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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
You may actually get worse gas mileage doing this than if you simply leave the alternator connected full-time.
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Great point! I intended this to be a "precautionary" battery boost if you feared you would not make it to a place to charge your batter for your next start.
I wonder if anyone has done the math or measurements on this. Technically its the same amount of energy wether it be maintaining all the time or charging a portion of the time....a little alt. drag for the entire trip or a lot of drag for 1/4 the trip....interesting.
I will post my charger specs when as soon as I can get them.
Thanks,
Hankinator