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Tim+ wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Rod Speed wrote:
newshound wrote

Anyone got any experience with them, or can recommend one?
Only for a 1.3 petrol engine plus general use as a mobile supply.

I did see the video someone posted, in here from memory.

Amazing what it would start car engine wise given how small it was.

Not that much bigger than a fat pack of cigarettes from memory.

My guess is it will only work where the car battery is only slightly
too low to start the car. Willing to bet it wouldn't work with no car
battery in place, or totally flat. So rather like most jump start
packs.


You might be surprised. Okay, this clip is an ad but there are plenty
reviews of similar devices starting V8 engines with NO battery (other
than
the jump starter obviously).

http://youtu.be/9Zyv5kztfU8

Wonder how many cycles of this it would survive?

Expect it would be pretty decent given what
the most demanding power tools manage.

Was the engine cold or hot?

One of the ones I have seen was with the car
in a frigid situation, in Canada or somewhere.

Haven't noticed anyone using one on Ice Road Truckers
tho, but that is a very different situation where the
problem is the diesel congealing, not the battery.

How long is the warranty?

Pretty decent with the best of them.

Be nice to hear from someone who owns one.

Not really much of a sample tho. Those videos are pretty convincing.

Haven't bother to get one yet myself. Only needed to
replace the car battery the once in the now 10 year old
car and that was a faulty battery with a weird symptom
and not the usual dying of old age.