how many amps to run a car (srs)

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

My grandpa keeps telling me it takes like 2 amps to run my mercury tracer, and i don't believe it. With none of the accessories on (air, wipers etc) how many amps do you think it takes?

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[I Like Waffle]

Fuck your grandpa.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

More than 2. Maybe he was thinking about his first car, the Model-T?

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I prefer to power my car with combustion engines instead of amps.

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

wow...

 

[I Like Waffle]

I prefer to power my car with combustion engines instead of amps.

Hes talking about amps pulled from the charging system, dumbass. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Get a clamp meter and see?

Durr...

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

most cars take about 125amps to turn on

usually run a bit less when on