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Bob F

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On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:07:40 -0800, "Eagle"
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used his keyboard to write :
On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:58:36 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote:

Eagle wrote:
What do you recomend for a dead batery booster?

I just keep a good set of LONG jumpers in the car. If I have a
problem, I hook them up to my battery and look at passing cars
with my thumb out hitchhiker style. Of course, you can probably
buy a new battery cheaper than one of those gadgets.

And as cheap as a :good: set of long jumpers.
A 25 foot set of 1/0 cable is $250 just for the cable at $5 per
foot, and then you need good ends too.
A good set of Goodall 500 amp clams is about $75, so $325 for a set
of 500 amp 25 foot cables.

I never pay more than $10.00 for jumper cables.
But they are not "good 25 foot" cables. Likely neither good nor 25
ft

Mine are probably 12 footers, but good heavy duty ones. I bought them when I had
a surburban with a 350. Cheap jumpers had a hard time starting it. These didn't.
12 foot is all I'vew ever need. 25 footers? Seems like a waste. They'd have to
be so heavy to do the job, and would be a pain to store.