From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-04-12 17:40, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
   > In article , email@here.invalid   
   > says...   
   >>   
   >> In a parking lot, I came across a taxi driver with his hood open, a flat   
   >> battery inside, him looking for a jump start.   
   >>   
   >> 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...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I made my excuses and left.   
   >>   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Those features are nice, but why would a normal person buy it?   
      
   I made myself a pair of jump start cables from cables that were surplus   
   from a telephone exchange. Very good cables, thick. That would be 1999.   
   I carry them in my car, but I don't remember having ever used them.   
   Maybe once?   
      
   A nice kit like you describe would probably have the battery die of old   
   age in that time. For a garage or parking lot to have, yes, but a normal   
   person?   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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