Hi,
On 31-5-2013 4:45, Eric Walker wrote:
Yes, and only in a diesel engine do you not need a battery to keep
spark plugs going.
Call me a nitpicker, but I think it should probably read:
"Yes, and only in a diesel engine do you not need ANYTHING to keep spark
plugs going."
Of course, because a diesel engine works with GLOW PLUGS as it doesn't
have any spark plugs.
But these glow plugs still require electricity generated by an
alternator which is connected by a V-belt to the engine.
The battery or even better said the ACCU (many European languages use
this word; and is shorthand for accumulator) is only needed to start the
engine.
Kind regards,
Rob
