Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It looks like we've gotten away with it, at least a little.I charged the battery and the car started the next day, that car starts really easy, we moved it around to plow the driveway (its great having the trailgroomer around) and put it back. That night I went to take it to gamenight and it

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-18 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Curt wrote: > I went out and she's right, its totally dead, no dome light > After 3 days of trying to heat the car with the seat heater the > battery gave up... Love easy fixes, hopefully this doesn't ruin > the battery. Bad news. If the seat heater is just resistive, it will pull the

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Well I guess you can content yourself with chipmunk trophies. Our have hibernated. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:29 PM Curt Raymond wrote: > HA! > We saw one track when we were leaving yesterday. The other truck load of > guys saw what they say were 2 deer that dad

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
HA!We saw one track when we were leaving yesterday. The other truck load of guys saw what they say were 2 deer that dad says were 2 archery targets. Best event of the whole week is the new airgun I bought: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ruger-Impact-Max-22-Pellet-Air-Rifle/449026134 For the money

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 16/11/2018 3:04 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: It doesn't take too many ruined batteries to pay for the trouble of finding a way to use switched power for the butt warmer! -- Jim ___ Duct Tape note on middle of steering wheel that says turn off the

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I've left it on all day before with no problem but when I have it hasn't been all that cold out... Her Golf has built in heaters that shut off with the car... -Curt On Friday, November 16, 2018, 4:04:28 PM EST, Jim Cathey wrote: It doesn't take too many ruined batteries to pay for

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Attaboy. Any venison for dinner? Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:34 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I've been away at deer camp for a couple days. Got 8" of snow in northern > Maine Tuesday and with another 3-5" on the way we decided to

Re: [MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
It doesn't take too many ruined batteries to pay for the trouble of finding a way to use switched power for the butt warmer! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

[MBZ] OT: An easy lesson

2018-11-16 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I've been away at deer camp for a couple days. Got 8" of snow in northern Maine Tuesday and with another 3-5" on the way we decided to head home yesterday. It was already a little squirrely getting in and out of camp with just 8". One guy got stuck and I nearly got stuck a couple times. The