Have you seen a doctor about your paranoia? The 'parts stores' around here will test a car battery under load & for free. I see more people with Harbor Freight's chargers than the ones sold at 'parts stores'.
I had an old starter motor bolted to a lump of wood for checking batteries - would've been a more realistic test if it was bolted to an engine, but such as it was.
Unfortunately its not a binaries - so I can't draw pictures to help you understand!
If you bring in a zero-volt, totally discharged battery, what do they do?
Declare it dead, usually, and sell you a new one.
I see more
Will they put current into zero volts?
What kind of thieves or fools do you deal with? Hell, even Sears will take a large jump pack to start your vehicle, if it's in their part of a mall parking lot. I have never had one try to sell me a battery, but they will suggest that the battery may have been damaged by being completely discharged. That depends on how long it sat that way. If anything, I have found the suppliers to be too conservative on replacing parts. Of course, I grew up in a town with multiple heavy industries, not places that cater to know nothing snobs. Destin Florida was like that. The wholesalers and supply houses wouldn't sell to anyone that wasn't in their specific trade. I had to threaten more than one that I would contact their corporate offices, and the branches I normally dealt with before I could buy TFFN/THHN wire or 4" copper pipe.
Your hurling insults is getting ever more weak - why not give it up before
*EVERYONE* notices you're an imbecile.
John! You are so-o-o-o kind >:-} ...Jim Thompson
No doubt many have noticed, my "attitude and demeanor" are only directed at you - and only when you ask for it (which is most of the time!).
You must have one humdinger of an inferiority complex if you think that!!!
If you say so Napoleon.
I took pity on you because you're a sad lonely old fart who can only get attention by picking a quarrel.
That's only fair after all - you make enough technical errors for the rest of us to pick up on.
Although you're such an ill tempered cuss, most people walk on by hoping not to attract your attention!
Prima donnas seem to be that way >:-}
With Ian you're wasting your time. I've never seen anyone quite so pompously ignorant. ...Jim Thompson
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