Local TV station ran a consumer test on these. Their advice:  Run!! Don't
walk away.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
For Sale: 61 AustinHealey Sprite(not Bugeye);Daily driver $2500

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:52:28 -0500 Alan Pickersgill
<pickersgill@HOME.COM> writes:
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>I've been seeing battery booster packs advertized in various places.
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>informercials and elsewhere. They're to be plugged into a vehicle's =
>cigarette lighter and used a like a booster battery. They have booster
>=
>cables and apparently some also have AC and DC plug-ins and inverters
>to =
>run such things as portable electric coolers and other devices you
>might =
>have in a Westfalia. My interest is in the refrigerator (my home made
>=
>West has no fridge, and no secondary deep cycle battery).=20
>
>I'm wondering if anybody has really used/lived with one of these
>devices =
>and can tell me what it can do. They seem to cost $120 + US. I'd be =
>interested in one if it could keep a cooler cool without recharging
>from =
>evening till morning (say 12 hours).=20
>
>Any real life experience would be appreciated + anyone who knows which
>=
>are the good brands.
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>Alan Pickersgill
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>85 Transporter/Westfalia
>Ottawa Ontario=20
>Canada
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