Christopher McCann wrote:
I was told that driving with one's lights on helps to recharge the battery
faster...is there any truth to that? Doesn't make sense to me.
Not in YOUR car.
Marshall
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"der Dieseling Doktor"
Potter, Tom E wrote:
Yeah. I was hoping those figures were for demonstration purposes only.
Otherwise, I DO NOT want to meet him in oncoming traffic.
Maybe he's a Baja racer. I think to them a "driving light" is something
that can vaporize troublesome boulders at a range of fifty yards...o
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] driving with lights and battery charge
W. Lasher wrote:
> If your generator is
> putting out 100 amps and it takes, say, 80 amps to run the lights you
only
> have 20 amps dedicated to the Battery.
>
You must be running some serious lights. ;)
Da
W. Lasher wrote:
If your generator is
putting out 100 amps and it takes, say, 80 amps to run the lights you only
have 20 amps dedicated to the Battery.
You must be running some serious lights. ;)
David Brodbeck
'83 300D Turbo
I was told that driving with one's lights on helps to recharge the battery
faster...is there any truth to that? Doesn't make sense to me.
*Nor to me, Im not an electrical engineer Bu. If your generator is
putting out 100 amps and it takes, say, 80 amps to run the lights you only
have 20 a
Ahhh, I suppose that would work similarly... (:
Levi
On 4/21/06, Gary Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Glow Plugs!
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> Gary Thompson
> Austin, TX
> 1995 E320
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>
> On 4/21/06, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What's built-in for the diesels as to battery warming?
> >
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Glow Plugs!
Gary Thompson
Austin, TX
1995 E320
On 4/21/06, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's built-in for the diesels as to battery warming?
>
What's built-in for the diesels as to battery warming?
On 4/21/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I HAVE heard that turning on the lights when cold may give more juice
> > for
> > starting. That sounded silly to me as well, but then I heard the
> > reason is
> > that the lights get
So in most terms, if it did anything it would only slow down the time
to
recharge the battery.
Perhaps in the days of mechanical regulators it caused the voltage
to end up a little higher when there was a moderate load. I'm sure
it could only hinder the process now.
I HAVE heard that turning
I agree. It doesn't make sense to me either.
If your charging system is working correctly, it should put out enough
voltage to charge the battery with nothing else running.
Turning the lights on should only increase the amount of energy that the
alternator needs to put out.
So in most terms, if i
I was told that driving with one's lights on helps to recharge the battery
faster...is there any truth to that? Doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks,
Chris
Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri
-2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose"
-1987 300TD, 152K, "Rotkäppchen"
-1985 300S
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