From: rmowery42@charter.net   
      
   In article , email@here.invalid   
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   > In a parking lot, I came across a taxi driver with his hood open, a flat   
   > battery inside, him looking for a jump start.   
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   > He'd already attached cables to his car battery and was just casually   
   > holding both leads in one hand, with remaining charge ready to bite...   
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   > I made my excuses and left.   
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   > Adrian C   
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   I bought one of the lithium  emergency power jump starter battery.   
   Those things amaze me.  Got one off Tumu for about $ 25 and unhooked the   
   battery on my Toyota 4 cylinder truck.  It started the truck 3 times and   
   I quit at that .  It may have started it even more.  For my truck and   
   car I did buy a better one off Amazon for around $ 50 or maybe more.   
   Have not had to use them yet. The better ones will not send out any   
   power if the car battery voltage is below about 10 volts or you try to   
   hook it up reversed.  There is an over ride button that will send out   
   power to a totally dead battery or probably evenif hoked in reverse.   
   The cheap ones do not have this feature.   
   They even have phone charging sockes.   
      
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