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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rednaxs60" data-source="post: 227458" data-attributes="member: 4617">Been contemplating the issue with the starting of the engine with the new ECU.  These are power hogs at the best of times.  When the battery starts to degrade it can rob the electrical system of a lot of the power that should be used to operate the electrical system.  Had this happen last year, the engine started to do all sorts of weird things.  My brother's 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe had a battery issue.  Door locks, lights and other items started to misbehave.  Sonya's brother's Spyder, before he bought it, would start, go for a bit then resort to the get home mode - new battery and all was well.Taking the day off to do some house cleaning and such, but will go out tomorrow and get a new battery.  thinking a small car battery for the trials being done.  Have the lithium-ion for when it is operating better, and starts easier.  The lithium-ion battery is not for testing.  Steep learning curve still to come.</blockquote>