Bonehead Award of the year

[darmstrong2319]

Is he still up there? The world may never know. Lol

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Is he still up there? The world may never know. Lol

He gets better wifi up there...

 

[firebird93]

I'm dying to know - how did you get down safely?

after searching for loose roofing and sitting and thinking on it a little and watching the lightning get closer i went to the lowest spot on the barn, laid down on the roof put my hand over the wall under the edge of the roof and swung down as low as i could and dropped. got a few bruises and scrapes but nothing broken. and learned not to get angry and throw things

 

[bullbreaker]

I read the original posters starters thread and it really doesn't specifically state " the bonehead award" has anything to do 100 per cent with mechanical /tools or work related issues etc ? Awe some of you's don't even come close to making a bonehead mistake when it comes to one I made . LOL .

It takes two to tango . So I have too man up and have nobody but myself too blame , but at one time I married a gal that I believed loved me (LOL) . She was also as an added bonus if I were to describe her like the George Jones song tells us " hotter than a two-dollar pistol " just like the song tells us . Its not an original sayin first guy I ever heard say this was Chi Chi Rodriguez . Anyway after the smoke cleared "She made me a millionaire because before I met Her I had two millions ! " . LOL Dang it if that don't put me in the running for The BoneHead Award I don't know what will ? I got a feelin I'am not alone . :thumbsup:

 

[Travelover]

Well I did a dumb one. I have a lawn tractor stored in a shed with no power so I set up a portable 60 watt solar panel on the south side of the shed with a solar controller attached to the tractor battery. I had an ammeter wired in so I could check on it every now and then. Yesterday I went to start it and no cranking at all. I hit the battery with a jumper pack and got way too many sparks. So, on a hunch, I measured the voltage across the tractor battery. Negative 13 volts. Huh? Negative? Yup, I'd miswired the solar panel input where I'd added an SAE plug, so it was reverse polarity. The battery was charged correctly when I put it to bed, so I'm amazed that the solar panel wore it down and reverse charged it. Right now I'm discharging the battery and see if if I can reverse it again, but it is probably a boat anchor. :ashamed:

 

[4570Man]

Could you just reverse the battery cables and continue using the battery like that?

 

[sixdogs]

Well I did a dumb one. I have a lawn tractor stored in a shed with no power so I set up a portable 60 watt solar panel on the south side of the shed with a solar controller attached to the tractor battery. I had an ammeter wired in so I could check on it every now and then. Yesterday I went to start it and no cranking at all. I hit the battery with a jumper pack and got way too many sparks. So, on a hunch, I measured the voltage across the tractor battery. Negative 13 volts. Huh? Negative? Yup, I'd miswired the solar panel input where I'd added an SAE plug, so it was reverse polarity. The battery was charged correctly when I put it to bed, so I'm amazed that the solar panel wore it down and reverse charged it. Right now I'm discharging the battery and see if if I can reverse it again, but it is probably a boat anchor. :ashamed:

How could you have a negative 13 volts? Wouldn't it just be zero volts?

 

[Travelover]

Could you just reverse the battery cables and continue using the battery like that?

I actually did to use it that way one day, but I read on line that a reversed battery will deteriorate very quickly. I'm no chemist, but the explanation seemed plausible.

 

[Travelover]

How could you have a negative 13 volts? Wouldn't it just be zero volts?

Voltage is measured according to a base reference point. If your house is at ground level, your basement floor is at negative 8 feet.

 

[Professor Marvel]

How could you have a negative 13 volts? Wouldn't it just be zero volts?

Just reverse the leads on your meter and it will read fine
+ to + and - to -