Jump starter

Linda said:
Jump leads are useless when the van is parked nose in in front of garage....we tried to push it off the drive to jump start but in the end put the battery charger on.

Also pushing the car as it didn't start after 3 months away....

Think we could do with this gadget!
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If your van is in the garage why not use a smart battery charger that safely keeps the battery topped up ?

:idea::idea::idea:
 
Linda said:
Jump leads are useless when the van is parked nose in in front of garage....we tried to push it off the drive to jump start but in the end put the battery charger on.

Also pushing the car as it didn't start after 3 months away....

Think we could do with this gadget!
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There must be some juice or a dash light before trying to push start any car from when altanators came about,old dynamo no prob.
 
hairydog said:
I used to have a motorhome with a Lister diesel engine. It had two 100AH starter batteries, and it had a pre-heater which was s sort of diesel-powered flame thrower that heated the inlet manifold. It produced impressive amounts of smoke but it did work.

Getting the engine to start in cold weather felt like a small victory.
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was it based on a dumper truck :cool1::cool1:
 
Our van is left plugged in but Unbeknownst to us a wire on the battery charger in the van broke. We weren't aware that it wasn't charging until we were ready to drive to a meet!

It only took about 45 mins to give it enough power to start through a trickle charger.

Our car is automatic so not push started just pushed off the drive to get to the battery!
 
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Could always go back to the days of cartridge start.... [video=youtube_share;4K1OPmYbaDg]https://youtu.be/4K1OPmYbaDg[/video]
 
hairydog said:
I used to have a motorhome with a Lister diesel engine. It had two 100AH starter batteries, and it had a pre-heater which was s sort of diesel-powered flame thrower that heated the inlet manifold. It produced impressive amounts of smoke but it did work.

Getting the engine to start in cold weather felt like a small victory.
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hii
my 1994 fiat ducato 2.5 engine still has that inlet manifold diesel pre heater.
 
eddyt said:
hii
my 1994 fiat ducato 2.5 engine still has that inlet manifold diesel pre heater.
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The first comp engines had a bowl around and just below the inlet pipe,this you places a oily rag and lit,when burning you cranked over sucking in hot air and pos a bit of flame,bingo engine starts.
 
In my humble and limited experience.....

In my experience, and we have used these smart chargers a lot, we found the more compact ones do struggle to start a bigger vehicle engine, if at all.
We use them for our quads, bikes and the cars but not suitable for the MH or the Dayvan.
Unfortunately, though we try to keep our MH in peak condition, there are as most of us admit, times when a booster charge can be useful, if not for ourselves, maybe for someone less fortunate as ourselves at that point in time.
Although the larger boosters are more expensive and heavier they can be used as a mobile power source, for lights, USB, power tools etc, so not entirely superfluous to like minded people.
Slainte, Growlie69
 
molly 2 said:
Has anyone used the car jump start packs, the type that is about the size of mobile phone ,some claim to start up to 4 litre diesel engines any recommendations .:camper:
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Bet when you started this thread you didn't think it would run to 11 pages ?
 
Over time one finds there are things beyond talking about.
Generators, gas sys,battery chargers,batterys themselves,led lights,computors linux tethering modems or any other fancy boxes,otherwise everything goes.:scared::lol-053:head down now.
 
wildebus said:
This is the best one I found that would also work with bigger engines. All the specs in the post below. Price around £55.

Jump Starter Prize

Bought from Amazon last month to give away as a forum freebie.
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Ref the above post, I haven't yet posted this off (waiting for the address to send to).

Reason for mentioning it I went to start my van this morning and wouldn't turn over enough to start up (looked at Victron BMV... 11.9V).
Happened to have a loose charged 100Ah Wet Cell Battery in the back so connected that up with some jump leads I have knocking around ... no good (jump leads did look quite poor quality TBH)
So as I had the jump starter still, thought I may as well use that ...

Connected up. (Had 90% of charge in device according to display). While connected had a quick look at BMV ... 13.2V. Turned the key... Immediate startup :wacko: (And charge in device dropped to 88%)

So a definite thumbs up from me using it on my 2.8L Diesel. (I'll have to see if the prize winner fancies a cash prize instead ;) )


FYI, The specs are:

Unit Specifications Summary:
Battery capacity: 14400mAh
Peak current: 600A
Start current: 300A
Cycle life: 3000 times
USB output: 5V/1A/2.1A
Outlet input: 12V=300A Autostart outlet and 12V/15V/16V/19V=2A/3.5A/3.5A
Size: 170*79*32mm(6.6*3.1*1.2in)
Weight: 1KG

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PS. I know my battery probably needs renewing plus got the tacho ticking away 24/7 using some power.
 
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