Can smart charge be disabled?
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Can smart charge be disabled?
Like the title says, can Fords smart charge be disabled?
Basically, it keeps the battery barely charged, and gives you .000000000000000000001 more MPG.
I want it like the 1990's, top voltage all the time.
Basically, it keeps the battery barely charged, and gives you .000000000000000000001 more MPG.
I want it like the 1990's, top voltage all the time.
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Watch out boys, he's one of those 14 volters..... I agree, it's not a strategy I understand either.
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You did not answer the question.
Can "smart" charge be disabled?
PS, there is not one thing about this 2013 I like better than the 1995 I had, but there is a whole list of things I like less about the 2013 than the 1995.
Smart charge and EAPS tops the list.
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The alternator works at maximum capacity only when absolutely necessary and the battery is kept in a constant (undercharged) and healthy state of charge. Battery temperature is estimated from the intake air temperature sensor, which is a good indication of the temperature under the hood.
Battery type warning: Ford specify a silver calcium battery for use with this system. A conventional lead-acid battery is not suitable."
When I first got this truck, it took two weeks to get the "low battery" warning to go away.
Smart charge is why.
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