Emergency jump starter

Just looked up the price of those jumpers, you lot are bonkers, i have a jump set which cost £15 10 years back and is still working 100
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trevskoda said:
Just looked up the price of those jumpers, you lot are bonkers, i have a jump set which cost £15 10 years back and is still working 100View attachment 91797
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I had one almost identical Trev except it was Blue. It had a built in compressor which was useless. It also failed to work after about a year having used it only a couple of times.

The ones out now are much more compact and easy to use, they weigh next to nothing.
 
After a recomendation, I have recently bought the NOCO GB40 from Halfords. I don't need the much more expensive higher capacity and max. cranking current of the bigger NOCO's having a 2.3L Fiat diesel. I have, until now, put off buying one of these thinking like Trev that they couldn't possibly start a big diesel. How wrong I was! I have taken out the battery charger I carry and replaced it with this, which is a quarter of the size and weight of the charger I was carrying. I can charge it from the solar (via hab batteries).

This is a lithium battery so has pitfalls ...
Don't keep it fully charged if not being used. (It does tell you in the instructions but some people don't read instructions!)
Highly recomended.

I see from here that some vans have (or have added) a switch connecting the hab. and starter batteries. The hab. batteries will charge the engine battery up to a level where they are "equal" in voltage, but the construction of a hab. battery is different to an engine battery and is not designed to deliver the cranking amps needed to start a diesel. These little lithium batteries will deliver massive current. Have a look here ... https://franklingrid.com/landing/bl...tionary-batteries-and-engine-start-batteries/

I have looked at the specs. and NOCO quote 24WHr. 1000A. I am used to using AHr. As this is a 12V battery, it has a capacity of only 2AHr. On the NOCO web page it has how many times it can charge a typical, phone, tablet, earphones, ear pods and more. https://no.co/gb40

Hope this helps, Dave.
 
davecumbria said:
After a recomendation, I have recently bought the NOCO GB40 from Halfords. I don't need the much more expensive higher capacity and max. cranking current of the bigger NOCO's having a 2.3L Fiat diesel. I have, until now, put off buying one of these thinking like Trev that they couldn't possibly start a big diesel. How wrong I was! I have taken out the battery charger I carry and replaced it with this, which is a quarter of the size and weight of the charger I was carrying. I can charge it from the solar (via hab batteries).

This is a lithium battery so has pitfalls ...
Don't keep it fully charged if not being used. (It does tell you in the instructions but some people don't read instructions!)
Highly recomended.

I see from here that some vans have (or have added) a switch connecting the hab. and starter batteries. The hab. batteries will charge the engine battery up to a level where they are "equal" in voltage, but the construction of a hab. battery is different to an engine battery and is not designed to deliver the cranking amps needed to start a diesel. These little lithium batteries will deliver massive current. Have a look here ... https://franklingrid.com/landing/bl...tionary-batteries-and-engine-start-batteries/

I have looked at the specs. and NOCO quote 24WHr. 1000A. I am used to using AHr. As this is a 12V battery, it has a capacity of only 2AHr. On the NOCO web page it has how many times it can charge a typical, phone, tablet, earphones, ear pods and more. https://no.co/gb40

Hope this helps, Dave.
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The NOCO sounds good and they are a good make. I have a NOCO Smart charger and am very pleased with it. I'm thinking of buying a second one to permanently fit in the van instead of the rather poor charger I have in there at the moment.
 
Robmac said:
I had one almost identical Trev except it was Blue. It had a built in compressor which was useless. It also failed to work after about a year having used it only a couple of times.

The ones out now are much more compact and easy to use, they weigh next to nothing.
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You had to keep it charged as its a m/cycle battery inside, yes i have one with the comp and one without which works 100% , i changed the torch bulb to a led in mine.
 
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