Killer Amps
I want to pull ten amps out of a little 35 ah battery for one hour and then fully recharge. Will this heavy draw destroy the battery? I know it is a small battery.
Forum Discussion
TomG2 wrote:time2roll wrote:
Resistance heat from a lead-acid battery is a fools errand.
You need propane.
Are you calling America's truck drivers fools? Many use resistance heating in one form or another to heat everything from coffee to truck seats. I have a propane heater for cold weather. This test was to see if I could get a little heat for a short amount of time from my battery. Too much load and too little battery was what I discovered.
Truckers aren't using resistance heat from lead-acid batteries.
They are using resistance heat from the alternator output of a running engine.
Usually, they have diesel heaters if they will be parked for long periods.
