floridacatlover wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:15 pm With those frigid temperatures, I don’t know how anyone’s vehicle starts even with the plug in! Good luck, MJ!
UPDATE!!
Zoe got my request for a battery boost is she had time. She came and we got the van boosted. As soon as she got the jumper cables on, it turned right over. That's because she has a new battery that is very cold rated and the one in the van? Not so much! LOL
I ran the van on "the circuit" like I did last winter to boost the battery charge. I have it plugged in again and if it won't start tomorrow? I have a back-up ride to Franki Boi and Cocoa's house. Whew! So, I'll go out sometime around noon and see if it will start. If it does, I'll take it on "the circuit" again so that the battery is as charged as possible and then go to Franki and Cocoa's house. I just sent a message to their Mom asking if there is a place up there where I can plug the van in overnight. I sure hope so or Franki and I will be out there at Midnight turning it over and hoping it starts at night and then again in the afternoon when I am scheduled to be home! Cars and winter. UGH!
Yes, Florida, it's amazing how cold it gets and that wind really takes it down much further! I'm hoping to get a battery blanket for it in January. A battery blanket goes around the battery and is an "electric blanket" that keeps the battery warm. If a battery gets too cold it loses it's power and thus, without enough? I am stranded! LOL
MJ