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Portable car jump starter. Terry 01-18-2008
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Posted by Jim Yanik on January 18, 2008, 8:26 pm
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> I have a Black and Decker 450 amp jump starter.

One of those little portable battery packs intended to "jump start" cars?
IMO,garbage.
>
> The car battery was dead because the lights were left on. I wanted to
> use the car in the morning. I took the battery charger and put it on
> the battery, the night before, intending to trickle charge it.

Which battery? the CAR battery,or the jump-start pack's battery?
>
> The next morning the car would not start and there was no juice in the
> charger.
>
> I am guessing that the jump starters are not intended to trickle
> charge, although I don't see why.
>
>
>
>

try reading the manual for that product.(the "jumpstarter")

Also,letting your car battery get drained completely can kill it or shorten
it's life considerably.

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at
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Posted by Steve B. on January 19, 2008, 7:00 pm
wrote:

>I have a Black and Decker 450 amp jump starter.
>
>The car battery was dead because the lights were left on. I wanted to
>use the car in the morning. I took the battery charger and put it on
>the battery, the night before, intending to trickle charge it.
>
>The next morning the car would not start and there was no juice in the
>charger.
>
>I am guessing that the jump starters are not intended to trickle
>charge, although I don't see why.
>
>

The device makes a great jump starter but it isn't intended to be a
battery charger. You can't store enough electricity in its little
battery for a big ol' car battery. For the occasional recharge you
can get a cheap charger and be fine.

I have one of these devices as well (but home depot's version). When
I received it I thought it would be junk but I have used it for a
couple of years now on all sorts of cars, mostly my '59 Imperial
because it doesn't get out as often as it should, and it hasn't failed
to start one yet. Of all the auto related things I have ever gotten
it would have to be in the top three.

Steve B.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on January 20, 2008, 1:25 am
I've wondered about those. If you clamped the clamps to the car battery, and
then plug in the internal charger (or plug in the charge plug to the jump
pack) it seems like it should charge your car battery overnight.

Makes me wonder if the car battery froze overnight, thus killing it
completely?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.


I have a Black and Decker 450 amp jump starter.

The car battery was dead because the lights were left on. I wanted to
use the car in the morning. I took the battery charger and put it on
the battery, the night before, intending to trickle charge it.

The next morning the car would not start and there was no juice in the
charger.

I am guessing that the jump starters are not intended to trickle
charge, although I don't see why.





Posted by jim on January 20, 2008, 8:25 am
On Jan 20, 12:25=A0am, "Stormin Mormon"
> I've wondered about those. If you clamped the clamps to the car battery, a=
nd
> then plug in the internal charger (or plug in the charge plug to the jump
> pack) it seems like it should charge your car battery overnight.
>
> Makes me wonder if the car battery froze overnight, thus killing it
> completely?
>
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> =A0www.lds.org
> .
>
>
> I have a Black and Decker 450 amp jump starter.
>
> The car battery was dead because the lights were left on. =A0I wanted to
> use the car in the morning. =A0I took the battery charger and put it on
> the battery, the night before, intending to trickle charge it.
>
> The next morning the car would not start and there was no juice in the
> charger.
>
> I am guessing that the jump starters are not intended to trickle
> charge, although I don't see why.

Read the Manual why do men fail at this

Posted by Stormin Mormon on January 21, 2008, 10:48 am
Hmm. Is that like "fruit flies like a bannana" where we have to try to
figure out the punctuation?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.


>
> I am guessing that the jump starters are not intended to trickle
> charge, although I don't see why.

Read the Manual why do men fail at this



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