Survey: type 44 break down frequency : Push start

[Robert Myers]

Jim,

Such devices are already on the market at FLAPS.  It is called a radio code
saver or something like that.  It uses a 9 volt battery attached to a
cigarette lighter plug.

At 07:38 PM 9/19/02, james accordino wrote:

>Ero, you're a genius!  You just described my next
>invention!  A cig. lighter adapter cord with a 9 volt
>bat. plug on the other end.  They have 9 volts that
>will last 10 yrs. now and I think that that would be
>enough to power the essential items required for
>start-up.  NOT including cranking!  The battery won't
>last long at that draw rate, but who cares.  Maybe
>someone will volunteer to test this.  Put a dead bat.
>in your car and see if this works with a push start.
>
>Jim Accordino
>
>--- Ero Rademer <erademer at igd.fhg.de> wrote:
> > Someone told, he -- with a completly flat battery
> > and the car not
> > starting on pushing, connected a 9V block battery to
> > the cigarette
> > lighter and tried again, that was enough to start up
> > the car on the
> > next push...
> >
> > So long!
> > Ero.
> >
>
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