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opnspaces
Navigator II
May 02, 2019

Performance difference between jumper cable and Lithium pack

How is it that my standard automotive jumper cables have very thick wires and the new lithium packs use wires that are comparatively much smaller than the old style cables? Do they both do the sam...
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Trackrig
Explorer II
May 02, 2019
One of differences would be the length of cables carrying the power. My jumper cables are 25' long and made of very heavy cable. I do have a couple of booster units and their cables are maybe 2' long if you pull hard. Shorter cables don't need to be near as thick/heavy.

Bill

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