How about I make a video to demonstrate. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 1, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > With a completely dead, your wife left the lights on all night, battery? > We accidentally left the dome light on in our '85 190D at the airport once. > The airport provides a jump but it had to run for a looooong time before the > car would crank over. Between the high current demand of the glow plugs and > the starter it was a close thing. > -Curt > > From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 11:27 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Your jump starter > > Mine will start several 300ds > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 29, 2016, at 10:04 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> I think they're stretching the bounds of reality here, a 12ah battery pack >>> isn't going to start many really dead batteries very often or at all. I >>> also have doubts they can really pull 400a peak current over those weenie >>> little cables. I've got a good set of 6ga jumper cables and if the car >>> being jumped has a really dead battery they get really hot in use. >>> The truth is for a jump pack nothing beats size and capacity. The battery >>> in the Jetta is smaller than a Group 49, Group 47 I think and is rated at >>> 70ah, its hard to believe something 1/6th the size would have much of a >>> chance, especially if it was cold out at all. >>> -Curt >>> >>> From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Cc: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> >>> Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 9:57 AM >>> Subject: [MBZ] Your jump starter >>> >>> http://deals.kinja.com/ankers-new-car-jump-starting-battery-pack-is-no-bigger-1761917170 >>> >>> --R >> >> I was thinking about asking them for a sample so I could test it and report >> the results here, MBCA and BMWMOA. I'm thinking it might start an R75/5 >> once, but no frickin' way it will start a 240D. Phizzicks is still Physics >> and Kem-mystery is still chemistry. Ain't no free lunch. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
