Electronic engineers working in the automotive area are sooner or later faced with a 'Cranking Test Pulse'. These test pulses describe the drop of the battery voltage during cranking of the engine and ...

Because of its mass, a battery takes a long time to change temperature. If a vehicle sits out all weekend in a zero-degree environment, it might take 30 hours to warm up the battery. Use the outside ...

The opening part of this series laid out how the starter motor works, set the thing in the context of its electrical supply and suggested a few eyes-and-ears checks as the first steps in ...