Lithium 3.6 Battery

After a long trip towing my glider I was going thru the cockpit and on the floor I discovered a Lithium battery in a black plastic holder on the floor near the instrument panel, (I hate when that happens).

The battery is about th same size as a AA and i have no idea where is came from or goes. No sign of any breakage with the plastic holder. All instruments, radio and warning devices are working.

Any ideas?

HGXC

Some varios have a small back up battery that is mounted outside the vario by the owner, often not mounted well enough. (ex: B40 uses a 9V).

On Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:42:47 AM UTC-5, HGXC wrote:
After a long trip towing my glider I was going thru the cockpit and on the floor I discovered a Lithium battery in a black plastic holder on the floor near the instrument panel, (I hate when that happens).



The battery is about th same size as a AA and i have no idea where is came from or goes. No sign of any breakage with the plastic holder. All instruments, radio and warning devices are working.



Any ideas?



HGXC

Quantum tunneling from another universe?

OK, give us a clue, what instruments do you have in your panel?

It's unlikely to have come from a Winter vario, ASI or Altimeter.

KN

At 12:42 20 April 2014, HGXC wrote:
After a long trip towing my glider I was going thru the cockpit and on
the
floor I discovered a Lithium battery in a black plastic holder on the
floor
near the instrument panel, (I hate when that happens).

The battery is about th same size as a AA and i have no idea where is
came
from or goes. No sign of any breakage with the plastic holder. All
instruments, radio and warning devices are working.

Any ideas?

HGXC

On Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:24:12 PM UTC-4, Kevin Neave wrote:
OK, give us a clue, what instruments do you have in your panel?



It's unlikely to have come from a Winter vario, ASI or Altimeter.



KN



At 12:42 20 April 2014, HGXC wrote:

After a long trip towing my glider I was going thru the cockpit and on

the

floor I discovered a Lithium battery in a black plastic holder on the

floor

near the instrument panel, (I hate when that happens).



The battery is about th same size as a AA and i have no idea where is

came

from or goes. No sign of any breakage with the plastic holder. All

instruments, radio and warning devices are working.



Any ideas?



HGXC







Winter and Sage varios, Lnav with Cambridge GPS, Becker Radio. All instruments and radio work and the LNAV has a internal disk back up battery.

HGXC

On Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:35:40 PM UTC-4, HGXC wrote:
On Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:24:12 PM UTC-4, Kevin Neave wrote:

OK, give us a clue, what instruments do you have in your panel?







It's unlikely to have come from a Winter vario, ASI or Altimeter.







KN







At 12:42 20 April 2014, HGXC wrote:



After a long trip towing my glider I was going thru the cockpit and on



the



floor I discovered a Lithium battery in a black plastic holder on the



floor



near the instrument panel, (I hate when that happens).







The battery is about th same size as a AA and i have no idea where is



came



from or goes. No sign of any breakage with the plastic holder. All



instruments, radio and warning devices are working.







Any ideas?







HGXC















Winter and Sage varios, Lnav with Cambridge GPS, Becker Radio. All instruments and radio work and the LNAV has a internal disk back up battery.



HGXC

also.... a14 with Flow meter and Canula Oxygen syst.

HGXC

Pacemaker?

Is the Becker remembering the preset frequencies when turned off for an extended period of time. If it is not remembering them, It might be someone replaced the internal battery with an external one.

Brian

On Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:13:18 PM UTC-4, Brian wrote:
Is the Becker remembering the preset frequencies when turned off for an extended period of time. If it is not remembering them, It might be someone replaced the internal battery with an external one.



Brian

Brian you hit it on the head. I couldn't solve the issue until i flew the glider at a different airport and went to put in new presets and they were lost after i turned the radio off. I then contact the former owner and he said there was a battery in the wiring behind the radio. Have you seen this before? Any advice as to where i might find where the battery went? I won't see the glider again until this weekend.

Dennis