Sometimes my habit of messing with things electronics becomes useful.. When I got in my 41-hour-parked car, I was greeted with very dim interior lights and no starter action at all. =20
I connected my old battery charger:
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connecgted it (properly) and plugged it in. I was greeted with a reverse-pegged meter (Yes, the red clop was on the positibe terminal), and a loud buzzing sound, and then smoke. =20A later test on the bench with the cover off revealed that the transformer was the smoke source. =20
I went upstairs to get my motorcycle key, to use it to boost the car batt enough to start it (Risky to the MC batt) but then realized I had another charger:
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Bought cheap at the close-out of the local Radioshack.Com store.. I set it 14 volts open circuit, current limit to about 7 amps, then connected it. Just waiting now.=20
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