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Travelling on just a battery, How far can you go? |
Allan |
Apr 19 2005, 05:45 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
I have had no luck getting my charging system figured out so it looks like I'll either be leaving the car at home or driving on battery power. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) Anybody have a rough guess as to how far a fully charged battery will take you? No lights, stereo or accesories running.
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airsix |
Apr 19 2005, 05:54 PM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
You can drive a carbuerated car with mechanical fuel pump for a very long distance on battery alone (since you are only powering the ignition). A car with fuel injection and high-pressure fuel pump will run down the battery in a much shorter distance. My Dad had the alternator fail in his 300z while on a road trip and he was only able to make it about 20 miles. No accessories running - just the engine controls, ignition, and fuel pump. You can still run a carbed engine when the battery voltage is down to say 9 volts or so, but most fuel injection won't work at lowered voltages.
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