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:valhalla360 wrote:
Truckers aren't using resistance heat from lead-acid batteries.
What kind of batteries do they have? I am not in the business of referring to people as fools for trying something different. Are people fools when they switch their 12/120 volt refrigerators over to battery for a short time when parked? Inefficient? Yes. Foolish?
The battery type is irrelevant.
The resistance heating devices are on when the motor is running and the alternator is supplying the electricity.
When parked for long periods with the motor off, they have small diesel heaters.
I never called truckers fools. Someone else pointed out it's foolish to try to use batteries to generate heat and with very rare exceptions, it is a poor way to generate heat.
