So your real name is Joe Dirt?
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Wife's Buick won't start. Battery is dead. Jump it for a few min and hopefully it will make it home. Battery is 3 or 4 years old. Oem battery lasted 8 years. May be just low on charge. Too many 5 minute drives with 50 below wind chill.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Nope. Believe it or not, I have not seen that movie...
Something interesting I found. Apparently there was a 'goof' :
Joe Dirt maintains his parents car was a 1968 Rambler Wagon made by AMC. When he arrives at his parents trailer park he sees his parents old car in the driveway but the car shown is a 1959 Rambler Super Wagon by AMC.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
My wife killed two batteries in her GC that way. Too much power drain on small trips and not enough charging time. Start, drive 5 mins, use the power side doors and hatch in and out of the vehicle and then a 5 min ride home and repeat.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Too many 5 minute drives not good at any temp...
There’s several car goofs in that movie but it’s a funny movie. Like the Hemi car he gets in the movie. They keep calling it a 67 roadrunner but it’s actually a 67 hemi Belvedere. Heck they didn’t even make a 67 roadrunner. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it. It’s on Prime and Netflix right now.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Yeh, was actually planning to catch it on Netflix.
One of the electrical engineers I work with used to work for Interstate Batteries and he was telling us a while back that when they get cores back that people have traded in when buying new batteries, a vast majority of them aren’t bad at all, just needing a deep charge cycle. He is adamant that a standard automotive 12 volt battery needs at least 45 minutes at full charge to be fully charged and maintain its cells.
Another good one if you haven’t seen it is Hollywood Knights. It’s a car cult classic too. Had Tony Danza Fran Dracher(spelling) and Michelle Phiefer and several other big names it in back but when they were in their early 20s
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Don't know about 45, but definitely more than 5. Actual time will vary depending on how much it drained out to start the car. Thing is if all it does is start the car, they never drain far enough to need a full charge. But it needs to have the capacity for radio being on a while, etc.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
He missed telling you the part where the plates become oxidized over time making a full charge impossible and the battery unsalvageable even after a deep charge. Time of charge is irrelevant, total charging is what keeps a battery alive and lasting for it maximum life.
Lead acid batteries must be fully recharged after each discharge to maintain maximum life.
Oh I’m sure he did. But me and electrical stuff don’t get along at all so I’m sure I missed some of what he said
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Then don’t pass along what you don’t understand.
Take a battery that wont take a charge, Drop it on a rubber mat on its top, upside down a few times. Dislodges the oxidation, making a bad battery potentially good for a while longer. And of course a nice deep charge.
Jumped it and got it running. Running rough and "service throttle" light flashing and "reduced engine power" It ran like dog **** but I made it home. Hooked the charger up. 32% charge. I put it on 10a. And I will check it in a hour. I might 2a. trickle charge it overnight and test it tomorrow. I just had new plugs and wires and the throttle bore cleaned. I'll see what happens tomorrow.
Get ER Done
Nah, I understand enough to know what he said has validity to it.
How’s things out in Hollywood Land?Get ER Done
Very wet.
Man claims he heard ***** 'snap' during traumatic injury
OUCH!
OUCH!
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
What the temperature Mike. If it feels warm, cut it back to 2 amps. If its an AGM, they especially don't like extended high charge rates.
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
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