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Re:Why does Minnesota sometimes get colder than the North Pole? by devwastaken on Saturday December 11, 2021 @03:13AM (#29519385)
You could probably track extreme temps by how many new car batteries are bought. At those low of temps the batteri s freeze because they're not fully charged and/or their cars alternator is dying and only good enough to maintain maybe half a charge.
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Re:Why does Minnesota sometimes get colder than the North Pole? by doubled112 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @10:03AM (#29521305)
I'm in northeastern Ontario (usually see roughly -35 degC to 35 degC in a year).

I've been super impressed by the battery in my car. 7 years old and left to die from lack of use (second car plus pandemic). I've boosted it back to life probably half a dozen times now, and it keeps going.

We've all got bets going about when it leaves me stranded. There's no way it's very healthy, and there's no way my alternator hasn't been close to catching fire at some point.

But if I replace them now I'm going to be in the same position before long. Hardly seems like the time.

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Re:Why does Minnesota sometimes get colder than the North Pole? by dayofthedaleks on Saturday December 11, 2021 @10:52AM (#29521700)
Wait, isn't 'before long' potentially 7 more years with a fresh battery? This kind of brinkmanship makes me nervous enough to price out capacitor jumpstarters.
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