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Old 01-16-2009, 07:10 PM   #905 (permalink)
bennelson
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Ah, THAT link!






In the video, the right-hand of the two gauges is the ammeter. It's a 0-300 amp meter. You can see that the amps max out at the start of a run, and then drop to around 200-250 amps.

This is sorta abusing that batteries, but it sure is fun to figure this stuff out!
In normal driving, I try to keep the amps as low as I can.
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