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<p>'Mains' in the UK are 240V, correct?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/7/2018 1:55 PM, jonnic1947 wrote:<br>
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<div>This is not exactly what is being discussed but I bought
one 30+ years ago and it has never failed on any flat battery
that was not completely sulphated. On diesel engines up to 6
litre capacity.<br>
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<div>Maybe expensive but with the GBP currently on the floor
versus the USD there's no better time to buy.<br>
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<div>Your only problem will be that any neighbour with a poor
starting car will always be wanting to borrow it.<br>
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<div>---- On Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:07:26 +0000 <b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eric@megageek.com"><eric@megageek.com></a></b>
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class="size" style="font-size:13px">Bob,</span></span>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">Another option
is what I do. I hate those anemic jump boxes. They
are pretty much just an undersized battery with
cables attached.</span></span> <br>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">What I did was
get some quick disconnection battery terminals like
these, but heavier duty...</span></span> <br>
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href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Anderson-SB120-Connector-Kit-Blue-2-Awg-6801G1/270508372567"
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style="font-size:13px">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Anderson-SB120-Connector-Kit-Blue-2-Awg-6801G1/270508372567</span></span></a>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">Then I put them
on my zero turn mower. The battery I use in that
tractor is a normal car sized fit and I put a high
CCA battery in it.</span></span> <br>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">When I need to
jump start something, I can quickly remove it from
the tractor, and attach the special jumper cable I
made (with one end having that connector) to the
battery and I'm in business.</span></span> <br>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">Sometimes I
don't even need to remove the battery from the
tractor.</span></span> <br>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">If you don't
have a tractor (or other toy) that takes a car sized
battery, and you can't find a proper jump charger,
just buy a normal car battery and trickle charger.
It beats the jump box because it's cheaper with
more power.</span></span> <br>
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<div><span class="font" style="font-family:sans-serif"><span
class="size" style="font-size:13px">Just another
option.<br>
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Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>
Tech Viper<br>
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your
rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on
the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo
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