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Date:         Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:11:41 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Recommended battery booster works great
Comments: To: jpalmer@MYMTS.NET
In-Reply-To:  <JGt51p00108X5Fr01Gt8po>
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Well, it's possible to claim it in advertising. Whether a given battery will start a given vehicle on a given occasion is a different question. The device might start 8 small, low compression engines with all perfect connections and a good starter. A different vehicle might not start at all.

mcneely

---- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote: > Has 8 jump starts on one charge? Seriously?! Is that possible? > > > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:40:02 -0600 > > From: jim.felder@GMAIL.COM > > Subject: Re: Recommended battery booster works great > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > It wasn't this exact one, but there are several very similar models: > > > > < > > http://www.amazon.com/PowerGo-Unbelievably-Portable-Battery-Includes/dp/B00E0UNF4E/ref=sr_1_8?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1416580514&sr=1-8&keywords=battery+booster > > > > > > > This is the exact one that I bought but today there is only one, and it is > > much more expensive than what I bought: > > > > < > > http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Power-Source-Mini-Starter/dp/B00JLPNHJQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1416580715&sr=1-1&keywords=rockford+jump+starter > > > > > > > They are probably all made by the same factory. > > > > Jim > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:02 AM, PSD <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > Share a link? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > > > Jim Felder > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 7:37 AM > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > Subject: Recommended battery booster works great > > > > > > A while back, someone on the Vanagon list, Jeff S I think, recommended a > > > batter booster that he bought from the Snap-On guy who came by his shop. I > > > looked around on Amazon and got a decent buy on that same or similar, I > > > don't recall the exact name of the one recommended. > > > > > > Anyway, this thing is about the size of three decks of cards side by side. > > > It comes with every kind of connector you can think of including iPhone 5 > > > and 6. It has a built in flashlight, a USB port. It will run a phone in > > > heavy use for days. > > > > > > But, most importantly, it will start a car, even my diesel 1.6, with a dead > > > battery. > > > > > > Very good insurance, if you go the places I go, for $100. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > >

-- David McNeely


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