Posted by rossow (mn) on February 15, 2021 at 08:13:39 from (216.114.244.165):
In Reply to: How Cold is it? posted by Gabby Hayes on February 15, 2021 at 06:42:26:
National Weather Service for south-central MN said -21 at 7 a.m. but my deck thermometer said -24. Last (Sunday) evening my son-in-law got off work at 6 p.m. after a 12-hour shift. His car had already just grunted when he went out to warm it up at 10:30 a.m., so I was waiting for him when he got off at 6. At first we tried a jump pack he carries in his car, but after sitting in the sub-zero car all day, the plastic handle on the positive clamp snapped off before I could even hook it up. So we got out his medium-grade jumper cables and the plastic on the positive clamp broke off in several chunks when I squeezed it to hook up. Being too lazy and cold to get some good cables out of my trunk (I had three sets along), I carefully attached the now-bare plus side, etc., and got him started after just a few grunts. He only drives a few miles three days a week, and I suspect these extreme cold nights didn't let his battery get a good charge on short trips. I told him to go home and get it on a slow charger until he needs it again. He's getting rid of the car in the spring and really doesn't want to spend $100 or more on a new battery. Time will tell how that works out.
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