There are skills in life that we have learned which most likely weren’t taught at school—something that you could potentially come across at the least expected moment in your life and well, that’s when your universal domestic knowledge would come in and save the day.
So whether it’s jumpstarting a car, saving a choking dog, or knowing how to make the most out of any Google search—you will totally cover it! It’s great to be fully equipped to face any situation that you could possibly find yourself in. People on the internet call it “dadvice”—something that your dad has definitely decided to teach you, but as we know, even the best dads fail to fill in the gap. This popular Reddit community called Every Man Should Know is on a mission to introduce you to anything that your dad could have forgotten to cover.
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The community has over 480K followers who are always ready to give you valuable dadvice. And although Every Man Should Know is perhaps aiming at a particular audience, we think that actually, everyone could definitely use some necessary life skills regardless.Bored Panda has selected a handful of tips offering you some spot-on skills to sharpen your life resume with.
Let us know the most valuable life skills you were happy to have in a complicated or not-so-complicated situation or have learned recently and wondered how the hell you have lived all of this time without them. You can share your stories in the comment section at the end of the list.
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Since most cars do not have any "bare metal" anymore because of the way they are sprayed in the factory, it's better to use the - of the dead battery. Also do not try to start your engine immediately to give the dead battery some time to charge a bit. And make sure that the donor car has got its motor running while the dead car is starting.
You don't use the negative post of the battery since batteries give off explosive gas so there's a (small, but non-zero) chance that you can cause a small explosion with a spark while connecting/disconnecting. Every car I've owned has some bare metal *somewhere* in the engine bay.
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Starting 'dead' while 'donor' is ON can fry donor's computer and cost you €3000, as said by my mechanic yesterday. Start donor, charge the dead's battery. Turn off donor and only then try to start the dead one.
positive to positive, negative to ground! (Phineas and Ferb taught me that)
push-method for non-automatic cars only: press on the clutch pedal and dont release, choose 2nd gear. ask a friend or neighbor before, to push the backside of your car, still holding down clutch pedal. when the speed is right, slowly release the pedal, while gently pushing the gas pedal a bit and the engine will start, immediately push gas pedal hard with no gear/hold clutch down, and keep driving 15 min to reload the batterie. we did that quite often in very cold winters on the countryside (no traffic, no people) and it works. if not, try again.
This is known as a bump start and is not advised on modern cars. If the car has an immobiliser, this has to be deactivated before trying to start it, or there will be no fuel/spark. They also have catalytic converters which do not like being covered in raw fuel. I did have to do this once to get my cat out of a basement garage, not knowing anyone to cadge a jump start from. That car was built in the late 80's. The scariest part was that I had to push whilst a friend dumped the clutch with nasty concrete pillars either side of the car! Needless to say it got a new battery quite quickly after that!
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It's also advised that you put on the air blower and rear window heating of the (previously) dead car just before removing the cables, to prevent an electrical surge that could damage the electronics of modern cars.
Agree, you don't need a list of steps to remember that + to + and - to bare metal
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You can still do this, an electric car has two batteries. Of course you can only use it if the start battery is dead, not the main one
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This need to be Large and In Color on the inside hood of EVERY car!
Especially important in vehicles since the onset of Computerized Control centers. Not so important in older vehicles, 60's, 70's and some 80's models, but do this wrong in a newer vehicle and you run the risk of damaging the cars electronics.
Step 4 is for keeping a Spark away from the dead battery in case any Hydrogen gas was created or BOOM!!!
Nope! Having the "donor" car running when the dead car tries to start can burn out your alternator. If 2 batteries can't start the car, it ain't startin'
They forgot to mention that the dead car should not have the keys in it until all connections are made.
yes youre right, sorry! i forgot to mention that i used to drive old cars from 1975
But ...beware! Some new cars cannot be jumped at all. There is normally a sticker near the battery that tells you and they make it hard to get the cover off the battery.
Who's the f*****g genius to think this was a good idea?
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That advise applies to cars with generators, which have not been in common use for 50 years, as their power output is dependent on shaft-speed. Alternators are field-excited generators, and when under load can produce their full rated output current at idle.
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I typed this for myself a couple of years ago but same week my husband purchased me a battery-charged ones. No need for another car or remembering this.
I thought it was just positive to positive and negative to negative, does that work too? I thought my colleague did that and it worked
It would also work, BUT: due to the chemical reactions in the batteries, there is the danger that during the charging process enough hydrogen gas will created, which can be ignited by little sparks which often happen when you disconnect the wire. So it is better to not connect the negative pole of the battery.
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Just looking at the picture and not reading the labels, I thought the fuel bottle was the water bottle. ...I probably wouldn't make a very good camper.
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and if you can't be nice, at least be polite. Life will be a bit easier.
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Actually I think it's a little refreshing. Yesterday I saw yet another article about what womens clothing you might wear that's a turn off for men. I thought why is it always women? Men dress like crap too :)
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Next time, please have a post that tackles "how to have manners," because it seems today's society are lack of that character.
Some youtube hacks: In the app double tap on the left or right side of the video to skip 10sec. In the browers use the arrow keys for the 10sec. And J and L for 20sec skip. The K pauses/plays the video. My left hand fingers are always on top of JKL on the keyboard when watching youtube. Also if you see little lines in the YT play bar that are chapters. You can go through the capters by pressing 0123456789.
maybe change the heading to life skills that may be useful to some MEN. Hey, gives you an opportunity to do a similar article for women
and if you can't be nice, at least be polite. Life will be a bit easier.
Load More Replies... Actually I think it's a little refreshing. Yesterday I saw yet another article about what womens clothing you might wear that's a turn off for men. I thought why is it always women? Men dress like crap too :)
Load More Replies... Next time, please have a post that tackles "how to have manners," because it seems today's society are lack of that character.
Some youtube hacks: In the app double tap on the left or right side of the video to skip 10sec. In the browers use the arrow keys for the 10sec. And J and L for 20sec skip. The K pauses/plays the video. My left hand fingers are always on top of JKL on the keyboard when watching youtube. Also if you see little lines in the YT play bar that are chapters. You can go through the capters by pressing 0123456789.
maybe change the heading to life skills that may be useful to some MEN. Hey, gives you an opportunity to do a similar article for women
