BobG
Well-known member
How many people here can solve problems easily?
I was playing around with a new charger I got. I wanted to charge a battery that came from my wife's mini sand rail that was drained for a couple weeks.
The 2 newer battery chargers will sense a good battery or one that supposedly can't be charged, would not even start a charge. So I placed it on a old 2 amp saw tooth charger none computer, transformer, diode bridge and capacitor only. Left it there for about 6 hrs. It worked, then I put it on the pulse charger (which now can see the Battery) and let it charge to 100%.
I am just wondering how many people trust the newer microprocessor equipment vs trying to see if they can fix a problem the old tried and true method.
This isn't a battery thread, more a what really works thread.
As with my dad I am sure there are those who don't have the time to work on vehicles, and there are those who have zero analytical skills.
But for those who have the time and won't accept no from anyone, how do you approach anothers failure and turn it into a success.
Another example, I was told by a factory appliance tech, I would have to take out my washing machines drum to replace the brakes under it. He told me there was no other way. He was insistent it can't be done any other way. After I looked at the system it took me 20 minutes from start to finish to complete the replacement, no drum removal.
I did this when managing a Calibration Lab to Building Houses etc.
Has anyone run into similar examples where others have no conceptual ability to solve a problem, and you look at it, and can come up with a viable solution, in a matter of seconds.
And yes I am bored today? It is raining and I am watching the grass grow.
Bob
I was playing around with a new charger I got. I wanted to charge a battery that came from my wife's mini sand rail that was drained for a couple weeks.
The 2 newer battery chargers will sense a good battery or one that supposedly can't be charged, would not even start a charge. So I placed it on a old 2 amp saw tooth charger none computer, transformer, diode bridge and capacitor only. Left it there for about 6 hrs. It worked, then I put it on the pulse charger (which now can see the Battery) and let it charge to 100%.
I am just wondering how many people trust the newer microprocessor equipment vs trying to see if they can fix a problem the old tried and true method.
This isn't a battery thread, more a what really works thread.
As with my dad I am sure there are those who don't have the time to work on vehicles, and there are those who have zero analytical skills.
But for those who have the time and won't accept no from anyone, how do you approach anothers failure and turn it into a success.
Another example, I was told by a factory appliance tech, I would have to take out my washing machines drum to replace the brakes under it. He told me there was no other way. He was insistent it can't be done any other way. After I looked at the system it took me 20 minutes from start to finish to complete the replacement, no drum removal.
I did this when managing a Calibration Lab to Building Houses etc.
Has anyone run into similar examples where others have no conceptual ability to solve a problem, and you look at it, and can come up with a viable solution, in a matter of seconds.
And yes I am bored today? It is raining and I am watching the grass grow.
Bob