Perfect answer! If it works once  great and  I have one.  I love it starts all my farm equipment
when needed like today six above zero. 

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm

> On Nov 21, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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/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
>>