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.
and one day, the Tie breaks, the pliers pops open, releasing the cables, the one to the alternator is instantaneously welded to the frame, and the accessory cable flops away, killing the engine.
In a moment, you remember, AutoZone had those battery clamps on sale last week.
Yeah, but if you have the wire tie, you don't need the pliers to hold the cable onto the battery post.
ReplyDeleteSo at that point, it becomes stupid.
and one day, the Tie breaks, the pliers pops open, releasing the cables, the one to the alternator is instantaneously welded to the frame, and the accessory cable flops away, killing the engine.
DeleteIn a moment, you remember, AutoZone had those battery clamps on sale last week.
A wire tie could not easily secure the battery cable to the posts…so the pliers are an expedient example of first class “red neck” engineering…:))
ReplyDeleteAs we say in Raleigh, that looks like Clemson Engineering.
ReplyDeleteWorks better than anything out of Raleigh that's for sure.
DeleteI've seen way worse.
ReplyDeleteIf it's to get you to the parts store it's clever. If it's "good enough" then it's stupid.
ReplyDeleteGrounding 101
ReplyDeleteThat zip tie is going to slide forward.
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