07-11-2008, 11:26 AM
.RJ Wrote:Ginger Wrote:I needed a replacement battery on the jersey turnpike last weekend
Did you charge your battery before you left? Shoulda used some of the 8,000 wattttttzzzzz your free willy bike alternator puts out
It was full when I left, and I didn't even have the phone on while I was in Canada. International calls, I imagine, are not cheap...and I had no desire to find out how not cheap, not cheap is.
I imagine that the GPS locating feature that my dad activated to figure out where I was when I broke down used a ton of current... between the two locations done, the battery life meter went from 3 to 1.
It didn't actually die, or give me the "low batt" beep notice, but I was getting worried.
I was wishing that I had an inverter with me so that I could plug in. Should I decide to ride any sort of distance again, I'll invest in a smaller one than I've got... and carry my extra-capacity cell battery.