Nice goin' Jerry...wish I had someone like you
around here...had a neighbor lives in the trailer
park behind us ...kept having trouble with his
battery needing a charge....so I kept loaning him
my battery charger....friends kept telling him
why his car wouldn't start ....solenoid, starter,
bad ground etc....so about the third time I came
over and checked the battery after charging about
an hour...it read 12.65v car started...shut it off...12.05v
car had a hard time starting...put
the charger back on for about an hour...checked
voltage after disconnecting charger...about 12.45v
(friend of my neighbors looking over my shoulder)
'Hmmm....little over 12 volts should be good enough'
I say, 'No...should be ...maybe at least 13 volts....'
This guy says 'NO it's a 12 Volt Battery'
and I say...'it's not fully charged at 12 volts'
He says I've worked on cars for over 20 years
, and I've never seen a battery over 12 volts
only when they're charging...that's why you have
to have a higher voltage to charge one ! '
so he has me check it while the car is running...
( it reads 13.75)
See...!?? , he says
What can I say? (can't argue with a guy that
runs a tow truck for some garage, has
a motorcycle that cost over $20,000, and installed
a new set of pipes (bike) that cost over $800 can you?)
.......Couple of days later the guy with the car
trouble comes over and tells me he found what
the trouble was....He had to get a new battery
( Whoa !....Really) LOL !
Like I said....wish you could have been here !
Fun in the sharpest corner of Ohio ...Conneaut !
( :>) Norm
