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An auxiliary failsafe engine starting apparatus locates the batteries or other power storage devices with respect to the current carrying cable(s) to provide high conformability between extended and storage configurations, and includes a protective power control switching module. High conformability

An auxiliary failsafe engine starting apparatus locates the batteries or other power storage devices with respect to the current carrying cable(s) to provide high conformability between extended and storage configurations, and includes a protective power control switching module. High conformability of an apparatus is defined herein as being configurable between a greatest extended configuration having a length (l.sub.e) and a storage configuration having a length (l.sub.s), wherein l.sub.e .gtoreq.3 l.sub.s. Preferred apparatus have conformability ratios of .gtoreq.3, .gtoreq.4, .gtoreq.5, .gtoreq.7.5, and .gtoreq.10. Preferred power sources provide an electrical potential of at least 6 volts, and a current of at least 40 amps. More preferable power sources provide sustainable currents of at least 100 amps, and even more preferable power sources provide sustainable currents of at least 250 amps. Preferred cables are relatively long, measuring up to 4 feet or more, total extended length.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An auxiliary engine starting apparatus comprising:at least two connectors;a power source providing an electrical potential of at least 6 volts across the at least two connectors and the capacity to provide at least 20 amps to a load bridging the at least two connectors;the apparatus

[ I claim:] [1.] An auxiliary engine starting apparatus comprising:at least two connectors;a power source providing an electrical potential of at least 6 volts across the at least two connectors and the capacity to provide at least 20 amps to a load bridging the at least two connectors;the apparatus configurable between a first configuration in which the apparatus has a length l.sub.e and a second configuration in which the apparatus has a length l.sub.s, wherein l.sub.e .gtoreq.3 l.sub.s, and the length of the apparatus is equal to the greatest distance between any two points on the apparatus.