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Originally Posted by Director76
That’s interesting!
Curious but interesting! As most cars (including the D5 and T6 which can be optioned with the parking heater) don’t have a massive lithium battery and make do with a 12v one which is presumably man enough to run the pumps.
I suppose the T8 may have a marginally larger cooling / heating circuit to heat the battery pack, but still?
Does the D5/T6 with parking heater have twin 12v batteries, as can often be the case on complex SUVs?
D76
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Suprised me too. I thought it would run off the 12v but it definitely consumes 400v range. Unless of course the 400v battery is keeping the 12v battery topped up which is a theory I have had for a while.
As for D5s with the aux heater the only one I know is Lexman's car. Perhaps he can let us know if he has a higher capacity battery than normal? (btw it is my understanding that all D5s have 2 batteries, a regular one and a small one to assist with the systems during stop start)