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Originally Posted by freddyzdead
... I did accidently flatten it once, though, and that is a problem. Some people gave me a push, and it wouldn't clutch start. I wasn't expecting that. I now have a jumpstart pack in the glove box, in case that ever happens again.
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That's because the caps, once discharged, are at 0 Volt and will pull any power the alternator provides during the jump start down.
The LiFePO4 battery should have its own BMS to protect it.
Hooking up a separate jumpstart pack will bring it back up, but as the caps can draw near infinite amperage it needs to have some kind of current limiter.
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