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So....if the battery weighs.....say 100 lbs?:confused:
iluvmacs did say it was 5-10 F and Toyota says ICE will start if outside temps is 14 f or below. Not that hard to understand.:rolleyes:
oops, yeah, I forgot. I charged the battery last night, no timer. Unplugged PIP at 7:00 PM last night.:D
well......this morning I went to the barbershop (1/2 mile away, too cold to walk!) My PIP is outside in open parking lot, no insulation, no garage...
How's the converter going to help? Thursday morning it will be seven above zero SGH-M919 ?
well...okay then:mad:
How'd u pick 64 degrees? otta thin air?:whistle: :ROFLMAO:
I pay $15.00 a month which never goes up or down.
When I come home from work, it's still daylight, So I'm on a "timer" of the when the sun goes down thing the power comes on to my outlet.
But I can say if all the energy that went into charging the battery was heat (BTU"s) then 3 KW= 10,236 BTU's per hour. If the battery was charging...
I still can't find how many BTU's it take to raise the battery temperature from, let's say 14 degrees Fahrenheit to 5o or 60 degrees Fahrenheit....
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more facts: British thermal unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
here's a calculator for you BTU to watts (W) conversion calculator
It's a lot of BTU's to heat the battery to a point where the battery will operate without ICE kicking in. A lot more BTU"S than what the timer...
If you think about it.....using a Kill A Watt meter will give you approx 3KW since the battery charges to 85% which is approx 3KW how much is left...
I myself don't use the timer, my PIP's outside in the cold and charging it up doesn't warm the battery up enough to make a difference.:cry:
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