• legion02@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I live in Chicago and both my relatively new cars wouldn’t start without a jump last week…

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      11 months ago

      Sorry to hear that! You might benefit from a battery tender or one of those jump starter devices like the Halo.

      I had to jump my mother in law last week and we might get her one as a birthday present. Her situation wasn’t directly cold related though, her negative terminal was super corroded. Ended up needing a battery and the terminal cable replaced.

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        11 months ago

        Got a pair of devices a bit like the halo to keep in the cars going forward. Car went in the shop a few days later for something unrelated but they tested the battery and there was nothing wrong with it, the engine was just too cold.

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          11 months ago

          I can only imagine. You guys get that lake effect cold and wind. I’ve seen it a little in Duluth, I can only imagine what it’s like in a city nicknamed the “Windy City”.

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            11 months ago

            Believe it or not windy city has nothing to do with actual wind, the phrase was from our politicians being blow-hards