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Sapphireho · 11-09-2018, 01:48 PM

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Family friends live in Paradise and likely lost their house last night. It’s located between the hospital and church that burned down I believe.

Smoke today here is unbearable too. I really need to get a mask with filter.

Bummer. I heard on the radio it is moving at a rate of about 8 football fields a minute heading toward Chico.

Here is the view from my office. Air quality is off the charts bad. If you don't smoke, well you do now.

ichitaka05 · 11-09-2018, 01:54 PM

Random question. Got into discussion bout how to jump start the car. I thought when you connect the black (negative), you connect the black to battery (good battery) and connect the other black to some unpainted metal part of other car. (bad battery) My co-worker claim just connect the other black to bad battery... which I'm pretty sure it works fine, but I was thought not to connect the black to bad battery due to it can damage the good battery.

Maybe I'm doing old way? IDK

spike021 · 11-09-2018, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Bummer. I heard on the radio it is moving at a rate of about 8 football fields a minute heading toward Chico.

Here is the view from my office. Air quality is off the charts bad. If you don't smoke, well you do now.

Yeah smoke is terrible here. For some reason the building my office is in either doesn't have AC on or something because I can still smell smoke strongly inside. My nose and eyes feel bad.

bcj · 11-09-2018, 02:33 PM

Batteries:
Mostly a safety precaution. There may be hydrogen off gassing that may ignite when you make the final connection completing the circuit between batteries.

A bad battery may be low on electrolyte and have concentrated hydrogen in the top of the cells.
A spark nearby may blow up the battery case. Maybe. Somewhere over the rainbow.
Low probability, but it has been known to happen.

Best practice is last connection to the block as far away from the + terminal as possible.
That will get highest amperage to the starter with the least loss through chassis grounds.

Spuds · 11-09-2018, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Bummer. I heard on the radio it is moving at a rate of about 8 football fields a minute heading toward Chico.

Here is the view from my office. Air quality is off the charts bad. If you don't smoke, well you do now.

If you hypothetically had to evacuate due to fire, which car(s) would you save?

IceFyre13th · 11-09-2018, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

If you hypothetically had to evacuate due to fire, which car(s) would you save?

leave the frs......the fire will re-heat treat the valve springs

spike021 · 11-09-2018, 04:19 PM

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If you hypothetically had to evacuate due to fire, which car(s) would you save?

If I had his garage, probably the Porsche. Gotta be worth more in the long run, right?

spike021 · 11-09-2018, 04:19 PM

Also, is @Tcoat still MIA? What's going on?

ichitaka05 · 11-09-2018, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by spike021

Also, is @Tcoat still MIA? What's going on?

I thought he was some where in Nevada for vacation?

spike021 · 11-09-2018, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ichitaka05

I thought he was some where in Nevada for vacation?

I thought he’d be home by now.

ichitaka05 · 11-09-2018, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by spike021

I thought he’d be home by now.

Maybe Mrs. Tcoat is still gambling. lol

Sapphireho · 11-09-2018, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

If you hypothetically had to evacuate due to fire, which car(s) would you save?

Twin, 911, lotus.

3 drivers in the house. The trucks and civic can burn.

Our boogie bags each have gun, ammo, meds, walkie talkies, and cash.

Ultramaroon · 11-09-2018, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by spike021

Also, is @Tcoat still MIA? What's going on?

He's taking a mental health break.

Leonardo · 11-09-2018, 07:52 PM

Went to the dog park. My new dog is Awesome! Everyone loves her, and she loves everyone. It's fun and easy! Lulu. She's my avatar...

Had a chihuahua, that barked at EVEERYTHING! We did not take her to the dog park. lol.

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