Our vehicles have always been out in the front yard and have never failed to start. Might need battery with more cranking power.
Or an alternator check. Or electrical system checkup.
A battery is good IF IT IS FULLY CHARGED down to low temps. But if it's at only, say, ?80%? charge, it can freeze in those sub-zero temps. They don't make them for .... these days, so they only last an average of about 4 years-ish. I've gotten as much as 9 out of one. But it depends on size/make/cost.
KC could probably tell us more.
But cranking it won't help, it will drain the battery further and help it freeze. Freezing warps/bends/wrecks the cells in the battery.
A battery is good IF IT IS FULLY CHARGED down to low temps. But if it's at only, say, ?80%? charge, it can freeze in those sub-zero temps. They don't make them for .... these days, so they only last an average of about 4 years-ish. I've gotten as much as 9 out of one. But it depends on size/make/cost.
KC could probably tell us more.
But cranking it won't help, it will drain the battery further and help it freeze. Freezing warps/bends/wrecks the cells in the battery.
Good morning lovely and handsome Snails 
Man that Atty is on a roll this morning
Good morning Fran, Tibs, KC, Kat and Atty
Man that Atty is on a roll this morning
Good morning Fran, Tibs, KC, Kat and Atty
Yeah, because amps decrease with temp too, as I understand it. That's why they rate them at CCA - Cold cranking amps. It's not about the engine being cold, it's about the battery temp and the amps it can deliver.
I skipped the rolls, I just told ya!Good morning lovely and handsome Snails
Man that Atty is on a roll this morning
Good morning Fran, Tibs, KC, Kat and Atty
morning, atty, dale and kat!
lol - if marsha was so anxious she went outside to start the car at 3am she should have brought the battery in before the vortex snagged you
lol - if marsha was so anxious she went outside to start the car at 3am she should have brought the battery in before the vortex snagged you
Yeah, logically.
But in reality, pulling a battery in sub-zero temps is a royal PITA. And depending on the car, it's a PITA anyway, on a good warm day. It used to be so easy. Now these days everything is jammed in so tight.
But in reality, pulling a battery in sub-zero temps is a royal PITA. And depending on the car, it's a PITA anyway, on a good warm day. It used to be so easy. Now these days everything is jammed in so tight.
We have the same up and down crap. They are saying we'll have 52 on Tuesday. I know they can't forecast that far ahead but 52 would be considered warm for Feb.It’s 24 degrees this morning, forecast says 71 for this coming Monday
My 11 year-old sedan has its original battery. I thought it was replaced
at some point, but rifling through the receipts (in Fall '18), I found no
sign of it.
The heated cat hut, birdbath, and ice-dam wiring puts this place at 1000+ kwh meter
reads for December (with Christmas lights) and January. Only 1 February when it was
5.7 degrees WARMER that the previous 10-year average. Hmmm.
(It happened in August '16, too... 5.5 degrees above 10-year average.)
(Yes, I keep track of all that stuff.)
You can call me ....! Or you can call me Banal! But don't call me Late For
Dinner. (Oh wait... that's MY job!!!)
