|
Wow, thanks basjoos (LOVE YOUR WORK!!), cfg83, and "Christ".
Here in eastern Kentucky our nights are now cold enough to wear leather jackets. I am keeping my eye on my tire pressure, and I will take action of some kind to deal with this Cobalt battery being located in such a poor spot in the trunk. I am an electronics major and have made much of my living working with DC electronics of all types...
I'm not sure a volt meter would help me very much because I believe the voltage is likely to stay close to the standard 12.6 volts that most car batteries have. However "amps" or "cranking amps" are another story. In other words, in cold weather the battery voltage might very well read fine in EOC or parked. But the moment I go to start/bump start etc then the battery may be so cold that it wont carry it's weight under the load so well and the resulting dimming of the lights are bound to become a larger issue after dark. Upon such a start after going EOC on a clear cold day I would also expect the battery to dip into low voltage (temporarily) as well, at least until the alternator kicks in.
I would like to have a batter voltage gauge however. But from what I understand I will still need to find a way of keeping this battery warm in the winter time if I am to ever to consider driving EOC on clear cold days/nights. I wonder if the heating wrap some people wrap around their plumbing pipes underneath house-trailers would be a good way of going or not?, but I know that would require a 110 AC to 12 Volt DC converter.
|