Bah.. me battery died.
12-13-2004, 08:15 PM
#1
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Bah.. me battery died.
That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
--
DougW
And his mostly fixed ZJ.
it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
--
DougW
And his mostly fixed ZJ.
12-13-2004, 08:45 PM
#2
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Re: Bah.. me battery died.
HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
TJ.
Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
day! ;)
well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:U8rvd.112886$tU4.107546@okepread06...
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight.
> :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with
> the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
>
TJ.
Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
day! ;)
well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:U8rvd.112886$tU4.107546@okepread06...
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight.
> :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with
> the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
>
12-13-2004, 08:45 PM
#3
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Re: Bah.. me battery died.
HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
TJ.
Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
day! ;)
well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:U8rvd.112886$tU4.107546@okepread06...
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight.
> :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with
> the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
>
TJ.
Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
day! ;)
well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:U8rvd.112886$tU4.107546@okepread06...
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight.
> :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with
> the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
>
12-13-2004, 08:45 PM
#4
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Re: Bah.. me battery died.
HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
TJ.
Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
day! ;)
well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:U8rvd.112886$tU4.107546@okepread06...
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight.
> :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with
> the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
>
TJ.
Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
day! ;)
well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:U8rvd.112886$tU4.107546@okepread06...
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight.
> :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with
> the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
>
12-13-2004, 09:15 PM
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Re: Bah.. me battery died.
A good battery will power your head lights for twenty four hours,
and start your car. Remember the old Sears Die Hard commercials?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SteveBrady wrote:
>
> HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
> TJ.
> Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
> day! ;)
> well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
>
> I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
> But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
> waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
and start your car. Remember the old Sears Die Hard commercials?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SteveBrady wrote:
>
> HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
> TJ.
> Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
> day! ;)
> well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
>
> I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
> But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
> waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
12-13-2004, 09:15 PM
#6
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bah.. me battery died.
A good battery will power your head lights for twenty four hours,
and start your car. Remember the old Sears Die Hard commercials?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SteveBrady wrote:
>
> HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
> TJ.
> Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
> day! ;)
> well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
>
> I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
> But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
> waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
and start your car. Remember the old Sears Die Hard commercials?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SteveBrady wrote:
>
> HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
> TJ.
> Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
> day! ;)
> well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
>
> I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
> But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
> waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
12-13-2004, 09:15 PM
#7
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bah.. me battery died.
A good battery will power your head lights for twenty four hours,
and start your car. Remember the old Sears Die Hard commercials?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SteveBrady wrote:
>
> HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
> TJ.
> Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
> day! ;)
> well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
>
> I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
> But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
> waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
and start your car. Remember the old Sears Die Hard commercials?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SteveBrady wrote:
>
> HAHA....well, I shouldn't laff. I did the very same thing last night on my
> TJ.
> Luckily I hadn't gotten in until late...and had to get up early (was a LONG
> day! ;)
> well, I walked in to the parking garage and there's the light on.
>
> I thinking, ****...and nobody knocked on my door...******!
> But, she started up still....got lucky, would've been stuck for an hour
> waiting for someone to wake up and pass by in order to get a jump!
12-13-2004, 09:16 PM
#8
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Re: Bah.. me battery died.
Your battery's telling you something.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
DougW wrote:
>
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
DougW wrote:
>
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
12-13-2004, 09:16 PM
#9
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bah.. me battery died.
Your battery's telling you something.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
DougW wrote:
>
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
DougW wrote:
>
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
12-13-2004, 09:16 PM
#10
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bah.. me battery died.
Your battery's telling you something.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
DougW wrote:
>
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
DougW wrote:
>
> That's what I get for leaving the back hatch slightly open. Although
> it should have had enough juice to run the inside lights just overnight. :/
>
> Gonna have to design a shutoff circuit for that. Something in line with the
> fuse that has a timer and a relay. Or a voltage sensor.
>
> Anyhoo, tried to jumper it this morning but HOO BOY it got the
> cables a bit hot. Battery must have been completely dead. And no,
> I did check and had them on the right way around. :)
>
> First time I ever yanked jumper cables off a car. Thought for certain
> I fragged something. Left a nice spotweld on the jumpers.
>
> Hour on the charger got it running again, but that's the first time
> I've ever had a problem jumpstarting a battery. It just wouldn't take
> a charge but boy was it drawing amps!
>
> FWIW, a 6A charger is USELESS for high capacity batteries. It's my
> old Car/Cycle charger for 6/12V. Gonna take an hour to raise the battery
> 1V. At least it can't harm the battery at that rate.
>
> --
> DougW
> And his mostly fixed ZJ.
