ELT replacement: Options?

On 3/29/2007 10:08:32 AM, "James M. Knox" wrote:

Anyone with such a unit, can you verify that you can't legally just
plunk in *any* D-Cells, but rather that it has to be specific brands
(i.e. Duracell), or has to have the date listed on/with the battery?

I don't have the unit yet but when I talked to ACK, the manufacturer of the
E-01 ELT that is powered by D batteries, the representative kept specifically
using the phrase, "Duracell D batteries" every time he mentioned the issue of
the unit taking batteries. I thought it a bit odd that he continually
referenced the battery by brand name, but not enough to ask him why.




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Peter

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:17:36 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:

On 3/29/2007 10:08:32 AM, "James M. Knox" wrote:

Anyone with such a unit, can you verify that you can't legally just
plunk in *any* D-Cells, but rather that it has to be specific brands
(i.e. Duracell), or has to have the date listed on/with the battery?

I don't have the unit yet but when I talked to ACK, the manufacturer of the
E-01 ELT that is powered by D batteries, the representative kept specifically
using the phrase, "Duracell D batteries" every time he mentioned the issue of
the unit taking batteries. I thought it a bit odd that he continually
referenced the battery by brand name, but not enough to ask him why.




--
Peter

My ameri-king uses only duracells and they have to be replaced every
year.

On Mar 29, 7:43 am, (Drew Dalgleish)
wrote:



My ameri-king uses only duracells and they have to be replaced every
year.

That's not true. According to ACK's document
http://www.ackavionics.com/images/Mo...ELT_Manual.pdf
You only need to replace the Duracell dated batteries before the
expiration date printed on the batteries. That document is an FAA
approved document.

The Ameri-King manual is he http://www.ameri-king.com/pdf/9.1.22.pdf,
says pretty much the same thing about batteries.

On Mar 29, 10:22 pm, "M" wrote:
On Mar 29, 7:43 am, (Drew Dalgleish)
wrote:



My ameri-king uses only duracells and they have to be replaced every
year.

That's not true. According to ACK's documenthttp://www.ackavionics.com/images/Model_e-01_ELT_Manual.pdf
You only need to replace the Duracell dated batteries before the
expiration date printed on the batteries. That document is an FAA
approved document.

You're right they only strongly recomend changing the batteries every
year. It may be a Canadian requirement though that made me think I
have to. It's not really an issue cuz I recycle the used batteries
into flashlights.


The Ameri-King manual is he http://www.ameri-king.com/pdf/9.1.22.pdf,
says pretty much the same thing about batteries.

On Mar 29, 10:22 pm, "M" wrote:
On Mar 29, 7:43 am, (Drew Dalgleish)
wrote:



My ameri-king uses only duracells and they have to be replaced every
year.

That's not true. According to ACK's documenthttp://www.ackavionics.com/images/Model_e-01_ELT_Manual.pdf
You only need to replace the Duracell dated batteries before the
expiration date printed on the batteries. That document is an FAA
approved document.

The hell you say. They have to be replaced by the code date on the battery.

Jim


"Drew Dalgleish" wrote in message
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My ameri-king uses only duracells and they have to be replaced every
year.

Drew Dalgleish wrote:
r

My ameri-king uses only duracells and they have to be replaced every
year.

My Ameriking AK-450 uses D Duracells and specifically says they are
for the duration marked on the batteries, close to five years for
the set I put in last.