07-27-2006, 09:58 AM
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1995 Subaru SVX LSi Polo Green
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Grantham, PA (Near Harrisburg)
Posts: 2,119
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Originally Posted by rbalach
I have heard/read things saying never to run a car without the battery, ie: don't disconnect battery while car is running. Supposed to be bad for the charging system or something to that effect. Anybody else heard of that ?
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I've heard that as well. However, the method he described is a pretty "dirty" but efficient way of telling if you alternator is putting out enough juice to run the car. If you remove the battery and the car dies, you know that it was getting power from the battery, which isn't a good thing if the car is at like 1500 RPM (at low RPM, the alt doesn't turn enough to do the full charging of the system so it draws on the battery a little bit).
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(8/23/07-Present) 1995 Subaru SVX LSi (197k) Polo Green (#1102) 03/95
Mods: DDM Tuning 4500k 35w Low Beam HID, 100w H3 Bulbs, Extra Ground Cables, 15 minute $12.96 mod,
svxfiles designed transmission mount ( ), sporting a "new" tail light bar,
silver BBS rims, custom power steering cooler (one that doesn't dump ATF constantly), new negative lead cable, no more third or fourth gear 
(1977-Present) 1977 Chevrolet Corvette (81k) Silver
(12/01/2011-Present) 2005 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 5MT (97k)
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