What Are Cold Cranking Amps?In order to understand where the term “Cranking Amps” comes from, it is important to understand the history behind traditional automobile engines. Prior to the electric car starting system, a hand crank was used to turn over the engine. This was a dangerous task...
Learn what cold cranking amps are and how they help you to estimate how well your vehicle battery will perform in cold weather.
This is not too hard to estimate. Typical 12 volt car batteries are rated for cold cranking amps, and the one I use has 800 CCA. So being very very conservative lets assume that it takes 800 amps to start the car. I have three cars, 17 years old, 14 years old, and 22 years old...
What Is CCA On A Motorcycle Battery?In the Cranking Amp versus Cold Cranking Amp Part 1 blog, we covered the basics centered around what Cranking Amps (CA) and Cold Cranking Amps (CCA) are and what that means in the automotive world. Now you may be wondering how these metrics, and the...
CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) - The number of amps that the battery can produce at 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) for 30 seconds while keeping its voltage above 7.2 volts RC (Reserve Capacity) - The number of minutes that the battery can deliver 25 amps while keeping its voltage above 10.5 vol...
It’s always the same old sub-Fellini shit, featuring a lot of nuns, little people, and undercranking. A non-concert segment that works slightly better is a jam session on a set heavily dressed with stuffed circus animals, giant toothbrushes, and tons of reflective foil paper. (Did it ...