Jump starters
As a general rule how often do jump starters need to be recharged especially the small ones that just jump start?
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BobsYourUncle wrote:
Do those things actually work?
My truck passed out in a customers driveway a couple years ago. I was due for a pair of batteries.
Customer hooked up his little jump box thing and it did nothing, just made a little clicking noise and whined a bit....
I have a portable jumper battery (lead/acid) which I bought from Costco several years ago for about $70. A neighbor in a BLM campground drained both 12 volt starting batteries on his older Ford diesel pickup with a V-8 engine. I figured, . . . why not try it? I hooked it up and let it charge for about 5 minutes. He cranked the engine. It hemmed and hawed for a few seconds, then to both of our surprise, it started. To date, it has saved at least 6 people, including myself, several times. I won't leave home without it. There are as many different types as there are batteries.
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