easysurfer
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I had a chance to use my battery jumpstarter today:
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-J309-300-Jump-Starter/dp/B001U04NCA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318974438&sr=8-4
I tried using my friend's car but the battery was totally dead. The jump starter jumped the car and started it with no problem at all.
I thought the battery needed replacing (still the original). So I brought the car over the Autozone (I remembered this time to AVOID Wally World). But to my surprise, they said, the battery still looks good. The instrument they used to check the battery is cool (he just conneced it to the terminals and is showed the battery was good and had a 75% charge --- I had just jumped it from being dead). He said, just drive the car around a bit to charge it up.
I bet if I brought the car to Walmart, they probably would have sold me a new battery.
I think perhaps an interior light was accidently left on (car wasn't driven in days) and that totally drained the battery.
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-J309-300-Jump-Starter/dp/B001U04NCA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318974438&sr=8-4
I tried using my friend's car but the battery was totally dead. The jump starter jumped the car and started it with no problem at all.
I thought the battery needed replacing (still the original). So I brought the car over the Autozone (I remembered this time to AVOID Wally World). But to my surprise, they said, the battery still looks good. The instrument they used to check the battery is cool (he just conneced it to the terminals and is showed the battery was good and had a 75% charge --- I had just jumped it from being dead). He said, just drive the car around a bit to charge it up.
I bet if I brought the car to Walmart, they probably would have sold me a new battery.
I think perhaps an interior light was accidently left on (car wasn't driven in days) and that totally drained the battery.