How much power do glow plugs user per cycle?

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How much power do glow plugs user per cycle?

01-01-2013, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ah-kay

So a 5 cyl car with a 100AH battery will glow for 115mintes in theory. .

.........and what do you think the battery voltage will be after 115 minutes?

How about after 60 minutes?

How about after 30 minutes?

Once the battery voltage drops from the fully charged point of 12.5V to somewhere around 11.8V, you're not starting the engine anymore.

If I had to make an educated guess, I would say that you're toast after about 10 minutes (about 20 glow cycles).

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