[BlindHandyMan] Do you have a recommendation for a car battery booster?

2008-12-18 Thread Jerry Richer
Do you have a recommendation for a car battery booster? I've used the kind that you charge up from the wall outlet and connect to the car's battery. I know there are some that plug into the cigarette lighter but I'm under the impression that they take up to a half hour to work. Do you

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have a recommendation for a car battery booster?

2008-12-18 Thread Tom Fowle
Jerry, I don't know about specific products, but you can't pass enough current through the cagarette lighter to start a car if the battery is dead. Usually they're fused for about 20 amps and it takes well over a hundred amps to start most cars. All you can do is push a heavy charge into the bat

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have a recommendation for a car battery booster?

2008-12-18 Thread Brice Mijares
Maybe I'm not fully understanding there question here. Are we talking about sticking a battery charger into the cigarette lighter of the same car that has a dead or weak battery? if so, this wouldn't work.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have a recommendation for a car battery booster?

2008-12-18 Thread chiliblindman
Brice, they make a trickle charger that plugs into the cig-lighter. It isn't used to give your battery a large charge or a full charge. It just keeps the charge kind of topped off so the is maximun power during cold temps. They can be plug in for 120 volt house power or solar hooked to a smal

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do you have a recommendation for a car battery booster?

2008-12-18 Thread Ron Yearns
recommendation for a car battery booster? Maybe I'm not fully understanding there question here. Are we talking about sticking a battery charger into the cigarette lighter of the same car that has a dead or weak battery? if so, this wouldn't work. [Non-text portions of this me