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Reply With QuoteAwww not more honda bashing..... havnt us rice burners taken enough heat this past month....
I love my gerbil / rice rocket. Its like a teddybear to me ( a big metalic one)Its cute and cuddly like that downey bear
I'm not worried about it, I just didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea. I have, well, not extensive, but quite a lot of experience with starter motors. I have used them in several electric go-kart projects, and the current these things suck is amazing. There's no way a go-kart is as much of a load as a cold car engine, but they still took over 150A to get moving. We often had problems with melting connections and such...Anyway, the whole point is that during the first second or so of cranking, surge currents can be around 300A or so, then tapering off to 150A as the engine spins, then rapidly going down to about 10A as the engine starts....Originally posted by gizmomkr:
<STRONG>Aaron, just my rough guess after dealing with automotive stuff. (relays, starters, charging circuits)
Its hard to get exact figures on higher amperages ( with the equipment I have)
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But if its of great concern to you, I can dig up specs from my friend (Sales / Tech for Honda)</STRONG>[/QUOTE]
Not too worried about it. Oh, and Honda's don't count. It can't take much effort to get those three gerbils running on their wheels....
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Awww not more honda bashing..... havnt us rice burners taken enough heat this past month....
I love my gerbil / rice rocket. Its like a teddybear to me ( a big metalic one)Its cute and cuddly like that downey bear
Another thing to remeber is that the Amp/Hour rating of a batery is often measeured at C/10 or C/20. i.e. For a 100 A/hr rated battery the capacity is only 100A/hr at a constant current draw of 10A(meaning the battery will last 10 hours) the capacity may only be half this or less at 100A(meaning the battery may only last 30 minutes). This isn't all that relevant to mp3 cars but I think it's worth noting in this discussion.
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