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brucepick · 02-15-2012, 11:23 PM

Brucey,

That's basically what I'm getting. Just bigger, for a car, and without the car-type terminals. DIY wiring; I'm up to that.

The internal BMS has a 100A limit so on in bad conditions (very cold car) the starter might draw >100A and that's not a good idea.

[EDIT] I had a bad calculation that I posted earlier in this space. What's above is correct, I think. And I probably can start the car something like 8-10 times/day and not run down the lead battery enough to worry about. Will charge it at home later as needed, or run the alt a bit if I want. [/EDIT]

02-15-2012, 11:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Brucey, That's basically what I'm getting. Just bigger, for a car, and without the car-type terminals. DIY wiring; I'm up to that. The internal BMS has a 100A limit so on in bad conditions (very cold car) the starter might draw >100A and that's not a good idea. [EDIT] I had a bad calculation that I posted earlier in this space. What's above is correct, I think. And I probably can start the car something like 8-10 times/day and not run down the lead battery enough to worry about. Will charge it at home later as needed, or run the alt a bit if I want. [/EDIT] __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016. Last edited by brucepick; 02-15-2012 at 11:42 PM..