Posted on 10/12/2012 1:43:44 PM PDT by Kartographer
Testing on the dishwasher is acceptable, in the kitchen. Wouldn't recommend it with batteries. If they were mine, I might run an extension cord out to the clay pit in the back yard and try recharging them after running them down. I would have a shovel nearby. Batteries can go boom if you don't treat them right.
Batteries are fragile things, and need constant care, monitoring, and good temps.
I screwed up one winter month when I was gone from here and didn't take care of some big batteries, and they died, badly. About $500 and 2Kwh worth of telecom surplus batteries. Ouch.
I did offset some on redeeming their carcasses at the scrap guy's yard.
Yes, that's about a ton of batteries.
Dump them.
Hope the rotator cuff gets better. My right one has been acting up so bad that I can't scratch the center of my back.
Getting old is bad. The alternative is worse.
/johnny
For those who have 2 way FRS and/or GMRS radios for when you'll really need them...I would suggest getting one of these Midland XT511 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Emergency Crank Radio.
It works very well as a base radio for FRS/GMRS and can be powered by crank, battery or external 5 volts. It will charge a cell phone that has a USB connection (If cell service is going concern after the SHTF).
I have one and it is very nice. A great weather radio too. The range is purty dang good too.
Yeah I know... I'm a sissy. :)
"He said, as he sat on a stack of pillows after the 'I'll do it!' ride" ;)
/johnny
Chapman's Premium Horse Liniment. Works great. But you do start craving oats. :)
They laugh because they went through a terrible bloodletting in the '70s and it's over now. And I just whine.
They generally are helpful.
If they knock at the door, I'm going to hide. ;)
/johnny
That is why I recommended the Chapman's, no screaming pain is a good thing.
I have several bottles in my preps. I figure that there are going to be lots of sore muscles in the first year and I am not a teenager anymore.
Now? I expect it will take longer. Meh. I'll live. The kids will cope, and I'll climb back on that damned machine of perdition once again. Only to walk it up some hills.
Nothing wrong with being able to complain about the problems with life... Some folks... they don't complain anymore. ;)
/johnny
OK, you are still posting here. Your posts are okay - so far. Sorry about the tush. Are you so skinny, you don’t have a good cushion back there?
That quote is 3 generations old, at least.
I don't find it the least bit comforting looking at a 4% grade. Then again, who expected one of us to be a sworn celibate?
More likely the windchimes play 'fur Elise'.
/johnny
You have strained muscles in your legs and your back and your arms and beaten your tush on that seat. You can’t go that far on the bike next time (when you get over your present condition).
So yer saying you don’t have any morals or integrity?
A "deep-cycle" battery would be a prudent choice.
Do it when it's freezing? Fergetaboutit.
Even cooks can follow the chemistry on that charge/discharge cycle.
/johnny
Without any forethought.
Note was taken, though.
/johnny
Numerous people say it without realizing what they are really saying.
After THSHF I don’t see a big problem with salvaging something which has been abandoned. However shooting someone to take what they have is clearly immoral.
I would extend that to say it isn't just good enough to stop the bad guys....
I think I have a requirement to help the good guys.
Anywhoo... I do hunt ferals around this area. Feral pigs are a big problem right now.
/johnny
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