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Originally Posted By DaveW
Does the ECU reset to baseline if it loses power though?


Hmmmm....interesting thought!


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Originally Posted By Jays
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Does the ECU reset to baseline if it loses power though?


Hmmmm....interesting thought!


I'm guessing it would. It certainly does on another car I have which uses the Cosworth 2.3 Duratec with an MBE ECU.

I also used a gel battery very succesfully. It was half the weight, twice the price and half the size, didn't ever go flat and turned the motor over faster.


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Of the battery that is.

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Originally Posted By SFO
Great idea. I'll ask BHM to install one. Much as I hate having to reset the clock every time.


Another alternative would be to use one or two of those dinky little Lion jump start battery packs as reserve for your main battery. Plug it into an unswitched fag lighter socket and it'll provide a useful extra reserve for your main battery. Get a couple and you can bring one back to the house every couple of days to recharge it whilst the other sits in the car.

It would be completely out of order to suggest getting a friendly electrician to insert a discreet little T piece into the wiring conduit and install a covert charging point next to your bay in the garage, of course ;-)


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Originally Posted By Hamwich
Originally Posted By SFO
Great idea. I'll ask BHM to install one. Much as I hate having to reset the clock every time.


Another alternative would be to use one or two of those dinky little Lion jump start battery packs as reserve for your main battery. Plug it into an unswitched fag lighter socket and it'll provide a useful extra reserve for your main battery. Get a couple and you can bring one back to the house every couple of days to recharge it whilst the other sits in the car.

It would be completely out of order to suggest getting a friendly electrician to insert a discreet little T piece into the wiring conduit and install a covert charging point next to your bay in the garage, of course ;-)


As it turns out, the ARP4 started no problem after 3 weeks of inactivity smile

I might go for a gel battery of the same size with a greater capacity.

Charging point would be obvious; it's flat concrete everywhere.

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A solar charger? They are used to keep boat batteries charged.


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Originally Posted By Gambalunga
A solar charger? They are used to keep boat batteries charged.


no sun light as it's underground

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Originally Posted By SFO
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A solar charger? They are used to keep boat batteries charged.


no sun light as it's underground

Can you not run a cable from solar panel to charger from outside, it's only 12v supply? Just a thought.


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