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Old 11-23-2024, 10:24 AM   #6 (permalink)
Piotrsko
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Glow plugs are a high current electrical resistance heater. Even massive quantities of super capacitors don't hold enough energy to get them warm enough to start on a 0C morning.

In my case: excess of 5.4kw for the 5 minutes they are on
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