Hot again. I know, whodda thunk it?
Really hot and miserable yesterday. 112F in my driveway.
So I avoided working outside.
My back was feeling better, and I missed going to the chiropractor on Monday, and on Wednesday. Hurts today, so I’ll be headed that way if I can make the time.
I got my pickup done. Stopped at my secondary, grabbed the battery and charger off the forklift and put them somewhere with power to recharge. There isn’t any electricity where the fork truck is sitting, and that has complicated getting it running to move the stuff I need to move. It occurred to me, belatedly, that I could move the battery and charger… While I had them in my hand I thought about bringing them home, but why would I want to do that???
When I got home, my wife informed me that her minivan’s battery was deader than Mel Gibson’s career. And indeed it was. I COULD have tried the recovery mode on my fancy pants charger. I could have swapped in my spare battery. But I didn’t listen to the little voice in my head. Did I mention that my wife has a site visit first thing in the morning? She’ll be driving my truck while I get her battery sorted. Costco Interstate, not even 2 full years on it. I’ll be swapping that one out at Costco. I tried jumping it from my Ranger, and noticed that my Ranger has a 2 1/2 year old Costco Interstate battery. That will probably die soon too. I’ve got a good idea why the Honda killed its battery, all the daytime running lights, and the electric fan. The fan runs a lot after shut off, and I’m sure that beats up the battery. On modern cars, if you notice the battery is low, there is a whole bunch of stuff you can’t turn off to get a bit more juice for the starter. Poor design in my view. (oh and the little lithium ion jump pack? No help. Of course the jump from the Ranger was no help either, so maybe I can’t blame the jump pack.)
Hopefully they will have something suitable in stock. Maybe I should be proactive on the Ranger battery, and keep the current one as a backup.
There’s always something more to do.
Take a look at your vehicles. I’m betting you’re closer to replacement for your battery than you think. Since there are no more lead mines here, I’m guessing it all comes from China…
Keep stacking.
n