Guys,

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and for commenting. My gut is telling me to heed to common knowledge and be practical about this and simply keep using the separate battery. But the techie in me is telling me to take this at least one step further. I'm going to perform some (ground) testing, I think I will perform a series of gear up/downs at idle, mid-range and full throttle. I will monitor closely the battery volts, battery amps, & turbine rpm, turbine pump volts/amps. To see if I notice any notable ill effects. I would like to include a binding test scenario as well, to be thorough. But I just don't feel comfortable intentionally binding my retracts. I have accidentally done it before with an obstruction, but I would feel bad doing it intentionally to my gear.

If anyone else has any additional feedback, please feel free to comment.

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