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Originally posted by warmonger
Something was brought up to me this weekend by Richard that would hold true if you are winching on a single battery. Somebody told him that if you have the engine off, you will have more current available for winching. That is true, but, there is a caveat. If you have the engine off during winching, you can't provide assistance to the winch through the vehicles driveline. You are doing a dead pull. Yes, the engine will draw current while it is running, but when you consider the increased current necessary for an unassisted pull, the difference is overridden.
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Warmonger,
I probably need to be educated here: I was under the impression that with the car running, you could still use all the current the battery can supply, but you just can't charge it as fast as you use it if you exceed the alternators output (i.e., the alternator output is what determines the speed with which you can charge your battery); so, if you exceed the output of your alternator, you will drain your battery but at a *slower* rate than you would if the car wasn't running at all.
This was my impression, can you shed some light?
Thanks
