I built FAIL PROOF alternators, charging systems, and battery reality tests solely because I did not slip on a NO BAD DAYS tee shirt and pretend garbage was acceptable.
I am not a negative personality. What I AM, for real, is a demanding personality. When I spend my money for something I do not expect to get screwed in the process.
Too many friends from my youth turned out to be happy/smiley all-is-right-with-the-world-just-hold-it-in-longer. They are all dead now.
When I board a million dollar Swan sloop, the owner does not want smiles. He wants stuff fixed. No excuses.
Yeah save that .00000001% electrical consumption and destroy five hundred tons of batteries annually in the process. The concept of actually thinking has gone up in smoke.