New territory in manual with the Avata. Subways and signs

I had to burn some batteries to test my charging rig in the car so Sunday morning had a practice in manual around some subways near us.

Gotta say, the flight towards the subway entrance made me brick it a bit😱, it ain’t like it’s a soft tree that you crack, it’s bloody solid. Same with the road sign🤣. I got there in the end.

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Nice spin Ady, especially considering that was manual mode :+1:

Nice flight Ady, but even I felt my stomach twist as you went for the sign post near the end!

Paul.

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Great Flying Ady

How did the charging go :thinking:

Cheers ChrisšŸ‘.

Ive played around there quite a lot, but only once before in manual in Feb I think. So I do know the area, but it still doesn’t stop squeaky bum time when I’m entering them subways :rofl:

Thanks paulšŸ‘

On a 60 ah starter battery it took 4.5 hrs using the 46 w output of the Inverter, to charge 4 Avata batteries. Which ended in 50 pc, or there abouts, of the battery left.

Not astounding, but it kind of gives me an idea of what I need to buy.

I’m off to North Wales this weekend to test out the CamperRav set up, awning included, so I’ll get a better idea of what I can run and what I can charge over 1 night :grin:

At the Big Meet, I had 2 batteries linked in parallel

One was 74AH and the Other 50AH, total = 124AH

It took them down to 12.1 volts (40%) and when recharged they took

74AH = 400000mAh
50AH = 260000mAH total = 66000mAH

I flew 34 Times (Mini 3 and Avata) and recharged all the batteries, mainly flying the Avata

I also charged my iPhone, Watch, Laptop, Ipad and @Howard78 Macbook (Watching the Champions of Europe :grinning:)

So was happy with my cheapo set-up :grinning:

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Sounds goodšŸ‘. That’s literally all I want and was probably looking at doing a parallel set up meself after getting out of lazy mode and looking into it.

Now I’ve gotta get into the maths part of it, like what you’ve done above. Should be sweet once donešŸ‘

These are the figures I worked out for both batteries in parallel just charging one item

Avata = 41 Charges

Mini 3 = 88

Ipad = 81

Iphone = 130

But that would be to a flat battery, so best to half them values

That’s some going off your cheapo set up😁. Even at 50 pc of those values your doing good, you’ll get around 5hrs of Avata recharge, can’t see you needing that so you’ve got battery power to spare for other stuff if I’m correct.

Like I say, I’m off testing the camping set up this weekend, that’s including the power so hopefully I’ll get an idea and then x 2 for if I’m planning 2 nights out. And finally I should be able to work out what capacity batteries I need, probably same as yours or 2 x 60ah or whatever.

I take it your baterries are starters going off you not going below 50pc?

Lead Acid don’t like going lower that 50%

50% is around 12.2v isn’t it?

Thats after resting too

Though if have a flooded one… Most are sealed

Yeah

but ideally, you will have to check the specific manufacturer’s data to be accurate as there are so many variables

Rule of thumb don’t go much past 12.1 volts

Under load OK to be under I guess? Always nice to learn a few more tips!

This rule of thumb, what exactly is it regarding😁

The lowest voltage you want to discharge your lead acid battery