Hi folks, My comments are a little off topic - but - why on God's Green Earth did General Muddlers hide the battery on their otherwise nice Chevrolet Venture under the fuse box or whatever that thing is that you have to remove to get at the battery? They did, however, leave 2 terminals sticking up for you to use for jump starts. One might also consider a trickle charger which has an automatic shout off for keeping the seldom used auto charged. It would beat removing the battery and, at $3.15 or better for gas I ain't about to let the gas hog just sit and run for half an hour. Keeping the juices flowing in a battery is also very, very good in the winter as a stone cold battery really does have a lot less power.. Now, to conserve list traffic I will mention that I have a Sears shop Vac which has a removable section which contains the motor and the output blower. I had not thought of using it for snow removal but I think I will give it a shot this winter. This particular model has (supposedly) an output speed of over 100 mph. Cy, the Ancient Okie... _____
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geno69 Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 5:21 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Batteries: Car's/Van's I just thought , in not reading all the pieces to the battery issue. A few suggest hints might been order. A: After a battery starts getting in years. This depending on the type of battery. If the car or van or truck is not being used . Like sitting for a two to three week period and especially sitting a month or more. A: if there is instruments hooked up in the dash-board to the battery (older models) the battery is being used by these instruments. B: on the new modern cars, Vans and trucks, especially true with all the instruments hooked up. What is suggested is every three days run the unit for a half period to keep the battery in top working condition. During the winter time it is every other day run it for a half hour. If not using and don't want to bother with turning on the unit and running it for period of time, because, the price of gas. Especially if going to sit for a long period of time. This means a month or more. First off make sure that the gas tank is full and dropping as suggested or recommended dry gas to the full tank of gas. Then disconnect and remove the battery and place on a wooden block away from a cement wall and keep off a cement floor! Keeping it in a semi warm or warm room When ready can take it back out and install and of course some of the instruments will have to be reset. The two cables and the clamps that go on the positive and negative poles should be wrapped up with something that won't attract moisture, keeping them dry. Sometimes even suggesting Vaseline. If one doesn't know how to do this task, then, either find someone that does for removing or and installing the battery. If not leave well enough alone. Just know one will need to have a jump start. If there is white power around the positive and negative poles this means that they need to be cleaned and there might be other issues to look at. Again if a person knows what to do. Removing the clamps and cleaning them and the poles or some clamps to clamp and fasten too. A simple thing as baking soda and little water can clean the battery and the connecter clamps. Sometimes recommend a light course sand paper to clean. Just a thought. Geno No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 6:13 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 6:13 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
