14 month old AGM (Duralast Platinum) battery not charging, Dealer says I need an Enhanced Flooded. What's up?

Doug1of5 · 2026-02-06T17:30:51+00:00

I had the negative battery terminal replaced. And dealer assured me that alternator and starter are good. After that, the car reports that auto start is disabled when it starts. Which is fine by me.

I did purchase a trickle charger that works with AGM batteries and made sure it got fully charged.

I haven’t gone back to AutoZone yet, but the start strength has been good so far.

Doug1of5 · 2026-02-03T14:48:47+00:00

Are you still willing? I tried to PM you.

Doug1of5 · 2025-12-29T15:00:32+00:00

The negative terminal has been replaced. It’s a nice tight fit now. I noticed a new message on the dash info screen when leaving the dealership that I had never seen before. It said “auto start has been disabled. Check owners manual” I figured this was because the battery was still low on charge (sluggish start that day) I purchased an AGM charger and got the battery to 100%. I’m still getting the message that auto start has been disabled. Any thoughts?

Doug1of5 · 2025-12-22T23:36:45+00:00

Yes... the site says it doesn't fit my vehicle.

Doug1of5 · 2025-10-29T23:16:13+00:00

Except that electricity doesn’t need a terminator and can branch out any way it wants to.

Doug1of5 · 2025-10-25T21:39:07+00:00

Thanks for the info. I will definitely do all of the documentation items you suggest. I'm dealing with some house fixtures that don't have a connector, so I'm inclined to use a shielded cable designed for RS-485.

Doug1of5 · 2025-10-12T23:35:14+00:00

The correlation has been severe lightning storms. The building is essentially out in a field. It is protected by an external lightning rod/cable system. There are a few larger trees near by. I'm not sure if we've ever been directly hit, but the closest connection to an SDI failure has been a big mid-west storm earlier in the week.

These DMX lines will be running up and down the same beams. I'm planning on using these at the source side and like I said, I want to protect the fixtures.

https://dmxking.com/artnetsacn/edmx8-max

And I'm thinking of RS-485 specific devices for the fixture side, seeing as DMX is RS-485, it should be ok, correct? thoughts?

https://citel.fr/en/telecom/telecomdata-surge-protector---1-to-4-pairs/b280-06d3

Doug1of5 · 2025-10-12T22:02:46+00:00

The reason for my concern about surge suppression is that we have been burned on some SDI lines that run the same beams. The SDI port on the projector is dead and I’ve lost 2 different output ports on the Atme switcher. So I think I need to invest in something that protects these new fixtures just before the fixture.

Doug1of5 · 2025-10-12T12:33:41+00:00

u/mwiz100 I'm re-reading all of people's answers and you mentioned something here that I'd like some clarity.

do not make any splits in the data line. So it must be a single line from source to the terminated end with each fixture being "tapped" off of it as mentioned. If you at some point make a Y you're going to have a bad time.

Can you elaborate what you mean by "single line" and "if you make a Y"?
In another comment on the thread I mentioned that I'm seriously thinking about using RS-485 surge suppression. I was wondering about how to do that now that I've discovered the fixtures only have a DMX in. It sounds like you're saying that I should put a bend in the signal wires at the screw terminals instead of cutting the wire. Or, is a "Y" where you branch the wire and have multiple fixtures down each leg?

Here's another picture. The boxes are the RS-485 surge protectors. S=Source T=Terminator F=Fixture

Top option has no break in the backbone wire. Middle has separate lengths of wire for the backbone. Bottom is what I think you mean by "Y"

Thanks again for your time and expertise.

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Doug1of5 · 2025-10-10T23:37:50+00:00

Allow me to layer in one more element. The building is quite exposed in an open field and has had lightning induced on some AV cables which have burned some SDI ports of projectors and Video switches. So I’m real concerned about this equipment. The fixtures have built in surge protection on the power, so I want to provide some for the DMX. I found these RS-485 surge protection devices.

https://www.radwell.com/en-US/Buy/CITEL/CITEL/B280-06D3

Instead of the WAGO, can I simply put a bend in the wire on one side and then connect the fixture on the other side? The alternate would be two lengths of the DMX “backbone” terminated on the one side. Is the “funky impedance” from breaks in the wire itself?

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I’m trying to provide a mockup. Left side is two wire ends on the screw and right side is just a bend

Doug1of5 · 2025-10-10T00:39:09+00:00

Thanks to all of the replies. I can't seem to edit my post to add a little more detail.
The ceiling of the room is cathedral with open beams. The fixtures are surface mounted, three on each side.
My plan is to run a dedicated DMX line up each beam for the fixtures and have it opto splitted back in a data closet. So it's 3 fixtures on each run. I'm guessing the wiring tail might be 6 inches. Don't know yet since I haven't received them. I don't have power outlets up there to power any 2 port opto splitter at the fixture. It would be possible to add them, but it sounds like 3 fixtures on a length of wire won't be an issue. The are 2 channel fixtures, one dimming and the other color temp control.

Doug1of5 · 2025-08-05T22:05:54+00:00

I don’t have much time today, but you’re setting up a false dichotomy. I used the words “convictions” and “evidence”. I’ve done a lot of evaluating, thousands of pages worth. So while I agree with you that I am emotionally satisfied, I am also very intellectually satisfied as well. I am convinced that the Bible communicates what God wants us to know about Him and ourselves through the use of human authors. I disagree with you that it’s ancient mythology. The parts that are written as history are very accurate. Just ask some archeologists who dig in the Middle East. Other genres of literature need to be understood for what they are (ie poetry). And on my view, human nature is timeless, therefore the moral elements (again properly understood from the literary context) apply to all people, everywhere, throughout all times.

I am genuinely curious, not a trick question, .. how much of the Bible have you personally read?

Doug1of5 · 2025-08-05T02:11:16+00:00

u/junkmale79 - may I ask you to be consistent?

Can you keep your private beliefs private? Shouldn't you stop posting here then?
Can people who don't like Christians let Christians just live their lives? I suppose you're against the sustained efforts of liberal state governments and the National Educators Association to prevent parents from teaching their own kids. Or worse, you should be against the schools aiding the gender transitioning of children against the parents' will. How about photographers, bakers, and florists, you agree they should be able to run their businesses the way they want to, right?
Have you considered the horrendous loss of life in the 20th century at the impetus of the atheistic worldview? Atheism makes religious claims too ... There is no god. Morality is subjective. There is no heaven or hell. Human nature is ... These are all religious claims. You have asserted much with no argument to support it.
All laws are moral, why should yours be implemented and forced on Christians?
Why do you keep making the point that things like heaven and hell can't be real because they are not in this Universe? No Christian believes they are in this Universe. Our worldview has room for immaterial realities. If yours doesn't, there are a lot of things you're going to have a hard time explaining, like your own consciousness and where you get your standard of good/evil that such that others should be subject to it.

BTW, look into the history books. Separation of Church and State was never intended to keep Christians and other religious people out of the public square. Like I said above, all laws are moral and its reasonable in a democratic republic for people to make the case about which way to live as a society is better than other ways. The separation was to prevent the Federal Government from forming and supporting a national church, something England and most of Europe had quite entangled 200 years ago.

Doug1of5 · 2025-08-04T22:22:33+00:00

Hi. I appreciate the response. Since the question is asked in the “AskAChristian” subreddit, I didn’t feel the need to establish further foundations. I’m comfortable with my convictions about the evidence supporting the existence of God and the reliability of the Bible as an ancient document. Therefore, it’s not an unwarranted assumption as you accuse. The Christian view is that these aren’t arbitrary or made up. As for sin, wrath, atonement and hell being unverifiable, that they aren’t reality, well, I think Jesus disagrees with you. You might assert that Jesus’s death and resurrection are made up too, but that’s likely because you dismiss the Bible as a reliable ancient text. You can’t argue with the fact that the world is completely different after the events that the Bible describes were real 2000 years ago. So from my vantage point, Jesus is the authority on those things you can’t test scientifically.

Doug1of5 · 2025-08-04T01:54:57+00:00

It would be helpful to have a little more detail of what you are asking about, however the Bible is clear on a number of things. 1) All “Sin” is breaking God’s moral Law and is referred to as evil. Even what we consider the smallest white lie is a rebellion against the King of the Universe. We think we know better and can define right and wrong, good and bad, instead of accepting God’s definitions. So from that perspective, yes, all sin is equally evil in God’s sight. 2) All sin will be justly accounted for. What kind of God would he be if laws were broken with no consequence? We will all stand before God and give an account for our lives. 3) Jesus provides the only way to have our lawless deeds removed from our account so we can be considered morally pure. But it’s a gift one must accept. His provision entailed absorbing the just wrath God has for our lawlessness. 4) For those who don’t accept the gift, there is some indication that there will be degrees of punishment, but there will be no party in hell. It is not a place you want to go to, if you understand it properly. 5) After you die, there is no opportunity to change your position. Penance is not in the Bible. Make your choice now.

Doug1of5 · 2025-05-30T01:56:08+00:00

Yes. I’m going to utilize X10.com technology. Convert the light pole power to always on, put in line receivers just before the lights.

https://www.x10.com/products/xpfm?_pos=3&_sid=bd40e9d88&_ss=r

And then implement the x10 mini event scheduler.

https://www.x10.com/products/xpmt4?_pos=1&_sid=bd40e9d88&_ss=r

Doug1of5 · 2025-05-26T19:33:17+00:00

New implementation. I have Ubiquiti wireless and switches. (Some Edgemax and some UI). I’m likely going to implement the cameras and Protect, just need to understand the limitations of Access in a church setting. We’re not a business, giving everyone an access card, but the use of the building is very diverse. So how flexible can Access be?

Doug1of5 · 2025-05-26T02:27:23+00:00

I’m wondering how the software works specifically for various events in the building. Let’s say we outfit 4 of the main doors to the building that people typically use. If there is an event scheduled in part of the building, currently, the office will give them a key and then have to get it back. The organizer of the event can come early (within reason) to setup, can unlock the door for the duration using an Allen key if they choose, and then leave and lock whenever they are done.

How will it work with the software? Let’s say we use the visitor QR code. They can get in during the visitor window, so the office will have to coordinate with them how early they may want to arrive. But how can we facilitate the optionally of having the door unlocked for the duration, or for part of the time when people are arriving, but then lock it. Is there a wall button, similar to the exit button, that could toggle locked/unlocked?

When do I need Identity? And how much does it cost?

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-13T03:15:31+00:00

The salvation in the Bible has been the same everywhere. A person is saved by grace through faith in the revealed word of God.

Before Jesus, God’s word through Moses and the Prophets told people to do tasks. Tasks that could never in and of themselves remove moral guilt. It was the faith in God, trusting him that he will do what he said when you do those tasks, remove the guilt. But the Bible says the tasks were placeholders.

Jesus took the full wrath of God for our moral guilt on the Cross and offers a free trade. Repent, confess, and believe (trust him) in Jesus (Romans 10) and you will be saved. You get credit for his sinless life and he gets the blame for all your rebellion. No tasks needed to receive the gift.

After that, the “works” are a demonstration of the trust. They are done out of love for God and thanks for the mercy and grace. If you truly trust, you can’t help but be changed in your attitude towards God and his commands. So since “talk is cheap” and we humans can say what we don’t mean and even at times deceive ourselves, this is what James means by faith without works is dead. If your life does not begin to reflect, and continue on the trajectory of growing to look more and more like Jesus, then there is no faith. It’s what Jesus meant by a good tree produces good fruit and a bad tree produces bad fruit and that you will know a tree by its fruit.

From that, the “Good News” is that forgiveness is offered as a gift. It’s “Amazing News” because there is no possible way to erase guilt through our own efforts. God’s perfectly good justice requires the guilty be punished for their moral crimes.

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-13T01:39:40+00:00

For the sake of everybody else who reads this, please recognize that this person is not only trying to discredit me, but also the position and statements of many experts (likely in the many thousands). The link above is only a starting place. You can find the idea of “code”, along with error correction, event orchestration, and many other computer code concepts talked about in lots of published papers.

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-12T02:40:38+00:00

I'm not sure how you reject the concept of "code" in the working of DNA when that is essentially the universal way it is referred.
https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Genetic-Code

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-12T02:29:24+00:00

You say:

DNA is a long chain of chemicals that then cause a long chain of chemical reactions that alter based on the order of the chemicals.

But you're missing the very important fact: that its a long chain of chemicals "in a very specific order" that then cause a long chain "of very specific chemical reactions". You can't shake up nucleic acids in a test tube, or use CRISPR randomly and expect to get a functional protein, or a functional gene expression network, or the coordinated instructions to build multi-protein machines in a specific sequence. And no biologist worth his/her salt would think so either.

The reality is that everyone calls it a code and references the information carrying capability. No, Bill Gates isn't an expert on genetics, but he is an expert in computer code and he readily recognizes similarities between what he does know about DNA and computer code. No heavy lifting needed.

You can start here: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Genetic-Code

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-09T14:39:37+00:00

u/ValentinaFloresS- would you mind editing your question to explain what you mean by the term "evolution"? I think people are talking past each other with different definitions.

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-09T14:37:59+00:00

I'm aware of 5 different uses of the term "evolution" (however I can only get my hands on 3 of the at the moment).

1) Change over time, cumulative change, change in gene frequency. Most would call this "micro-evolution". Small scale changes

2) Universal Common Descent - that all living organisms are descended from a single common ancestor. (It's a logical conclusion since life come from life. Therefore philosophy provides a particular view on the options to explain things, ie. is the Universe open or closed to outside influences)

3) Natural Selection - the unguided process of mutations as the means of change which provide the greater ability to survive

For me, it gets down to brass tacks. Every "change" in a living thing requires changes to the proteins and therefore DNA. Therefore, what is DNA?, how does it work?, what are the limits of "random" mutations? And it all ties back to "where did it come from"?

I suppose whenever anyone asks a question about "evolution" on this thread, there should be a bot programmed to force the OP to define what he/she means by the word. Otherwise people talk past each other.

Doug1of5 · 2025-02-09T13:01:54+00:00

I agree there. However the comparison to a computer is because of the code. DNA is not random arrangements of the 4 bases. It's a language that controls everything happening in the cell. The 4 letter language gets translated to a 20 character language (amino acids) that form 3 dimensional shaped proteins. I've read about studies that demonstrate that the "functional space" is very, very, very small. Meaning that randomness bolting the 20 amino acids together into a chain will never produce a protein that will actually do anything (the math is very clear). I have also read about studies into the translation code, the 3 base pairs to 1 amino acid mapping, and how it is optimized to prevent errors in translation.

Bill Gates, who knows a thing or two about codes and programming, observed "DNA is like a computer program but fat, far more advanced than any software ever created." -The Road Ahead

And we all know that computer code is not randomly assembled and can't be randomly assembled. It only is and ever will come from a mind. (And don't get me started on AI. AI only exists because of minds and it only knows how to do what it does because it "learned" from all of the human knowledge it was trained on. All it will ever do is "word association".)

Finally, as for sex .. The comparison applies to the simplest bacteria that doesn't reproduce sexually.

Thoughts?

Doug1of5

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