[Shop-talk] Battery Starter/Charger

[Scott Hall]

I have had several varieties of the 'jump boxes'. They're fine if the
battery is just dead enough to not start the car.

For diesels or truly drained batteries, you want the old-fashioned
charger/starter.

And the one I had was older than me (well, probably not, but still) and
died, so I'm looking too.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 4:35 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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> 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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