[ausev] Cold weather and lead acid batteries

[Chris Robison]

The Ranger uses thin flexible resistive heating elements, which are in 
the form of adhesive stickers applied to the side of selected batteries 
inside the case.

   --chris


Gil Dawson wrote:
> My Chevy S-10E, which originally came with lead acid batteries, has a  
> kerosene heater and a lot of complicated logic to turn it on and  
> monitor it, all designed by GM engineers to heat the batteries when  
> you want to drive the truck and it's too cold outside.  They must've  
> been thinking they were solving some problem if batteries got too cold.
> 
> I use this feature to justify my parking in "Hybrids Only" parking  
> spaces, even though I don't think it ever gets cold enough here in  
> Los Angeles to turn on the kerosene heater.
> 
> --Gil
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