Bought a new gadget I hopefully won't have to use.

[BobT-47P15]

Went to the local battery warehouse store last week and noticed this item.....a small battery jumper unit

at a reasonable price.  (The largest size offered was three hundred and some dollars....they say it's capable of

starting a semi)  This one sells in their store for $116.00....is 12 volt and 1000 amps.  NOCO "Genius" model

GB40.   My Plymouth is still 6 volt....which I have jumped with 12 volts on past occasions.  I just remove the jumper

as soon as I can once the engine starts.  This one is charged via a usb cable which I plugged in using the wall

adapter from my cell phone.  It comes with a cigarette lighter type plug to charge from a vehicle.  

 

The reason I bought this thing is because I drove the car last Saturday  in the Veterans Day parade and wanted a

dependable method to restart it in case it died and was being hard to start.  My battery is fairly new and I even

put a trickle charger on it overnight before the parade.  The car ultimately ran fine even in the cold weather (in

the teens).  The heater worked as good as it works, but took longer to heat up due to the new more efficient

cooling radiator.  And, the speedo cable made strange squalling noises while the needle went berserk.....

As usual, it's always something.  The fun of old cars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[austinsailor]

$96.60, Amazon. Free shipping.

[pflaming]

That I need. TKS for sharing. 

[Mark D]

For six volt jumping, I’d suggest avoiding hooking this directly to the battery terminals. 

 

Although the leads on your device appear to be too short, the safer method to bypass sensitive aging electrics would be to place key in the run position, positive clamp to positive battery post, then use the negative clamp to touch the top post on the the starter until the car starts.

 

 

[BobT-47P15]

I think I can use my jumper cables as extensions.

[Plymouthy Adams]

everytime you lessen the contact patch of connectors and up the amount of connectors in the loop. you will decrease the available amperage to do the job...

[BobT-47P15]

That sounds right Tim.

[soth122003]

My speedo did the same thing once before. Lubed the speedo and the cable and the problem was fixed. I've also jumped mine before using 12 volts. Pos to the eng block and neg to the starter cable at the starter solenoid.

 

Joe Lee

[MackTheFinger]

I have a similar unit I bought on the recommendation of someone on here. It was on sale at Amazon at the time. I've used it a couple of times on my P-15 which has been converted to 12 volt and numerous times on other vehicles. Really handy to have around. 

[austinsailor]

You guys sucked me in - mine should be here tomorrow.

[maok]

I have had a similar unit for a few years now for my 12v '28 Chrysler, very handy. One time the battery went completely flat at night (lack of current from the generator) before I had LED globes in the lights all round, not only it started straight up, but got me home, about 45 minutes drive at night with all the lights on. Not recommended, the unit swelled a bit, still works though.