This is great addition to your workshop

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I have just bought one of these and they are astonishing. The battery on my 4.2 V8 S4 was completely flat and this great gadget started it straight up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7xWhyr-dDI



What is really remarkable is why the very thin leads don't get hot.

Edited by apexcone on Thursday 16th April 17:41

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Eric Mc said:

Would this work on a diesel engine battery?

I've recently had trouble with a bettery on my FIAT Ducato motorhome. I ended up buying a new battery which is working fine. But this looks quite impressive.

Yes, I imagine it would one of the tests they did is place a 2010 Chevy Truck, 6 ltr V8 in -30 conditions, take the battery out of the vehicle and use the booster to start it, it started straight up.

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Eric Mc said:

Would this work on a diesel engine battery?

I've recently had trouble with a battery on my FIAT Ducato motorhome. I ended up buying a new battery which is working fine. But this looks quite impressive.

Yes, I imagine it would one of the tests they did is place a 2010 Chevy Truck, 6 ltr V8 in -30 conditions, take the battery out of the vehicle and use the booster to start it, it started straight up.

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Toaster said:

Eric Mc said:

Would this work on a diesel engine battery? I've recently had trouble with a bettery on my FIAT Ducato motorhome. I ended up buying a new battery which is working fine. But this looks quite impressive.

A battery is a battery its capacity may be big or small but typically a 2.0l petrol will have a similar rated batter to say a 2.0l diesel so typically its just its capacity. regarding (Its amp hour rating)

http://www.ctek.com/gb/en Ctek do a good range and

Halfords do a nice charger as well

http://www.halfords.com/motoring-travel/bulbs-wipe...

The origional poster, well regarding thin wires there could not have been much wrong with your battery. Doesn't matter how good the charger is if you tried using 50-60 ampd down those leads you would have to have called the fire brigade

It isn't a charger as I understand it, its a booster 400amp.

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This gives a better picture of the leads

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Another video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnMPhgbEhNQ

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I primary bought this because my Cooper S Race Car has no charging system and only runs a motor cycle battery, so when Im at an event and it gets stop/started moved it drains the battery, Im going to use this as a slave starter whilst its in the paddock.

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Eric Mc said:

That is nice.

Thanks, a few more pics. 1440cc 9600 rpm, 148 BHP

Edited by apexcone on Friday 17th April 19:37

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You right I posted the wrong picture

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runkle1112 said:

Sensible comments as always toaster.

The battery in it has a capacity of 2150mAh and yet it can start a 6.0L engine. This may be nothing to you, but to us mortals (who cannot start a car with a AAA battery and some ninja tricks), it's pretty cool.

What does the average starter drain ?

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sjmmarsh said:

Looking at the example video, the unit is acting as a booster for the main battery, not a replacement. The instructions tell you to connect it to the battery for 30 seconds before cranking - assuming a shortish cranking time of 5 secs, you can get 6x the Ah into the battery that the unit on its own is capable of delivering. I know from my r/c raving days that you can exhaust a 2000mAh Nicad battery in under 5 mins, which equates to a sustained current of 12A (and makes the batteries very hot!). The unit is substantially bigger than a r/c unit, so it should have batteries capable of delivering a bigger punch than C cells.

If the starter is 1.5Kw, it will consume 125A, with a higher initial peak needed to get the whole lot turning.

Conclusion: it probably can't start a car on its own, but it will be able to boost a depleted battery enough to allow the engine to catch.

Steve

In this test the battery is completely dead, is that the same as not having a battery when you say "on its own" ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnMPhgbEhNQ

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This also has a USB port for charging phones.

There on sale here at Canadian Tire for $119.00 so I bought 3 for my family members.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/noco-genius-gb30...