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1. "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD); Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 11:43:18 EST; Texaco has sent me an advert for a device called "Auto Starter". It is described as being a sealed 14.5v alkaline battery with 5 amps "of recharge power to start your vehicle". The thing plugs into t; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00078.html (8,084 bytes)
2. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 12:44:27 EST; Bob, It can't. They won't. I have seen these things advertised, and I assumed they were meant to give your car battery a quick charge so you could use it for starting. Even at that, I am more than a; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00080.html (8,474 bytes)
3. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 20:27:15 +0000; I'd like to add to my earlier comments. The claim that the 14.5V battery has "5 amps" is irrelevent and inaccurate. Amps are a measure of current, and depend on the load. A two-volt battery can prov; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00100.html (9,204 bytes)
4. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 01:29:20 -0500; Along the same lines, I've seen jumper cables advertised that supposedly plug into the cigarette lighters of both cars, so you don't open the hood and get dirty. Anybody know anything about these? -N; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00113.html (7,906 bytes)
5. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 09:33:22 EST; Nory, Typically, the underdash wires to the cigarette lighter are rated at 15 amp maximum, often less. In a typical LBC, they are rated at 8 amp. I don't know the exact amount of current drawn by a s; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00129.html (8,468 bytes)
6. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: Kevin Sullivan <kevins@khoral.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:54:41 -0700 (MST); Something cool I saw while browsing through "Orlie's Lowrider" magazine: a guy made a gasoline powered battery charger. He took a small gas lawn edger and mounted an automobile alternator in place of; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00130.html (7,683 bytes)
7. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:10:18 +0000; Probably not a big problem of liability, since on most cars, all of the circuits besides the starter are disabled while the starter is actually cranking. (A/C, lights, radio, cigar lighter, etc.) Th; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00154.html (8,572 bytes)
8. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net>; Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 14:26:00 -0500; I haven't seen these miracle jumper cables. I have used a tricle charger that plugs into my cigarette lighter for battery maintenance, and that works fine, but as Dan points out, this is low amperage; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00157.html (9,650 bytes)
9. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:42:28 EST; Chris, You are absolutely right. However, 30 amps through a 15 amp wire doesn't take too long to over heat, and would probably zap a 8 amp wire pretty quickly. While you and I, and the others on this; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00159.html (8,693 bytes)
10. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:33:56 EST; (speaking of using jumper cables through the cigarette lighter socket to jump start a car) You are correct in that "most" cars are wired this way. Unfortunately for the unwary, the later MGs are not.; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00160.html (9,021 bytes)
11. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:25:39 +0000; Actually, if you connect red to positive on BOTH cars, it doesn't matter whether they're both positive ground, both negative ground, or one of each. Just don't allow the cars to touch! :) Scott; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00182.html (7,632 bytes)
12. Re: "Auto Starter" (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 20:02:55 +0000; I don't know about the device you describe, but I plug my battery charger into the cigar lighter to charge the battery - no surprises there (although it has caused several comments of the type "You c; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00272.html (8,467 bytes)

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