Did a similar thing but much less thoughtful of others. Had a switch mounted in the house battery box that couples the two batteries together. Low starting battery? Throw the switch. On Friday, November 21, 2014 1:23 PM, Eric Wunrow <VW@ERICWUNROW.COM> wrote: Since we have a house battery (AGM, 100 amps), I had something done that I thought kinda cool… When the installer did all the wiring, I had him mount jumper terminals just behind the driver's door on the outside. They're right there if someone is available to jump us, otherwise I can jump myself by running cables from those terminals to our house battery under the sink. Never needed it… yet… kinda hoping to go dead once so I can enjoy the concept. Eric Eric Wunrow Pictures 85 S Union Blvd, #Q123 Lakewood, CO 80228 303. 988. 8717 VW@EricWunrow.com On Nov 21, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > It really does work. I've used it now on 3 different Vanagons, all with completely dead batteries. Hook up the leads and crank. Worked every time. The only caveat is that you shouldn't crank for more than ~5 seconds at a time as the leads will get too hot and eventually blow the inline fuse. > > It's not a jumper battery for cars with running issues. Not a good choice for troubleshooting. > > Apparently, they're quite popular with the buyers at the dealer auctions... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 9:33 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Recommended battery booster works great > > That's pretty impressive. > > A quick google tells me that yes, in fact, people have successfully jump started a vehicle several times. (Amazon.com review) But then > this IS the internet ..... ;) > > Sounds like a useful tool. Especially if one is out in the boonies. > Heck. Even if it were used as back up for important things like cell phones. > > Neil. > > > On 11/21/14, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@mymts.net> wrote: > >> Has 8 jump starts on one charge? Seriously?! Is that possible? > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> > |
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