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Exeter Maine
I have a slight attraction to battery jump packs, I have several strewed among planes, pickups, tractors, some I dont know what I did with them. Ever since I got off a jet at 1am 160 miles from home and found out I left the lights on, I always throw one in my bag. Here are my latest 2
EarthX jump pack
Its the smallest I have seen, a little too big to fit in your pocket, but not by much. EarthX is claiming 400 burst amps, whatever that means. I dont see any cold crank rating which is what you need to know. It is a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery, supposed to be superior to other types. It came with a wall charger, and they hook you for 15 bucks or so for a cigarette lighter charger. My test vehicle is my friends jeep wrangler with a totally dead battery yesterday. Outside temp 22. Connect up the clamps and wait 30 seconds, whirled it over like mad. After that I charged up my dead iphone with the supplied usb cable in about an hour . I took it on a jet last week and had to explain what it was to the TSA. Lithium batts have to be in your carry on. It has a flashlight that works good. Earth X has them onsale for
99 bucks plus shipping. It works good and is compact
I bought a Suaoki unit off Amazon because it looked interesting. They are claiming 800 amp rating, 200000 a/h using a Lithium Cobalt battery. EarthX is saying the Cobalt batts are inferior. I have used it quite a few times now, it hasnt failed to start most dead stuff, and worked good on the dead wrangler yesterday. The trick is to let it sit for 30 secs to a minute. Also will charge a cell phone in about an hour, USB cord included. In fact the wall charger and cigarette charger is included as well. Its made in china, but seem to work ok. Has a decent hard case about twice the size of the EarthX One annoying thing is if the battery is completly dead, the unit cant sense any voltage and wont let the 12 v pass thru the handle. You have to press a small hidden button and that bypasses the safety. PIA. It need to be rewired so it is 12v live. The idea is to prevent fireworks if the pos/neg reversed. There are tons of these things on Amazon. This one works good, and is 89 bucks free ship. Has a good flashlight and a compass in case you get lost
The cables and connectors are pretty light, they wont last with much boosting. Lots of current when you throw the starter, I can see this being an issue if used a lot to boost.
I want to find one the size of a pack of cards that will start a cold soaked diesel
Jim
EarthX jump pack
Its the smallest I have seen, a little too big to fit in your pocket, but not by much. EarthX is claiming 400 burst amps, whatever that means. I dont see any cold crank rating which is what you need to know. It is a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery, supposed to be superior to other types. It came with a wall charger, and they hook you for 15 bucks or so for a cigarette lighter charger. My test vehicle is my friends jeep wrangler with a totally dead battery yesterday. Outside temp 22. Connect up the clamps and wait 30 seconds, whirled it over like mad. After that I charged up my dead iphone with the supplied usb cable in about an hour . I took it on a jet last week and had to explain what it was to the TSA. Lithium batts have to be in your carry on. It has a flashlight that works good. Earth X has them onsale for
99 bucks plus shipping. It works good and is compact
I bought a Suaoki unit off Amazon because it looked interesting. They are claiming 800 amp rating, 200000 a/h using a Lithium Cobalt battery. EarthX is saying the Cobalt batts are inferior. I have used it quite a few times now, it hasnt failed to start most dead stuff, and worked good on the dead wrangler yesterday. The trick is to let it sit for 30 secs to a minute. Also will charge a cell phone in about an hour, USB cord included. In fact the wall charger and cigarette charger is included as well. Its made in china, but seem to work ok. Has a decent hard case about twice the size of the EarthX One annoying thing is if the battery is completly dead, the unit cant sense any voltage and wont let the 12 v pass thru the handle. You have to press a small hidden button and that bypasses the safety. PIA. It need to be rewired so it is 12v live. The idea is to prevent fireworks if the pos/neg reversed. There are tons of these things on Amazon. This one works good, and is 89 bucks free ship. Has a good flashlight and a compass in case you get lost
The cables and connectors are pretty light, they wont last with much boosting. Lots of current when you throw the starter, I can see this being an issue if used a lot to boost.
I want to find one the size of a pack of cards that will start a cold soaked diesel
Jim