Eric <say.no@spam.now> wrote:

>> Tjacobs <thomas.jacobs@dva.state.wi.us> wrote:
>> > a 9 volt transistor Battery accross the Car Battery terminals before

> dold@howXtoXdis.usenet.us.com wrote:
>> That might be an interesting exercise. Hooking a 9v dry cell across a
>> 300Amp-capable 12v car battery ought to be a really bad thing.

> what was described. Most folks use an adapter that plugs into the cigarette
> lighter socket, e.g., http://tinyurl.com/yctf. The only issue with this is

The gadget has some circuitry inside. That I can believe, and I think I
have seen mention of that before. That is a far cry from "across the car
battery terminals", which could be either a disaster, or at least lead to a
very hot battery in very short order.