Jumper Cables

CusterFan · Aug 26, 2020

Popped on the Audew yesterday. I ordered from the web site but if you choose scroll down on their site and get the code for getting it for $70.55 on Amazon. I bought mine thru Audew so I didn't have to pay taxes.

Tacoma091919 · Aug 26, 2020

CusterFan said: ↑

Popped on the Audew yesterday. I ordered from the web site but if you choose scroll down on their site and get the code for getting it for $70.55 on Amazon. I bought mine thru Audew so I didn't have to pay taxes.

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I just ordered this one too lol. I’ll throw this one in my truck and the other I just bought in my wife’s car. Nice find, great price.

I ordered through Amazon with the discount code, so I had a couple bucks in taxes but will get 5% back from prime and they will have to make a donation to the SAF because amazon smile. Win win.

davidstacoma · Aug 26, 2020

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Oh I've got a good jumping story that happened to be a few weeks ago and is a good reason why spending money on quality cables is worth it.

So my friend gives me a call and his car just "turned off" while driving up a hill on the freeway near my house. I drive out there and car has a dead battery, no lights. Thinking the alternator probably went out I wanted to hook up cables to see if the dash lights would come on and it'd start, so we could at least move it to the next exit to a more accessible area.

So we hook up the cables and I get in my truck and bring the rpm's just a bit. After about 10 seconds my friend says "it's turning the alternator". Mind you the key is not in the ignition of his car. I look over and sure enough I can see the alternator pully jerking slowly and my thought process went like this..

-If the alternator pully is spinning the engine is spinning.
-If the engine is turning its drawing a lot of power.

I look up to his battery just as the smoke starting to come out of the cables, and I screamed to disconnect them, and when he tried they were too hot. He ended up just grabbing the middle of the cable and yanking the clamps off his battery and by this time the smoke was really building up. I had just read a reddit story about a battery about to explode recently so it scared the hell out of me. Everything was fine with my truck luckily but I'm thinking a battery box is nice to have, or at the very minimum cables that won't catch on fire; I'm really surprised a fuse didn't blow.

What happened with his car is the starter broke and was constantly trying to start his car, even while driving down the freeway, so it killed the battery.
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Well this wins the jump story of the year award for sure!

CusterFan · Aug 27, 2020

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Yeah we all do - to be honest my truck is seldom in a parking lot in the sun for very long, I keep it under the rear seat storage area. My other vehicles do and I check them usually once a month and I charge them (just top them off to full) probably every 3-4 months. However I bought one for my daughter's SUV - she is away at college. She parks in the sun there as she does not have a garage or covered parking. The NOCO stays in the back of her car in the netting behind the back seat. I've asked her to keep the cover over that area, she says she does (?). She comes home a couple times a year and I check it - it usually needs a LITTLE of a recharge. She has used it several times, when she drained her battery (playing the stereo with the car off between/after classes. The NOCO has worked every-time. I would not worry about it losing charge - just keep it under the seat and check it every so often. Good luck.
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shakerhood said: ↑

I think the brand I have is Rugged Geek, it stays behind the back seat all year round and I probably only have to top it off a couple times a year. They also make jump boxes with capacitors instead of batteries, when you hook it up to the battery that needs a boost it charges the capacitors.
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PilotguyPA28 said: ↑

I do leave it 100% of the time in my Lexus. I can check it after 6 months and it’s still nearly 100%. I have used it several times for friends and myself and it’s started first time every time. I will recharge it after using it although I don’t need to. It’s a great item to have in a disaster, too. You could recharge your cell phone many times. Oh I have the GB70.
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GSDLVR123 said: ↑

Yeah we all do - to be honest my truck is seldom in a parking lot in the sun for very long, I keep it under the rear seat storage area. My other vehicles do and I check them usually once a month and I charge them (just top them off to full) probably every 3-4 months. However I bought one for my daughter's SUV - she is away at college. She parks in the sun there as she does not have a garage or covered parking. The NOCO stays in the back of her car in the netting behind the back seat. I've asked her to keep the cover over that area, she says she does (?). She comes home a couple times a year and I check it - it usually needs a LITTLE of a recharge. She has used it several times, when she drained her battery (playing the stereo with the car off between/after classes. The NOCO has worked every-time. I would not worry about it losing charge - just keep it under the seat and check it every so often. Good luck.
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I contacted Audew and asked about the max heat the Audew jump starter is rated at. They told me the max temperature is 65 Celsius or 149 Fahrenheit.

CusterFan · Aug 27, 2020

Tacoma091919 said: ↑

I just ordered this one too lol. I’ll throw this one in my truck and the other I just bought in my wife’s car. Nice find, great price.

I ordered through Amazon with the discount code, so I had a couple bucks in taxes but will get 5% back from prime and they will have to make a donation to the SAF because amazon smile. Win win.
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You will get yours before I get mine too. I do like to use my Amazon Prime though.

helix66 · Aug 27, 2020

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+1 on the jump box. Mine has a couple USB’s, a cig lighter socket, and a work light on it as well. Like the video said, it’ll yell at you if you don’t hook it up right and won’t turn on. I take it out and plug it in every month or so that way it’s good if I ever need it. I helped an employee at basspro with it while I was on my way out a while back, he had a Ram 2500 and it had him running in 2 min.
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