Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - 50

PILOT'S GUIDE

Lithium
Batteries

101

True Blue Power is powering up Lithium-battery knowledge base
S T O R Y

B Y

D A V E

S

ome older hands may remember a famous
sketch from an early episode of "Saturday
Night Live" poking fun at television ads with
a spot hawking a new household product called
"Shimmer."
Gilda Radner, the Wife: New Shimmer is a floor
wax!
Dan Aykroyd, the Husband: No, new Shimmer
is a dessert topping!
Wife: It's a floor wax!
Husband: It's a dessert topping!
Wife: It's a floor wax, I'm telling you!
Husband: It's a dessert topping!
Spokesman Chevy Chase: Hey, hey, hey, calm
down, you two . New Shimmer is both a floor wax
and a dessert topping!"
The long-ago sketch from January 1976 came to
mind during a briefing at Mid-Continent Instruments
and Avionics' True Blue Power division about plans to
sponsor several industry workshops dubbed "Lithium
Batteries 101 ."

H I G D O N

These sessions introduce aircraft operators, technicians and maintenance staff to the relatively new
subject of lithium-chemistry batteries in aviation .
The workshops can't help but also highlight the
lead taken by True Blue Power introducing a broad
swath of general aviation to the significant advantages that accompany the differences in lithiumchemistry batteries - both in general and in aviation,
specifically .
"We knew we would need to offer education to
technicians because of those differences," recalled
Todd Winter, president and chief executive officer of
True Blue Power . "It's important for technicians to
understand proper treatment and handling for lithium
batteries ."
According to Rick Slater, True Blue Power's division manager, "We thought it would be useful for the
more-technical people to get straight information on
the different lithium chemistries, the common traits
and differences between the lead-acid and nickelcadmium batteries they've been working with ."
In fact, one of the first workshops took place at the
57th annual AEA International Convention & Trade

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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015

From the Publisher
New Avionics Products for 2014
AEA's Value-Added Equation for Aircraft Owners
Attention FAA!
Equipped Like New
In-flight Entertainment
Integrating Mission Capabilities
Lithium Batteries 101
Autopilot Upgrades
Homebuilding Panels: Tackling Wires, Electrons and Circuits
ADS-B Early Adopters
Advertisers Index
ADS-B Installations are Beginning to Take Off
AEA Staff/Board of Directors
Repair Stations
Manufacturers/Distributors
Affiliates
AEA Member Company Index
Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Intro
Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Cover1
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - From the Publisher
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - New Avionics Products for 2014
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - AEA's Value-Added Equation for Aircraft Owners
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Attention FAA!
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Equipped Like New
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - In-flight Entertainment
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Integrating Mission Capabilities
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Lithium Batteries 101
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Autopilot Upgrades
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Homebuilding Panels: Tackling Wires, Electrons and Circuits
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - ADS-B Early Adopters
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Advertisers Index
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - ADS-B Installations are Beginning to Take Off
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - AEA Staff/Board of Directors
Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Repair Stations
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Manufacturers/Distributors
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Affiliates
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - AEA Member Company Index
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