does anyone keep a jump starter in their vehicle(s)?

[Eldorado2k]

The interesting thing about the new ones is that they have numbers on the clamps to tell you what the order to connect them is, which I always have to look up as I jump start so infrequently.

That’s a pretty thoughtful idea for them to be numbered like that.

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[MisterSnoop]

Got to use my jump starter yesterday and today. First time on my own car. I had been measuring the cold cranking amps regularly. It was ~515 this summer and was down to 370 last week. I had decided I was going to go get a battery this week.

Yesterday, one of my girlfriend's refrigerators went. Soda didn't seem cold so I grabbed my thermometer from the garage, which was ~47F, and stuck it in the fridge. The temperature went up in the fridge. We opened the freezer and the ice cube bin was full of water. So we tossed everything in the freezer and moved some stuff from the fridge to the one in the basement (the beer fridge). I decided to go to the grocery store and get some new milk, etc. Car really struggled to start. When I went to leave the grocery store, I had to use the jump starter to get home. Battery lasted 4 years to the day since I picked up the car. Then i used it again this morning to get to BJ's to get a new Interstate battery. Rated for 640 CCA. I did a test on it when I got home and it was over 700. Should be able to get a more accurate test after a long commute to charge it up.

Now to recharge the jump starter.

[PouncingPanzer]

Usually in my wife's car it is also a 120psi air compressor fairly handy.

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[VISITOR]

topped off all the jump starters today...