Greetings all, I just received a mailing from Surplus Computers which is advertising a 12V Auto JumpStart and Air Compressor for $19.99.
On closer look, this appears to be exactly the same unit I have (purchased at Costco a year ago for around $60) for portable ops. It contains a 17.5Ah SLA battery, a light, an AC trickle charger, a cigarette-lighter style DC adaptor, a DC-DC charging cord (for plugging into your car), an air compressor with hose and jumper cables! I hacked mine with leads directly to the battery inside and terminating to PowerPole connectors (yes, I have drunk the PowerPole Kool-Aid and it was good!) and take a West Mountain 5-way DC power strip with me to park picnic tables. This is a killer deal for 20 bucks (plus shipping on 23 lbs). Heck, I think for the price you could remove the SLA battery and throw the rest away if you wanted to. Hint: the AC trickle charger is pretty much useless... a few hundred mA takes days to recharge a 17.5Ah battery... I use an A&A Engineering 1A charger to charge it up when I get home... usually overnight does it. Here's the link: http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=TOL10130 I have no idea how long their "sale" price is good for. 73 de N7BNT - Doug Disclaimer: I have absolutely nothing to do with this company except as an occasional customer! _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
