</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by gonzalo:
<strong>I think this is a more logical reason to include two batteries.

Gonzalo</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Guys, Isuzu is not lying to you. Diesels really do need to have massive amounts of amperage to turn over the engine. There is a lot of resistance from the high compression ratio and with less amperage, you would just burn out starters or batteries from overworking them. Since diesels are fired from spontaneous combustion, there is a speed requirement in how fast that piston comes up before the diesel will fire off.

Also, if you add in any cold weather conditions and the need for amperage is even greater because batteries work less efficiently when cold and diesel is even harder to start when it is cold.

Don't worry, Isuzu is not out there trying to bolster the world battery market. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Michael