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Old 11-29-2006, 06:38 PM
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Default Re: Warming a cold HV battery

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Originally Posted by Tim K View Post
I've never heard that and I think I've read every thread on here. The closest thing I could imagine to that may have been someone mentioning that as a side effect of the "jump start" the HV battery would be warmer...just like charging any battery warms it up. And another thread talking about how a warmer battery gives off more energy than a cold one. Perhaps a mental merger of two ideas???
No he's right.. somewere else in the forum someone has stated that the effect of that switch is to warm the battery not to charge it. I think its in one of the threads on engine block heaters. I don't know if its true or not but someone has posted that "fact"
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