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Subject:Re: Charging Second Battery
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 17 May 2002 10:24:18 -0400

At 10:17 AM 5/17/2002, Russell, William wrote:
>I am heading off for the weekend and thought that it might be a good
>idea for me to charge my second battery (which is not yet connected but
>is sitting under the drivers seat) so that in an emergency I can jump
>from it.  Is there a way to hook up jumper cables while the van is
>running in order to charge the second battery as well?

Sure, hook them up just as though you were doing a jump-start -- pos to
pos, neg to neg.

d

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