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(More customer reviews)I've seen dozens of late night infomercials showing the stranded lady and 2 kids in their nice warm car with tons of snow outside just plugging a jump start device into the cigarette lighter outlet and turning over the dead vehicle which now starts like magic.It's all ficticious, and bad acting to boot.
First off, the starter motor on my honda pilot draws 240 amps.On my humvee it draws 680 amps.The fuse on ALL vehicle's cigarette lighter outlets is 10 amps and not a penny more - so there is no way you will ever run the starter through the cigarette lighter without adding a blown fuse to your list of electrical problems.
But what about letting a running car use the 10A to put enough charge into the dead car to start it.BZZT - that ain't gonna work either because the running vehicle has probably a 14VDC voltage at the lighter socket, while the dead car has lets say 8VDC for a difference of 6V!That tiny wire that they use has such a high resistance that the whole 6V difference is lost in the connecting wire leaving nothing to charge the dead car.
There are 2 ways to jump start a car..
If you do it occasionally, buy a good set of 4GA cables and keep them where you can get to them.Amazon has some good ones like Coleman Cable 08666 16-Foot Heavy-Duty Truck and Auto Battery Booster Cables with Polar Glow Clamps, 4-Gauge which are not too long and use heavy duty 4GA cable capable of actually running your starter from the other vehicle's battery+alternator together.
If you do it professionally (eg fleet vehicles or tow trucks) install an "anderson" power connector in the front bumper and hardwire it to your truck's battery - then on your set of cables remove the two clips and install the mating anderson connector so you don't even have to pop the hood to jump yourself or give someone else a boost.You can also put anderson connectors on your battery chargers/testers so you can check your battery without having to climb into the engine compartment.Nicely done this is a very convenient high current 12VDC outlet on your vehicle with alot of uses.
Basically the lighter socket should be used for running cell phone chargers (0.25A) or portable worklights (1.0A) - but anything that claims to get more than 140 watts from a lighter is stretching it and possibly going to blow your lighter fuse.
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Meet the Black & Decker Simple Start Vehicle to Vehicle Battery Booster.This item is small enough to fit in most glove compartments and has 3 easy steps to operate the unit.Plug, Charge and Start!Just plug it into the car cigarette lighter of the working vehicle then connect the orange plug into the non-working vehicle, give it a few minutes and hey presto, 'vroom, vroom'.No jumper cables required.It even sports an LED light to indicate charging process.
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