for some reason you do have problems with

   this battery, YOU can become the source of information

   that will in answering future questions about

   BB's product.



   Bottom line is that the risks for trying the BB

   product are low from square one. If you also sign

   up to the philosophy of maintaining the battery so

   that you KNOW what its capacity is -AND- you're

   equally prepared to fly in the J-3 mode then

   risks for trying this product are exceedingly

   small.



   Bob . . .

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