Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
Yeah that would probably work too if the cig socket is not switched --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 6, 2021, at 12:18 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Aren't those wires also live when using the ODB port to power the system? > The battery in a trunk you can't open does require something like the ODB > port, but I wonder if the lighter socket won't do the same thing? > >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:05 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> True, but this is far more elegant of an approach, especially if you’re >> changing a battery. You would be wrestling live battery cables around the >> engine compartment while you’re trying to swap a battery. >> >> -D >> >>> On Aug 6, 2021, at 11:39 AM, OK Don via Mercedes >> wrote: >>> >>> Just use standard jumper cables from the extra battery to the >>> battery cables in the car - no need for another device to lose >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> I like this one that has just clips and a voltage display and fuse $11 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000870058429.html --FT On 8/6/21 10:14 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for >> the battery connection, too. > > -D > >> On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy >> in a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will >> also maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You >> can (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? >> >> $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI >> >> $15 at Uncle Xi's store. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> -- >>> OK Don >>> >>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain >>> >>> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” >> Wernher >>> Von Braun >>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg >>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
Aren't those wires also live when using the ODB port to power the system? The battery in a trunk you can't open does require something like the ODB port, but I wonder if the lighter socket won't do the same thing? On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:05 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > True, but this is far more elegant of an approach, especially if you’re > changing a battery. You would be wrestling live battery cables around the > engine compartment while you’re trying to swap a battery. > > -D > > > On Aug 6, 2021, at 11:39 AM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Just use standard jumper cables from the extra battery to the > > battery cables in the car - no need for another device to lose > > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I like this one that has just clips and a voltage display and fuse $11 > >> > >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000870058429.html > >> > >> --FT > >> > >> On 8/6/21 10:14 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > >>> There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for > the > >> battery connection, too. > >>> > >>> -D > >>> > On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy > in > >> a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will > also > >> maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You > can > >> (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am > >> going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? > > $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI > > $15 at Uncle Xi's store. > >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html > > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
The issue this can address is inability to access the battery in the trunk. I ordered one from Uncle XI for $11 --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 6, 2021, at 11:40 AM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just use standard jumper cables from the extra battery to the > battery cables in the car - no need for another device to lose > >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I like this one that has just clips and a voltage display and fuse $11 >> >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000870058429.html >> >> --FT >> >>> On 8/6/21 10:14 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >>> There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for the >> battery connection, too. >>> >>> -D >>> On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy in >> a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will also >> maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You can >> (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am >> going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI $15 at Uncle Xi's store. >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> -- >> --FT >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
True, but this is far more elegant of an approach, especially if you’re changing a battery. You would be wrestling live battery cables around the engine compartment while you’re trying to swap a battery. -D > On Aug 6, 2021, at 11:39 AM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just use standard jumper cables from the extra battery to the > battery cables in the car - no need for another device to lose > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I like this one that has just clips and a voltage display and fuse $11 >> >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000870058429.html >> >> --FT >> >> On 8/6/21 10:14 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >>> There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for the >> battery connection, too. >>> >>> -D >>> On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy in >> a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will also >> maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You can >> (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am >> going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI $15 at Uncle Xi's store. >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> -- >> --FT >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
Just use standard jumper cables from the extra battery to the battery cables in the car - no need for another device to lose On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I like this one that has just clips and a voltage display and fuse $11 > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000870058429.html > > --FT > > On 8/6/21 10:14 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for the > battery connection, too. > > > > -D > > > >> On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy in > a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will also > maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You can > (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am > going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? > >> > >> $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI > >> > >> $15 at Uncle Xi's store. > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html > >> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
I like this one that has just clips and a voltage display and fuse $11 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000870058429.html --FT On 8/6/21 10:14 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for the battery connection, too. -D On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy in a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will also maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You can (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI $15 at Uncle Xi's store. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Interesting power thingie
There are some less expensive ones that just use alligator clips for the battery connection, too. -D > On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy in a vid > use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will also maintain > all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You can (maybe) > connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am going to order > one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? > > $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI > > $15 at Uncle Xi's store. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html > > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Interesting power thingie
Plugs into OBD port. Puts some electrons into the system, saw a guy in a vid use it to pop the trunk on a W220 with a dead battery, it will also maintain all your settings when you disconnect the main battery. You can (maybe) connect to a jump pack or some other 12V source. I think I am going to order one, Bozos or Uncle Xi? $19 at Bozos's store. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPY0DNI $15 at Uncle Xi's store. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809951094.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
