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Reefing newb
So, last night I went on the long 45 minute drive to fish store to buy saltwater (and a little ocellaris clown) it was disgustingly hot, and the 45 minute drive back home took 90 minutes (due to construction season in Chicago) so I opted to leave the water in the trunk overnight. This morning, as I was leaving for work I popped open the trunk and low and behold one of the 5 gallon buckets had toppled dumping its water.
Now, saltwater can be gross and water in the trunk is bad enough. However, I drive a BMW and BMW brags about their cars being equally heavy in the front as in the back. Better balance = better control. One of the ways they achieve this is by putting the battery in the trunk. Sure enough, my battery compartment was now filled with about 3 gallons of saltwater and presumably had been for about 13 hours.
Figuring out how to remove the battery in order to dry it out took about 30 minutes (damn european design) and then I had to sop up the water and put it all back together. Trying to start the car nothing happened but this was to be expected, of course the battery was drained in this process. So, we pull my wife's car around to jump mine and 2 hours later I had made no progress in starting the car.
So now I'm waiting for a tow truck to take my car to the shop for a repair bill that I'm sure will significantly hamper my coral purchasing power for a while.
I'm sure most everyone has had a saltwater emergency that wasn't caused by a leaky tank/plumbing. Lets hear it!
Now, saltwater can be gross and water in the trunk is bad enough. However, I drive a BMW and BMW brags about their cars being equally heavy in the front as in the back. Better balance = better control. One of the ways they achieve this is by putting the battery in the trunk. Sure enough, my battery compartment was now filled with about 3 gallons of saltwater and presumably had been for about 13 hours.
Figuring out how to remove the battery in order to dry it out took about 30 minutes (damn european design) and then I had to sop up the water and put it all back together. Trying to start the car nothing happened but this was to be expected, of course the battery was drained in this process. So, we pull my wife's car around to jump mine and 2 hours later I had made no progress in starting the car.
So now I'm waiting for a tow truck to take my car to the shop for a repair bill that I'm sure will significantly hamper my coral purchasing power for a while.
I'm sure most everyone has had a saltwater emergency that wasn't caused by a leaky tank/plumbing. Lets hear it!