TIL - Today I Learned...

[oj88]

Kaya pala umubos ng battery ang car stereo???


Having nothing much to do yesterday, I decided to wash and wax the cars in the garage. Sobrang tahimik, parang pandemic lockdown yung buong paligid due to the Lent season so after the 2rd car, I opened the doors of the car sa dulo ng garage and turned on the stereo to play my favorite soundtracks at a moderate volume while I worked on the remaining vehicles.

After finishing the last car mga 2-3 hours later, I switched off the stereo. For some reason, I checked the battery voltage (cigarette plug type, not multi tester) and was surprised the remaining voltage left was 12.2!!!

Ganyan na pala kalakas kumain ng battery ang mga stereo ngayon? In the old days, I was taught by the Banaue boys that hindi kaya umubos ng battery yan- these were the days na wala pang mga CPU & fancy electricals ang mga sasakyan. Also, confident ako hindi ma-drain because it was a brand new, 3 day old Amaron NS60 battery that I charged in full to 12.8v after I installed it. Mind you, walang amp & woofer setup etc., just the typical stock 25W 2 speaker stereo system lang and stock touch screen head unit kasi yun lang yung naka install sa kotse sa dulo. Hindi nga lang naka pihit yung ignition to ACC setting only when I switched it on though, but all the way to on (but engine not running of course, ma carbon monoxide poisoning ako). I wonder if that had something to do with it?

Mabuti na lang I checked the voltage kaya I was able to immediately hook it up to my battery maintainer bago siya ma damage. Yun pa naman yung nakaharang sa gate ng garage so I wouldn't be able to get any cars out if it didn't start na after the holidays. Kaya pa naman maka start ng kotse ang 12.2V but still...

Ganyan na pala mga kotse ngayon?

To be fair, the NS60 is a tiny 45Ah battery with 360CCA and an RC of about 75 minutes... when it was new. But it also depends on the load. The 12.2V you read immediately after turning off the radio will rebound back to a higher resting voltage after about 30-60 minutes. Suffice to say, if the battery is healthy, you should still have plenty of CCAs to start it. But if you're not going to use the vehicle, it was a good idea to recharge it immediately as lead-acid batteries prefer being topped up and kept at the proper float voltage.

When the stock Motolite LN3/DIN66 in my vehicle died, I chose to replace it with a bigger 3SM/130D31L battery, even if it needed minor modifications to the battery compartment (longer hold-down rods).

Comparing DIN66 → 3SM, I went from:
65 → 130 Ah
582 → 920 CCA
120 → 175 RC (mins.)
... but cost me only around just 2/3 the price.

Motolite Gold LN3/DIN66 costs around 10k.
Mega Force Plus 3SM cost me just a little under 6k, as of early this year.

They seem to be artificially inflating the price of DIN type batteries for whatever reason. Probably it's more in-demand?

[Miles_on]

The stock battery of my 2024 Santa Fe died after just 18 months. I suspected that perhaps it was an old stock from Korea, but more likely ang daming accessories na ng mga bagong kotse ngayon, hundreds of sensors being monitored by the ECU, bluetooth, wifi, GPS, auto headlights, DRLs, wireless/wired chargers, cameras, etc. My friend's new-gen Corolla also had the same issue with batteries.

The stock NS60 battery that came with my unit was a different type of Amaron unavailable locally (direct from India), but was super tough. It was 5 years old and still cranking strong with no problems- puro short drives (10km or less) pa halos ang use so bugbog siya (it doesn't fully charge). The only reason I decided to replace it a few days ago was because I detected some signs of swelling na sa casing. Medyo nanghihinayang pa nga ako palitan kasi wala kang mahanap niyan dito and I feel it would have lasted me 1-2 more years. The most common replacement available locally lang was an Amaron Flo which I got cheap (factory price) because good friend ko yung battery dealer.

It was 5 years old na in my service, but who knows how old it really is, because the unit could have been in the car dealer's warehouse for quite some time before I bought the vehicle.

To be fair, the NS60 is a tiny 45Ah battery with 360CCA and an RC of about 75 minutes... when it was new. But it also depends on the load.

Yep. Tiny is right, as the NS40 & NS60 is what they usually put in small Japanese cars. Malaki yung battery tray in the engine bay though, so I think I can use an upsize battery din if I make some slight modifications, pero tinatamad na ako mag handyman.

The 12.2V you read immediately after turning off the radio will rebound back to a higher resting voltage after about 30-60 minutes.

Oh. Hindi ko naisip yun ah. Perhaps nga, but I wouldn't chance it pa rin!

[Miles_on]

Likely the screen. Remember the screen is biggest power drain on a phone.

probably depends also on your HU's power requirement...

Malamang. And the GPS navigation system is also in the head unit. Since naka on position yung ignition, baka nagpupumilit siya mag acquire ng satellite signal eh blocked siya ng roof ng garage.

[donbuggy]

The sugar cube polio vaccine was the inspiration for the song "A Spoonful of Sugar" in the Disney film "Mary Poppins."

'Blind alleys are always opportunities': The scientist who developed the polio vaccine | BBC
by Greg McKevitt
6 Apr. 2026

In the early 1960s, Jeffrey Sherman's father Robert and uncle Richard were working on music for the Disney film Mary Poppins and struggling for ideas. Jeffrey told his father one afternoon how he had received the oral polio vaccine at school that day. "Did it hurt," Robert Sherman asked. "I told him they put it on a sugar cube and you just ate it," Jeffrey Sherman wrote on Facebook. "He stared at me, then went to the phone and called my uncle Dick. They went back to the office and wrote A Spoonful of Sugar (Helps the Medicine Go Down)."

[Motortrend]

The Aston Martin Vanquish first appeared in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) before it appeared in Die Another Day (2002).

When I rewatched Tomb Raider, was surprised to see Daniel Craig play Lara's ex-boyfriend. This was before he played James Bond in 2006.

[donbuggy]

Anadrome

A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.

[donbuggy]

Ananym

A pseudonym consisting of the real name written backwards.

[donbuggy]

The World Only Showing Countries Based On Share of Immigrants | Brilliant Maps
March 27, 2025

Country	Share
Vatican	100.0%
Singapore	48.7%
Hong Kong	41.3%
Australia	30.4%
Canada	22.2%
United States	15.2%
Russia	5.3%
Japan	2.8%
China	0.1%
Philippines	0.1%

[oj88]

TIL that back in 2014, a filmmaker named Luke Aker made a hilariously dramatic video to sell his beat‑up 1996 Nissan Maxima for $1,500. The ad was shot like a luxury commercial, but for a car that was basically falling apart.

The video went viral, and Nissan themselves noticed and they actually bought the car from him and later produced their own follow‑up ad, fully restoring the Maxima and even had it on display.

Luke's original ad:


Nissan's follow-up:

[Motortrend]

TIL that back in 2014, a filmmaker named Luke Aker made a hilariously dramatic video to sell his beat‑up 1996 Nissan Maxima for $1,500. The ad was shot like a luxury commercial, but for a car that was basically falling apart.

The video went viral, and Nissan themselves noticed and they actually bought the car from him and later produced their own follow‑up ad, fully restoring the Maxima and even had it on display.

Luke's original ad:


Nissan's follow-up:

Must be cool to have unlimited funds for a restoration project.

Strange that Nissan at one point named the Stanza/Violet as the Maxima for the Philippines.

[donbuggy]

1968 “Mother of All Demos” by SRI’s Doug Engelbart and Team | SRI

Highlights and descriptions of the December 9, 1968 demo by Douglas Engelbart and his team at SRI (at the time called Stanford Research Institute). It was the first public demonstration of the computer mouse and fundamentals of modern computing. The demo included the world debut of personal and interactive computing, featuring a computer mouse that controlled a networked computer system to demonstrate hypertext linking, real-time text editing, multiple windows with flexible view control, cathode display tubes, and shared-screen teleconferencing.

[Yatta]

That former PNP Chief and now MMDA GM Nicolas Torre III is a former follower of Iglesia ni Cristo. But he has been declared EXCOMMUNICADO for arresting Digong Duterte and was also removed due to lobbying by the INC.

[GTcervan]

Ngayon lang nalaman yan? I mean Iglesia na talaga siya kahit nung di pa ginagawang pnp chief.

[Yatta]

Ngayon lang nalaman yan? I mean Iglesia na talaga siya kahit nung di pa ginagawang pnp chief.

I really don't care what a man does in his spare time. Do you? What bothered me was he was kicked out of his congregation for doing his job.

[GTcervan]

Yung ni-relieve siya bilang pnp chief? If yes, it might be about after having some specific usefulness in the current admin.

[GTcervan]

Hm naman kaya ang bilihan ng mga polvoron rito ngayon? 🤔