Battery current during engine start
I was a bit curious how much current is pulled during my 5-cylinder diesel start. It's more than I thought. Just before the 8 sec mark the ignition is turned on. The glow plugs pull over 100...
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Salvo wrote:The field collapsing on the starter solenoid. Or.. That which knocks you on your pattutie if you have a hand on the coil.
I'm using a current clamp (Hantek CC-650). The Hantek has an analog output which is connected to a 16-bit A/D. The A/D connects to an Arduino datalogger. Data is recorded at 1.5 ms rate.
What is EMF?
We were trying to measure starting current on a QD7500 without removing fuel lines. We looked at two and there is a 100A difference between them but we think it's just bad sampling.
