My day so far
I kind of don't want to talk about it but need to vent and maybe someone might find enjoyment from my pain and suffering. It started with me waking up and knowing that I have a lot to get done so already not too happy. Have to call insurance people and touch base with them and have them touch base with me and so on and so forth. after all of that its now about 9:30 and I have to start the truck and the wife's car.
Trying to start a car when its -24F (in the metric system its still f***ing cold) isn't going to happen. So now i have to hook up the battery charger and guess what kids, the plug has exposed wires in it and it shorts out and sends sparks everywhere because ground and another wire touched and now I have to reset the circuit breaker twice before giving up.
Anyway its now 10 and have to try and get the wife's car started. Same thing, won't start and have to hook up the battery charger because I know hers will start if it gets a bit more juice into the battery. Only thing is I can't open the hood because its that cold that the metal stuff won't move and I think I broke the lever thing inside the car because its F***ING -23F.
Ok whatever, wife isn't going to work today, i'm not going to work today because now the charger won't work at all and keeps shorting out the circuit so give up, go inside filled with bitter cold rage and broken extension cord because its -22 outside.
Its now 11 and things still need to be done, have to get insurance papers in, have to stop by the hospital, go to the bank, and go to work. Don't think anything is going to get done ever today. I check online and see what battery i have and sure enough the cold cranking amps is too low for it to even start on a nice day let alone get it to start on a -25F (wait, did it just go back down, F*** you Minnesota.)
its now 11:30 and my sister's boyfriend is fixing the charger as I relax a bit and try to cool my jets for a bit. 12 comes along and its all fixed, new cord on it and lets see if it starts after an hour... NOPE!!!! So far my list is.
-Bank
-Pharmacy
-Insurance
-Post office
-Hospital
-Auto parts store
and Work if I can make it there by 6
But yeah, the Truck needs about 600 amps to start, the battery on a good day is only 450 amps, so even on a good day, that truck won't start let alone on a cold day you have a better chance to warm it up by sitting on it and starting it then you have with a 5 hour charge.
Trying to start a car when its -24F (in the metric system its still f***ing cold) isn't going to happen. So now i have to hook up the battery charger and guess what kids, the plug has exposed wires in it and it shorts out and sends sparks everywhere because ground and another wire touched and now I have to reset the circuit breaker twice before giving up.
Anyway its now 10 and have to try and get the wife's car started. Same thing, won't start and have to hook up the battery charger because I know hers will start if it gets a bit more juice into the battery. Only thing is I can't open the hood because its that cold that the metal stuff won't move and I think I broke the lever thing inside the car because its F***ING -23F.
Ok whatever, wife isn't going to work today, i'm not going to work today because now the charger won't work at all and keeps shorting out the circuit so give up, go inside filled with bitter cold rage and broken extension cord because its -22 outside.
Its now 11 and things still need to be done, have to get insurance papers in, have to stop by the hospital, go to the bank, and go to work. Don't think anything is going to get done ever today. I check online and see what battery i have and sure enough the cold cranking amps is too low for it to even start on a nice day let alone get it to start on a -25F (wait, did it just go back down, F*** you Minnesota.)
its now 11:30 and my sister's boyfriend is fixing the charger as I relax a bit and try to cool my jets for a bit. 12 comes along and its all fixed, new cord on it and lets see if it starts after an hour... NOPE!!!! So far my list is.
-Bank
-Pharmacy
-Insurance
-Post office
-Hospital
-Auto parts store
and Work if I can make it there by 6
But yeah, the Truck needs about 600 amps to start, the battery on a good day is only 450 amps, so even on a good day, that truck won't start let alone on a cold day you have a better chance to warm it up by sitting on it and starting it then you have with a 5 hour charge.