which is a good system...

and if the starting battery is really low..
you want a way to disconnect it ....
as if it's really low or dead..
it'll suck too much juice out of the house battery, preventing firing
the thing up.

On 11/21/2014 11:30 AM, Mike Miller wrote:
> 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.
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> On Friday, November 21, 2014 1:23 PM, Eric Wunrow <VW@ERICWUNROW.COM> wrote:
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> Since we have a house battery (AGM, 100 amps), I had something done that I thought kinda cool…
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> 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.
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> Never needed it… yet… kinda hoping to go dead once so I can enjoy the concept.
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> Eric
> Eric Wunrow Pictures
> 85 S Union Blvd, #Q123
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> On Nov 21, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> It's not a jumper battery for cars with running issues.  Not a good choice for troubleshooting.
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>> Apparently, they're quite popular with the buyers at the dealer auctions...
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>> Cheers,
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>> Jeff
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>> -----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
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>> That's pretty impressive.
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>> 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 .....    ;)
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>> 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.
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>> Neil.
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>> On 11/21/14, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@mymts.net> wrote:
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>>> Has 8 jump starts on one charge?  Seriously?!  Is that possible?
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