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Any Experience with Battery Packs?
You've all seen them around; they sit in your trunk until you need a boost, and you don't need any one else to help you out.
Anyways, there's one at XS cargo for $30 bucksIt seems really small, so i'm wondering whether or not these are any good.
Any thoughts?
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Originally posted by r3cc0s
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I have one my dad bought, I cant rember the name but it work's like a charm! never failed! the one I have also has a built in air compressor and that comes in handy alot as well.
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XS cargo has battery packs? What brand?
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no clue, but they're cheap.
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Originally posted by Weapon_R
no clue, but they're cheap.
I bought one and it works fine, crappy tire had the same one for 25 during boxing day.
you can get maybe 3-4 boosts on a single charge, nice to have in the trunk in case you get stuck. You can also help others without popping your hood.
EDIT: 2500HD? you might need something bigger, they only crank out about 300amps.
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Yeah...2500HD
The sucker has 2 batteries, so maybe i'll check something with more than 300amps.
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Hahaha, 2 battery packs???
Sorry, couldn't resist. If it has 2 batteries, I would say that the little battery pack won't quite cope with it.
Although, after my last trip, I wish I had one of them. I needed to get 2 boosts on the return part of the trip =(
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On a note, however, when I parked it for 2 weeks and needed a boost, it started up again with power to just one battery.
Does anyone know how much power is transferred from one car to another during a boost? That might help answer whether this pack is good enough or not.
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Originally posted by r3cc0s
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I used one of those Canadian Tire $25 ones on New Years Day to start my car after I left the interior light on. Left it for a minute to put a bit of charge in the battery and then tried to fire the car up. It defintly didn't have a lot of power, but it did get my car started, barely.
However, I have a Honda CRX... so I'm guessing a 2500HD is gonna something a little beefier. hahaha.
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