"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/02/2018 at 22:45 • Filed to: First world problems
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"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/02/2018 at 22:45 • Filed to: First world problems | 0
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I’ve been inside for the last two days, hanging out with my son - the weather was crap, and my wife worked all weekend.
Finally, she got home tonight around 5:30, so I was itching to get out of the house. Told her I was going to the gym and would pick up dinner on the way back.
Plop down into the Mercedes, push the button, and *nothing*. No lights, no chime, zip. Completely dead. Fine, I’ll take the Pathfinder. Grab the keys to that, and it won’t turn over, either!! And of course the BMW is happily sitting in the garage, battery tender attached - and blocked in by the truck.
I took my wife’s car to the gym, to work off my frustrations... Jumped the Merc and drove it for a bit, it’s fine - and I’m an idiot, because of course the discharge was my fault. Will deal with the truck tomorrow. Maybe...
shop-teacher
> WilliamsSW
12/02/2018 at 23:04 |
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D'oh! Get the Merc's battery load tested. You don't want it to conk out on you in Sub zero weather later this winter.
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WilliamsSW
> shop-teacher
12/02/2018 at 23:06 |
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Yeah, you’re right - but in reality, I left something plugged in that I shouldn’t have, and I’m pretty sure that’s why it was dead.
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shop-teacher
> WilliamsSW
12/02/2018 at 23:27 |
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Understood, but fully discharging the battery can damage it. This summer my three year old left her door ajar overnight in my wife’s CX-5. It started with a jump, but when I got it load tested, it only had 300 cold cranking amps left in it. I replaced that one too.
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WilliamsSW
> WilliamsSW
12/02/2018 at 23:33 |
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Yeah, very true. I’ve got time this week to get it tested, and may or may not need to buy a battery for the Pathfinder, we’ll see...
pip bip - choose Corrour
> WilliamsSW
12/03/2018 at 02:21 |
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oops