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ARW wrote:
On 11/04/2020 14:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Depending on the motor it takes about 200A to start a car for about 5
seconds.

If a reasonable charge current once started is 5 A that needs 200
seconds to replace the charge.

Or about 3 1/2 minutes.

These figures are well within an order of magnitude. If you start a car
you should not routinely stop it within 5 minutes if you can avoid it



Have you driven a new car that turns the engine off automatically when
you stop?

Although TBH my A reg Ford Sierra always cut out when I stopped and was
obviously years ahead in design.


The engine is supposed to restart again instantly when needed ;-)

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