The Siege took place in what is now Rome NY. Not really that big of a siege even by American History standards but it has a big impact in shaping what would become New York State.

Phantom loads are things that happen to cars that most local car mechanics don’t know how to handle. The electrical trouble shooting skills in this video are very basic, but some of the information about how car electrical systems work was new to me. Particularly concerning was the point about how modern cars have deliberately undersize alternators that could be killed by bad batteries. All done for emissions reasons of course.