[AT] Car buying (formally Solar battery charger)

[Bruce Fallon]

After buying a car with my wife in 91 never again. She liked a car and a
deal was made then they switched and said no it was different car they had
priced,  sorry about that but she could not walk away.  She now tells me
what we want and I do the shopping without her. 

Bruce Fallon
Langley, WA 98260

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dave Rotigel
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 6:40 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Solar battery charger setup

That's the way it is when they find one that is the RIGHT colo(u)r!
	Dave

On Jan 19, 2016, at 8:10 AM, charlie hill wrote:

> I agree Bill but that didn't enter the equation.  We had looked
> at a lot of cars and she saw that ONE and it's the one she wanted.
> Luckily the price was right on it.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bill Bruer
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 8:57 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Solar battery charger setup
> 
> Charlie, very few of those electronics add to a vehicle's useability or
> functionality.  Worse is the marketing.  You can't pick and choose the
> options you want.  They are sold in expensive packages. I really wanted
> fog lights on my 2013 Nissan Sentra but would have had to buy the next
> level option package.  There was nothing else in that package that I
> wanted.  The fog lights would have cost me about $1500.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On 1/17/2016 7:34 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Bill,
>> 
>> Lynn recently broke down and bought a new car to replace
>> the Buick she had bought and driven for the last 18 years.
>> The new car is so loaded up with electronics that the salesman
>> told us that it is possible to call the car on your phone and
>> start the engine.  Then he said "if you travel, you need to call and
>> start it at least once a week" apparently if you don't all of the
>> electronics loose their memory and have to be reset.  (radio
>> presets, mirror and seat settings, and all sorts of other stuff
>> stored in the cars computer).
>> 
>> Enough already.  I'm about ready to go find a early to mid 70's car with
>> a good body and breaker point ignition and restore it.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Bruer
>> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 5:55 PM
>> To: Antique Tractor
>> Subject: [AT] Solar battery charger setup
>> 
>> I recently picked up one of these 1.5 watt solar battery chargers on sale

>> at
>> Harbor
>> Freight for $14.99 -
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-solar-battery-charger-68692.html
>> 
>> The manual says it needs an external voltage regualtor to prevent
>> overcharging.  There's no indicaction of that requirement on the 
>> packaging.
>> What's the best (cheap) way to set this thing up so that it can be left
>> on a battery for indefinite periods?  Harbor Freight has a 100 watt
>> regulator -
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-solar-charge-regulator-96728.html
>> that will also allow you to power a tool but costs $25.99.  Kind of 
>> defeats
>> the
>> sale price on the charger.
>> 
>> My main use will be to keep the battery hot on my IH 686 tractor with a
>> D312 engine.  However, I would like to mount the panel and regulator on a
>> light
>> frame that can be moved to any piece of equipment where it may be
>> needed.
>> 
>> Bill Bruer
>> Murfreesboro, TN
>> 
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