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Old 07-26-2008, 01:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
Big Dave
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Starters, solenoids, and batteries only have so many starts in them.

As an extreme example locomotive starters only have eight starts in them before failure. That's why locomotives may idle for days at a time.

By shutting down and restarting at lights, you simply moved up the day of replacement.
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