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Washed my car.
Plugged in the key and turned it to on to lower the windows so I can dry it with microfiber towel.
All done, good job well done, me !
The next morning :
"Hmm... where's my car key ?"
It's still in the car, plugged in.
Panel all turned off.
Tries to start, no response.
"Welp, I guess that wasn't that good of a job"
There goes 3 months old $70 battery.
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28 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:
Unless you've got an old GM shit box, it's not an issue. You do put a little bit more strain on the alternator when charging from that low, but the vast majority of alternators are super overbuilt nowadays. Having had to jump my old car like 6 times (electrical issue, headlights would just randomly turn on in the middle of the night and drain the battery) some strange shit did start happening with electronics while driving, but it was already full of gremlins (disappearing oil, shifter not responding quickly, wildly inaccurate fuel economy gauge) and then at the end of its life it was like the electrical system was possessed with random things going on and off, bad flickering, and battery drain while driving.
It's a Honda CR-V Gen 3, bought in 2011.
Never changed any important engine parts for 12 years.
So partly afraid due to the alternator's age. Especially since Honda's parts for EOL models is kinda hard to get here, unless I want to pay nearly double MSRP for a 2nd hand / OEM, or triple to pre-order a brand new one.
QuoteAt least you'll know he has his phone. My brother was chronically unreachable for years. Either dead phone battery, or would leave it at home while going out, or forget it was in silent.
Well yeah, though it's concerning when it's more "important" than -one example- a 30cm x 30cm gift box on the table, around 40cm in front of him.
Or you know... his son who sat 2ft away from him
Can you believe that this the very same person who long time ago mocked & belittle me for playing games on my PC a lot ?
QuoteI tried once with a lil guy from the local NAPA, and the battery was so dead that it couldn't even get a reliable reading to start trying to charge it.
Well, if I can find a nearby store that provide the service, I'd just try, since based on quick research it will costs me just around $3. The process might take a full day though.
Definitely beats spending $100 for a non-chinese gibberish brand charger with questionable spec, which I will use maybe once in a blue moon. That's for sure
Thanks for sharing your experience with dead battery btw.
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31 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:
Thanks for sharing your experience with dead battery btw.
I've jumped so many cars in the time I've been driving, even managed to jump a V8 Durango with the stock Toyota battery in the 4cyl 08 RAV4 I had at the time. Thanks Toyota for overspeccing everything in that car except the suspension
34 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:Well yeah, though it's concerning when it's more "important" than -one example- a 30cm x 30cm gift box on the table, around 40cm in front of him.
Or you know... his son who sat 2ft away from him
Can you believe that this the very same person who long time ago mocked & belittle me for playing games on my PC a lot ?
Love how movies and science has been calling this shit out for literal decades, and yet we are still numb to it.
The whole "ban TikTok" I'm behind, not because its scary Chinese company, but because it's literally rotting the brains of a significant majority of people aged 10-25. We're about 3 years too late to the discussion, but gold star everyone for finally realizing that it's an issue.
Oh yeah, 10000% believe it. The generation(s) that raised the children of the internet age who reinforced safe surfing habits and taught us about all the dangers of the internet are the ones who are getting scammed out of their life savings.
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22 hours ago, BiotechBen said:
Unless you've got an old GM shit box, it's not an issue. You do put a little bit more strain on the alternator when charging from that low, but the vast majority of alternators are super overbuilt nowadays. Having had to jump my old car like 6 times (electrical issue, headlights would just randomly turn on in the middle of the night and drain the battery) some strange shit did start happening with electronics while driving, but it was already full of gremlins (disappearing oil, shifter not responding quickly, wildly inaccurate fuel economy gauge) and then at the end of its life it was like the electrical system was possessed with random things going on and off, bad flickering, and battery drain while driving.
At least you'll know he has his phone. My brother was chronically unreachable for years. Either dead phone battery, or would leave it at home while going out, or forget it was in silent.
I tried once with a lil guy from the local NAPA, and the battery was so dead that it couldn't even get a reliable reading to start trying to charge it.
Yep, my truck has an under-hood light that killed the battery and I couldn't get it to even start charging on my battery charger or jump it. It was just completely dead.
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I miss Windows 7 calculator
Where I can immediately switch back between calculator & unit converter by just 1 click instead of 2
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I got it from here back in the day
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/old_calculator_for_windows_10_from_windows_7_and_8.html
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5 hours ago, da na said:
See if that works. Copy both to C:\Windows\System32.
(See this sounds sketchy as hell but that's where they were on my Win7 system's drive)
5 hours ago, Caroline said:I got it from here back in the day
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/old_calculator_for_windows_10_from_windows_7_and_8.html
Thanks you two, I'll try it out