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| Thread ID: 110023 | 2010-05-31 23:59:00 | Jump starting a vehicle. | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1105497 | 2010-05-31 23:59:00 | Hi, I just saw this product on the Herald: . nzherald . co . nz/travel/news/article . cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10648868" target="_blank">www . nzherald . co . nz How good are they? It looks v small and it works from inside of the vehicle . When I went skiing last year I left the interior light on and the battery was so low a jump box didn't work (connected to the battery terminals) . I guess the question might be, if the battery is so low are there any jump box that will work? Cheers . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1105498 | 2010-06-01 00:05:00 | Probably not. | Cato (6936) | ||
| 1105499 | 2010-06-01 00:24:00 | I wouldn't trust that thing at all....:badpc: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1105500 | 2010-06-01 03:01:00 | I dunno, I've heard that they are pretty good. Unless it isn't compatible with your car. Probably a reasonably useful thing to have considering they don't cost that much and a lot of the time you don't run your battery completely dead flat. If you can run a battery dead with an interior light in the space of 12 hours or less then your battery isn't very good and you should probably think about replacing it. I left mine on all night and didn't realise until I had started the car and turned around to look out the back window (where the light was). | ryanjames.powell (13554) | ||
| 1105501 | 2010-06-01 03:06:00 | I left it like that for 48hrs :p They had ice, I didn't have chains so I caught a ride up. The remote key didn't unlock the doors, lol. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1105502 | 2010-06-01 03:48:00 | it will be worse than the normal jump boxes. cigi lighter socket only takes 10-15 amps or so. its going to take a long time to charge up a big battery with that. also not all cars have the cigi socket live without the ignition on. at least the normal direct to battery jump boxes can put out some decent current. but because you can only put a small charge into the car battery it can't be dead flat for it to work. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1105503 | 2010-06-01 04:13:00 | I left it like that for 48hrs :p They had ice, I didn't have chains so I caught a ride up. The remote key didn't unlock the doors, lol. Do some jappers only have keyless entry?. Be a supreme bugger with a dead flat battery do have to crawl up from underneath and attach a wire somewhere to charge battery or get some power for the ignition circuit? Never had that problem in all the **** old cars I have owned. Kia still had key but if battery flat in immobilizer drama had to input code with accelerator pedal. E93A, Oxford, Model A just gave them a wee crank. Dont think I will ever buy flash new car too complicated nowdays. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1105504 | 2010-06-01 06:04:00 | It had a key entry as well as a remote button thingy.... :D I know what u mean - fingerprint entry. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1105505 | 2010-06-01 06:42:00 | Even on a real warm day I want more than just my fingerprints to be able to get entry. That is taking digital driving to ridiculous levels. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1105506 | 2010-06-01 07:13:00 | It had a key entry as well as a remote button thingy.... :D I know what u mean - fingerprint entry. The usual keyless entry just has a button on the door that activates the wireless system that checks that you have the key fob in your pocket. The fob also does normal remote lock unlock and has a concealed key. |
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