Frugal Living: What Habits Help You Save Money?

**dr. d** · October 10th, 2018 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by travajante

These come handy as self-serve or jesuit kits. Guess you haven't been stranded some place far from civilization. It can ruin perfectly planned solo roadtrips/reflection runs. Precisely why I got a reliable 1.[emoji4]

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how long does the charge in the powerbank last? how often does it have to be re-charged?

and... what's a "jesuit kit" ?
sorry, but public school kasi ako, where we have justin.
justin case.

**travajante** · October 10th, 2018 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by SoleusBB

Pang emergency...

I guess the point's similar to yung mga "fix a flat" na instant vulcanizer in a can. Used only in extreme emergency kung na flat ka in a dangerous place and need to get away quickly. They do work, but you'll have to buy a new tire, and scrape off the gunk off the wheel afterwards.

In this case, you have a 2-3 yr old (mid-range quality) battery that you're not confident/don't trust on a long drive, so you bring along a jumpstarter/powerbank in case it dies. Then you can start the car... to buy a new battery.

Uhm, sige, but not for me IMHO.

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...akala ko ba frugal living itong thread?

Some batts do expire prematurely. Again, like what our good samaritan, archerfish shared, It's a handy helpful thing to have.
Way off topic now. Haha.

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**travajante** · October 10th, 2018 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

how long does the charge in the powerbank last? how often does it have to be re-charged?

I follow what the XP1 manual says.... to check charge about every 6mos when unused. It has always held full. I do plug it in after every use, doc.

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**travajante** · October 10th, 2018 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

and... what's a "jesuit kit" ?
sorry, but public school kasi ako, where we have justin.
justin case.

The Ignatian way, doc. More for others.[emoji4]
The justin way ain't bad either.[emoji106]

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**Archerfish** · October 10th, 2018 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by remzam

I suggest a jumper. Yung pang talyer

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I had one before and not those from Ace hardware, but customized. This assured me that wire diameter is sufficient for a jump-start. I remember my teacher's explanation about it that imagine the wire to be a pipe. The larger the pipe, the easier for the water to flow. The same thing with electricity, the larger wire allows "better flow" of electrons.

Last time, my neighbor borrowed it. Since he frequently borrowed it, I gave it as a gift.

Now, the problem with jumper cables is that you need another car to start your own car. So, a portable jump-start battery is still a good thing to have in a car aside from a jumper cable.

You can have both, just to be safe. [emoji3]

EDIT: Yes, jumper instead of apron! You got me there, a good one, a really good one.
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**Archerfish** · October 10th, 2018 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by SoleusBB

Pang emergency...

I guess the point's similar to yung mga "fix a flat" na instant vulcanizer in a can. Used only in extreme emergency kung na flat ka in a dangerous place and need to get away quickly. They do work, but you'll have to buy a new tire, and scrape off the gunk off the wheel afterwards.

In this case, you have a 2-3 yr old (mid-range quality) battery that you're not confident/don't trust on a long drive, so you bring along a jumpstarter/powerbank in case it dies. Then you can start the car... to buy a new battery.

Uhm, sige, but not for me IMHO.

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...akala ko ba frugal living itong thread?

I actually practiced this, being frugal on my battery. The safe way is to replace the battery after two years of use, regardless of its condition. With a jump-start battery, I can "extend" the battery life by waiting until it dies. Wherever I am, I can simply start the engine with the portable battery.

In an emergency, and you can never tell, you really need a portable battery. So it happened to me that instead of the battery dying on me, the belt of the alternator was cut off. After a while, I used the portable battery to reach a nearby shop.

**Walter** · October 11th, 2018 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by _Cathy_

I'm curious how long it might last. I might have the record of longest lasting battery. In one of the threads I think someone posted 6 yrs

Buy a spare battery and put it in the trunk ...

**_Cathy_** · October 11th, 2018 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Walter

Buy a spare battery and put it in the trunk ...

Won't it expire or something?

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**Archerfish** · October 11th, 2018 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by dr. d

actually, keeping the motor running while one goes out to inflate his tire, isn't very safe. the safer move is to shut off the engine.

in my opinion, driving a car with weak battery, is excuse-able only if one is on his way to the battery store.

If I may stray from the topic, why is it that it's not safe? I don't want to quote Manny Pacquiao's commercial, "I've been doing this for ten years." I hope you don't mind if you'll explain. You see, I belong to the millennial generation so I lack experience.
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My only reason for leaving the engine running while inflating the tire is, to assure that I won't deplete my battery. To be safe, I use the handbrake and a tire choke. For automatic cars, handbrake and putting the transmission in "park" is sufficient for me.

**badsekktor** · October 11th, 2018 10:00 AM

Pay your bills, allot budget for necessities. Everything else should be saved or invested. Also make yourself busy on things that will earn you money.