rb5037 Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Looking at the batteries for the "moving" type of decoys and need the amp/hr explaining please. 12 volt7 amp/hr battery 12 volt 1.2 amp/hr battery What does the hr stand for? Is it hour and if it is why. I guess the 1.2 will last longer but how much longer or is that asking how long is a piece of string. Thanks Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Adam, Firstly, technical side of batteries, don't know mate! However...a 1.2 amp/hr battery should power a pecking decoy for around 3 days, while a 7 amp/hr should see you alright for at least a week. You would be wasting your money buying anything over 1.2 amp/hr to power a single decoy, but 7 amp/hr would run 3 plus decoys together all day long and then some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb5037 Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Deako, Thanks for the reply, are you stalking me How about a revolving decoy ie "magnet" or the likes of. I would like to get some of the moving types but unsure of what to get. 1st i spose are the landers (flapers on a bendy wire/rod) 2nd motorized feeding/peckers 3rd the revolving type. Shouldn't think these come up on the for sale/swap very often. Bit like a P1 rear spoiler. (You know what i mean). Friend of mine took delivery of a revolving type last week and we will be giving it a go tomorrow. lets hope he's charged the batteries adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 The "technical bit" about batteries is, (as i was taught)as follows: If for example a battery is rated at say 17amp/hour, this means that it will deliver 17 amps for one hours use from fully charged to going flat. Therefore a device that uses 1.2 amps connected to a 17 a/h battery should last for 14 1/4 hours. (Battery rating divided by the consumption of the item connected to it ie 17 divided by 1.2 = 14.2) Hope this bit of knowledge helps as it means my 5 year apprenticeship wasn,t a total waste afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb5037 Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 That makes alot of sence now. Thanks for that. I might now become an electrical engineer Quite simple really wasn't it :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Thanks Ern, Adam, just for your info, Ern is also the PW arms stella drinking record holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Thanks Deako for the recognition of my achievements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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