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
>