[Vwdiesel] block heater

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

I just had an experience with those little booster batteries. We had a near 
zero day and it wasn't enough to help get me started.

  I had a State Trooper stop to give me a jump (6.2 GM van).  It had one bad 
battery and one weak one.  I knew I only needed a couple minutes of jump 
and then start it.  He got out his handy-dandy little self contained jump 
starter and WOULD NOT let me hook up the jumper cables until I'd totally 
drained the battery AND his gizmo.  Then it took another 15 to 20 minutes 
of jump to get me charged enough to start.  The jumper cables don't 
carry enough power to do a straight jump.  :P
     Loren