On 11 Jan 2014 at 15:12, Cal Frye wrote: > Daytime temps here in NE Ohio dipped down to -9F, and I continued to > drive my lead-acid GEM around town.
I've jumpstarted ICEVs several times with EVs. I found that as long as you have good jumper cables (not crummy #12 wire in #1/0 insulation), two golf car batteries will make a subzero-frozen ICEV jump like a scared cat. I'm not sure why golf car batteries work so much better than the batteries in other ICEVs. I suspect that it's because a lot of ICEV "donors" actually have pretty badly degraded SLI batteries. When all you need is a few seconds of cranking current, even a battery at (say) 40% capacity and relatively high internal resistance can still start its own ICE. However, add the resistance of the cables - especially cheapies - and it struggles to start someone else's ICEV. Just a guess. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
