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Old 12-10-2015, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by wsmeyer View Post
You people are really paranoid. There's no black magic going on inside a battery. When the engine is running the battery is just a simple resistive load, and not a very large one at that. The radiator fan draws roughly 5 times the amp as the battery and the electrical system has no problems with that cycling on and off.
Correct, nothing magical INSIDE the battery.

Once you understand how BMW manages the battery, and the modules they connect to it, you will recognize that the old days of 'just a battery hanging on a fat cable to the alternator/regulator' are a thing of the past.
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