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toast0yesterday at 10:43 PM1 replyview on HN

> Whilst cranking, an ICE car will drop to around 6 volts (then maximum power is extracted according to thevenim's theorem).

> That means all computers etc will work at 6v.

Not necessarily all of them. Plenty of stuff will drop out while cranking; hopefully not the computers that run the fuel injection and ignition, though.


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cogogotoday at 5:21 AM

Interesting. I now know why my windshield wipers quit for a sec when my vw auto stop/start kicks back on.

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