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It's hard for me to say exactly how many times you can start it before having to wait for the caps to charge back up, since we've measured a surprisingly high v
by blueintegral 11y ago
It's hard for me to say exactly how many times you can start it before having to wait for the caps to charge back up, since we've measured a surprisingly high variation of required starting current over a bunch of different cars. One of our testers drives a Datsun 240z (it's really sweet) and sometimes needs a few cranks to get it going. He hasn't had to change his behavior from his old battery, so he's getting at least a few attempts over a short period without needing to wait for recharging. One other cool trick we can do is charge the capacitors slightly higher to deliver more current on a second starting attempt, which will hopefully reduce the number of cranking attempts you need.