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Unread 07-01-2003, 22:48
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Originally posted by Nataku
last year we lasted 3 minutes on a battery before we started noticing slowing down and the low batt light, and this year we are able to draw 120A, so i highly advise changing after every match
Umm... that seems really, really, really, really low. Assuming you are drawing 100amps continuously, that means your battery was effectively 5Ah. This is less than 1/3 of the 20 hour rating! Plus, I would highly doubt you could pull 100amps for 3 minutes without tripping a breaker.
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