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Saving Battery - USA - "Bootstrap starting" and other cold weather battery lore
Topeka,Kansas,USA -Mother Earth News, by Andy Turn bull -August 2005: -- The temperature was about 40 below zero, and my car wouldn't start. I cast a hopeful glance at a farmer getting into an old pickup parked next to me . . . he might well be, I thought, the sort of guy who would carry jumper cables... He proceeded to clip one end of each cable to the appropriate battery terminal and then backed away from the truck, holding the free ends, one in each hand. For about ten seconds, he touched the clamps together. Then he jerked them apart . . . pulled the cables off the battery . . . hopped back into his truck . . . and pressed the starter button. The engine turned and caught easily... In a couple of minutes, my car was running, too-after a conventional jump from the gentleman's truck-but I wasn't about to let him get away without an explanation. So, while the two vehicles warmed up, I dragged him into a nearby diner for a cup o1 coffee... And if your battery is in good condition, you'll probably never have to bootstrap it . . . even at 40 below. Bootstrapping will work often enough to make it worthwhile as a last ditch effort . . . but the less you have to use it, the better!..
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