In a message dated 2/2/98 12:31:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, mgbob@juno.com
writes:
> 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 the cigar
> lighter
> snip <
> Questions--how can this little thing (2.5 x 7.5 x 1.875 inches)
> provide the power to crank over an engine, and how can cigar lighter
> wires carry enough current for the starter motor?
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 little bit skeptical.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition, slated for a V8 soon!
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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