- battery Jumping by YourEnchantedGardener
18 y
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Blog: Plant Your Dream!
9:19 PM
December 1, 06
Visited Pepboys tonight,
Manny, Joe, and Jack's place.
Didn't see them, just some other fellows
who called me Boss.
The place smelled auto parts
and rubber, as might be expected
in this day and age.
brought in the old battery jumper,
hoping for some lost plug, a weird
thing you can stick into the hole
in the jumper and the other end has two prongs
to get into the AC.
The old jumper cost around $60.00 plus in 98
but wasn't made to last this long with or without
the plug, the company tells me. They will send me
a replacement plug for this old antiquated model
for $35.00 but a whole new jumper is only $99.00.
I guess this old one can go to the landfill.
First I buy some cables.
I wonder if there is a difference between the 12 foot
model, and the 16 ft model or the 20 foot model.
I wonder if another car will be able to get intimate
enough to connect our positives and negatives with only
12 foot.
Then, I go out and eat something at the EG Mobile.
I have to think this one out, should I get a new Jumper,
or just buy the missing plug? This old one isn't made to last
this long anyway, the lady tells me.
Pulled the EG Mobile into the service bay to see if
the $37.95 model will reach into the battery. It does.
I bought one, but on the way home stopped at Radio Shack
to see if they had a plug that would fit the old one.
They had something, but the price was $40.00 and the man
wasn't sure if it would be too hot.
Reading the instructions now to the Vector
Start-it Compact Elite (TM)
Jump-start system.
http://www.vectormfg.com
tel 954.584.4446 Toll Free: 800.584.5504.
they are in Ft. Launderdale, Fl, but I wonder if
this is made in China.
Looking over the Manual of Instructions:
#11 seems vital:
Always disconnect the negative (black) jumper cable first followed
by the positive (red) jumper cable.
Always disconnect the negative (black FIRST.
Attach Red first????...check...
In the Eg Mobile, the Red one is toward the back side...the black
toward the front.
#2, always use protective clothing and eyewear when using this product,
contact with battery acid may cause blindness.
Wow!
#12, Never all red and black clamps to touch each other or another common metal
conductor--this could cause damage to the unit and/or creat sparking/explosion.
#14, Do not smoke, use matches or cigarette lighters while working on a vehicle's
battery system.
No problem with that one.
Important:
...unit is delivered in a partially-charged state....you must
fully charge it will the supplied 120 volt AC charger for a full 24 hours
before using it for the first time. You cannot overcharge the unit
using the AC Charger method.
Good.
cautions:
1) Do not recharge for more than 3-4 hours maximum using 12 volt DC.
Recharge after each use.
2) All ON/OFF swithces should be in the OFF position when the unit
is charging or not in use.
4) Do not use with any appliance that draw ore than 12 amps.
Only use with 12 volt system...not 6 or 24 volt system.
8) Excessive engine cranking can damage the starter motor...
If the engine fails to start after the recommended number of attempts,
discontinue jump-start....look for problem elsewhere.
13) Make sure out of the way of moving parts.
INTRO
Keep at full charge...
Recharge before first use,
after each use,
and every six months if not used.
Otherwise reduces battery life dramatically.
Congratulations! This is a good product.
Hey.
Technical support 866.584.5506
VECO105
more...tired....going to bed.
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- Is there a product you do not promote? by #58095
18 y
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- Re: Product links? by yourenchantedgardener
18 y
1,097
9:35 AM
12/2/06
#58095 asks:
Is there a product I do not promote
with a link?
Dear #58095,
In our Insane world,
I find journaling, and now Blogging,
a way to keep my own sanity together
to the degree I do.
Glad you stopped by.
I have an open journal,
and many times I am writing
for me to keep me sane.
Faced with the Insanity that I cannot count
on the EG Mobile to work when I get up
tomorrow to teach a class,
sometimes I find keeping meticulous notes
a way I "tack" down all the corners
of my life.
I link lots of times for my own followup.
I like to check out the sites for the products
I purchase.
Once, there was a columnist in the
Reader, a local paper, that use to
do meticulous funny drawings of things
like a Tack or a Clotheline and explain
what it is for.
That is how I feel about that photo
I borrowed from the battery Jumper Company.
I link because I like to know more
about the products I use, especially
when I am dealing with something very strange
and out of my realm experience.
Some times I link because i want to get
in touch with their Tech Support,
and linking is convenient way
for me to get in touch with the company
without having to go on a hunt for
the printed materials.
I am not sure in this case if I will
be able to use this Battery Jumper
without help. My shouders are not
flexible enough to reach that deep
into where the battery stands inside
my 68 VW van.
If There was a link on line to show
you, I would link to that picture
so you could see how deep inside the
battery is stored!
In the old days, Richard and I use
to go snake hunting, there was a tool
to catch a rattlesnake without getting that
close.
Last night, in my dream, I was wanting
some kind of extention--it would have to be strong--
that I could extend my reach to where
I could connect the battery cables to
the positive and negative pole places
on the battery.
If you have a link for such an contraption
please do not hesitate to link it to me.
Now that I think of it,
I agree with you!
I love linking things.
Last night I went to Von's.
There was this lovely lady
buying some Chicken Wings.
I was wondering how those
Wings would link up with her
health in twenty years.
Then, I was linking in my mind
a picture of a field in the San Jauquin
Valley with the its haze and pollution with
the way she was spending her shopping dollars.
I am sure there is a link.
Oh Dear God,
someday, somehow,
May this Whole Beautiful World
be seen for what is it...
all Linked up.
in friendship,
Leslie
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yourenchantedgardener
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- Re: Product links? by White Tiger
18 y
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Hi Leslie :)
Looks to me like you are keeping your sanity together pretty good, all you have to do is make a concious decision to love especially when you're down.
You're doing great to keep that old 68 VW Van chugging along.
I had the old VW van that had the porche engine in it. Good grief! I hated it when I had to buy a part for that porche engine, the prices were astronomical for any parts.
Don't worry about sanity, that interfere with creativity....lol
I don't know what you did with your rattlesnakes, but I caught a lot of beautiful diamondback rattlers in the florida everglades. I skinned and tanned them, and sold the hides for a good price at that time which was $5 a foot. Pygmy rattlesnakes were plentiful also. Women loved the rattler earings from those.
By the way, when are you going to share part of another love poem for us to read? They are enjoyable, and so is your artistic photography, its like candy for the eyes. :)
I bet you could write great poetry about everyday life in general that everybody can relate to.
I miss seeing Tina's post on here lately. I love her stories about real life that is so easy to relate to. I hope we can talk her into blogging ;)
Good luck in your jumper cable adventure.
Catcha later Leslie :)
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White Tiger
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