*Note to self: do not leave DMM under hood (pics)

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

I have that same dmm also. bulletproof.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

I left my hanes manual under the hood for a couple of months.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Hmm, I may have to try that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Do I need the receipt or anything?

You shouldn't...I've never carried back a meter...but I've carried back a lot of broken tools...and here they've lways exchanged for equal or better to replace it....

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

sears takes back anything craftsmen without a receipt.

its quite nice.

snapon does too, but they usually hassle you alittle.

i think snapon makes nicer tools tho. especially rachets.

 

[fatboyracing 10+ year member]

craftsman dmm are not a warenty item, the only dmm that has a warnty is a fluek.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

craftsman dmm are not a warenty item, the only dmm that has a warnty is a fluek.

WHAT

 

[fatboyracing 10+ year member]

try it but craftsman only does that with hand tools no power tools and for sure no cheap a$$ dmm's

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

I've left a few tools in the engine bay. one time i slammed a pair of pliers in the hood.

i left a flathead ontop of my radiator/coolant resevoir..poped the hood 3 days later and was still chillin there. so lucky.

 

[fatboyracing 10+ year member]

never left a tool under the hood, but I did foget to latch a fiberglass hood on my old car. Then I got to but a new hood and window!

 

[PwnMaster]

Way 2 go...The great TommyK

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

try it but craftsman only does that with hand tools no power tools and for sure no cheap a$$ dmm's

I was pretty sure it was only hand tools too.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

That's better than what I expected to see, a picture of a dented hood. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Do yourself a favor, buy a battery tender. They are a low amp charger that senses when to turn on/off for you. No need to check on it.

http://www.pacificbattery.com/batterytender0128.html

edit: you can find them cheaper, just linking for example

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

That's better than what I expected to see, a picture of a dented hood. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Do yourself a favor, buy a battery tender. They are a low amp charger that senses when to turn on/off for you. No need to check on it.

http://www.pacificbattery.com/batterytender0128.html

edit you can find them cheaper, just linking for example.

My battery charger has an automatic 2 amp setting as well. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

The manual setting just lets me keep the voltage up the way I want to. When I leave the charger on overnight I set it to the automatic setting.

My old charger was a completely automatic one and it sucked. It would say the batteries were at 100% even when i knew they weren't and would only float around 13.2 volts.

This is the charger I have now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif MUCH better than the old automatic only one.

http://store.schumachermart.com/se-125a.html

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

My battery charger has an automatic 2 amp setting as well. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
The manual setting just lets me keep the voltage up the way I want to. When I leave the charger on overnight I set it to the automatic setting.

Your charger has a 'tender/minder' setting, or just drops down to 2 amps? If you mean the former, nice charger. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif If you mean the latter, that's pretty common in chargers and not the same thing as a tender.

eidt: I see you added and answered my question already lol

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Your charger has a 'tender/minder' setting, or just drops down to 2 amps? If you mean the former, nice charger. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif If you mean the latter, that's pretty common in chargers and not the same thing as a tender.
Cheers.

It is an "automatic" 2 amp setting that senses when the batteries are 100% full, then goes into float/tender mode.

edited because of your edit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif