And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My 40+ year old battery charger had the magic smoke escape it a few months back. I dropped $90 on a new on at the auto parts store. It is sitting on the church bus right now trying to get a little more life out of an old battery.
Problem is, these are "smart" chargers. They won't charge a fully discharged battery, nor will they fully charge many large batteries. Find a an old fashioned :Dumb" charger is difficult.
Schumacher makes good stuff. For maintenance, though, you want a Battery Tender brand. 2-3x the price of ever' body else. There's a reason for that. Finding a dumb charger may be hard (garage sales?) but making one is easy. 12v transformer, big rectifier. Done. Zero safety features, though, and quite able to set your battery, house, or car on fire. Does require a level of technology savvy roughly equivalent to a 10 year old in 1960, so probably beyond most adults these days.
I have a 40 year old Century that's still cookin'. Well, it was the last time I used it about a year ago. I keep a Battery Tender on my rider during the winter.
My 40+ year old battery charger had the magic smoke escape it a few months back. I dropped $90 on a new on at the auto parts store. It is sitting on the church bus right now trying to get a little more life out of an old battery.
ReplyDeleteProblem is, these are "smart" chargers.
ReplyDeleteThey won't charge a fully discharged battery, nor will they fully charge many large batteries.
Find a an old fashioned :Dumb" charger is difficult.
Schumacher makes good stuff. For maintenance, though, you want a Battery Tender brand. 2-3x the price of ever' body else. There's a reason for that.
ReplyDeleteFinding a dumb charger may be hard (garage sales?) but making one is easy. 12v transformer, big rectifier. Done. Zero safety features, though, and quite able to set your battery, house, or car on fire. Does require a level of technology savvy roughly equivalent to a 10 year old in 1960, so probably beyond most adults these days.
I have a 40 year old Century that's still cookin'.
ReplyDeleteWell, it was the last time I used it about a year ago.
I keep a Battery Tender on my rider during the winter.