This past week I have been doing some different jobs around the shop, one of which is determining the fate of bad batteries. I have been learning a lot about batteries and more about how to test them. They batteries I am going through have been pulled out of machines for various reasons and need to be gone through to find out if they are actually bad and see what kind of shape they are in. Most of them turn out to be good and it is that line that I am still learning to find when it is good or bad. I have been using a digital battery tester that when hooked up tests the voltage and the cold cranking amps of the batteries. The test takes basically 15 seconds and it tells you if the battery is good or bad. The battery needs to be charged on a pulsing charger until it reads 100%, then it needs to sit overnight to equilize. I have learned that testing right after taking off the charger will show false results. I am also using as a backup an old battery tester. This is basically a large resistor that you hook-up and test to see how well the battery takes the load. Overall, I am learning a lot about how electricity is turned into chemical energy then back into electrical energy! I have also had some curiosity about manual transmissions and what exactly synchros are. I did some online research to find out. I learned that syncros are basically gears between the actual gears. They act as a middleman between the gears that you are actually shifting into. I had been interested to know what these were due to thinking about putting a manual transmission in my truck and understanding what exactly is going on in that transmission. Another good week and I am ready for the next one!
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