Well your still awake and in the house. I never trusted the deflection test. I found that a notorious subjective test that does not allow for glazing and wear etc over time. In otherwords it can fool anyone. A vee belt riding on it's bottom could be extremely tight by deflection and the pulley will still turn by hand for instance.

So I switched over to the pulley test. I do not think that can decieve anybody. Plus I was never able to describe the deflection methology properly to another person. The distance or span alone between pulleys has to be taken into the calculation. For example a half inch deflection with no applied
force vector standard is pointless. No two belt tensions would be identical.

The only time I use the deflection test is to try to acertain if the belt or belts are too tight and perhaps stressing the bearings.

I have also locked myself out on occassion. The wife preffered hatchback cars for awhile there. She was leaving the keys inside when locking the car. By leaving the hatchback unlocked she did not have to phone me to bring other keys.

You also might remember that famous one. The guys girlfriend was scratching at the locked bedroom door. He felt so bad he got up and let her out. Well time for bed I suppose.