[Ether]

I had a battery charger from the 1960s that started behaving erratically last year. After some (too brief) troubleshooting and soul-searching I threw it out but saved the output cable (the one with the clamps on it).

Recently while setting up some motor tests here at home, I had occasion to use that cable, and discovered to my chagrin that the reason I was getting erratic voltage at the clamps was that the clamp-to-cable crimp joints had corroded. I probably threw away a perfectly good charger.

It seems every time I throw something away I wind up regretting it soon thereafter. Must be some variation of Murphy's Law...