[Shop-talk] Battery Starter/Charger

[Bob Spidell]

Thanks, Ben.  I have a 'jumb pox'--Cat brand from Costco--and used it 
twice.  Once, it helped a low-battery Toyota start, but wouldn't crank 
my Mustang when its battery died.  I also need 6V; this one is 12V only 
(but it does have a compressor built-in).

Bob


On 9/6/2018 4:42 AM, Benjamin Zwissler wrote:
> I was considering getting one of these as well but as I shopped I 
> found the selection greatly diminished from 10+ years ago when I last 
> looked.  They seem to have largely been supplanted by the "jump boxes" 
> which are much smaller, self-contained  battery packs that can jump 
> large vehicles while being small and portable.  It made me rethink 
> buying one of wheeled chargers/jump starters and I haven't yet bought 
> anything.  Harbor Freight still had one choice in the charger/jump 
> starter plug-in boxes, but they had a dozen choices of jump boxes.  
> Not sure what you were looking to primarily use it for, but you might 
> consider the jump box as an alternative.
>
> Ben....
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:15 AM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net 
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Listers,
>
>     I'm in need of one; one of the larger, (usually) wheeled type (I
>     already
>     have 'trickle' chargers).  It has to start/charge both 6V and 12V
>     engines.  The prevailing brand appears to be Schumacher, does anybody
>     have opinions on that brand or know of any better?  I'm thinking
>     in the
>     $200 range, but will go higher if there's a 'must have.'
>
>     TIA,
>     Bob
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