Buy an old truck, check those batt cables

[jinman]

My dump truck had two red cables on it when I bought it. The guy said the battery was bad and needed jumping to get it going every time. That, plus a list of other things factored into the purchase price. When I got it home, I pulled off that cable and realized it was also way too thin. A few bucks for a new cable and that "bad" battery is now a really good one!!!

Eddie

Many years ago I used to teach electrical assembly certification courses on the F-16. One of the courses was Electrical Bonding where I taught how to bond to aluminum. I used to say, "One-half of every circuit is ground. If it isn't good, the circuit won't work." Your story is a great example of that, Eddie.