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Date:         Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:39:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Recommended battery booster works great
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk0e6yEm+muvDu0rEHVd-k5pmcq436jY50rNfKoTX9UfEA@mail.gmail.com>
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Also... you can recharge it off the cigarette lighter after you start your van!

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 3:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Recommended battery booster works great

I started my diesel twice off of once charge from dead, and diesels take a lot. After the second crank, I pushed the button to check the five LED status indicators and it was down to three. How many times it would have cranked I don't know. On my new beetle, I cranked it once and it did not go down at all.

So, maybe eight, of the right vehicle, maybe not eight. But one will save your butt, and that's why I got it.

Jim

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> 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/d > p/B00E0UNF4E/ref=sr_1_8?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1416580514&sr=1-8&key > words=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=rockfo > rd+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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