Best Portable Jump Pack ?

[Trails2004]

What ever brand you purchase- look for an AGM battery in the pack. This type of battery can take the punishment of repeated draw downs better than the conventioanl type of battery.

Northern Tool and Supply offers an AGM battery model look here-

DSR ProSeries Heavy-Duty Jump Start 2200 Amp, For 12V Batteries, Model# PSJ-2212 | Portable Jump Starters | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[robertwhite]

Speak of the devil, just had to use the trukpac this morning. The 06 powerstroke was-a-clickin when I turned the key.....so hooked up and started er up!

Which jump pack do you have?

 

[robertwhite]

What ever brand you purchase- look for an AGM battery in the pack. This type of battery can take the punishment of repeated draw downs better than the conventioanl type of battery.

Northern Tool and Supply offers an AGM battery model look here-

DSR ProSeries Heavy-Duty Jump Start 2200 Amp, For 12V Batteries, Model# PSJ-2212 | Portable Jump Starters | Northern Tool + Equipment

I was under the impression that units with Clore batteries were considered very good. Never heard of AGM.

That unit you linked to seems pretty bad azz though at 2200 peak amp.

 

[Trails2004]

I was under the impression that units with Clore batteries were considered very good. Never heard of AGM.

That unit you linked to seems pretty bad azz though at 2200 peak amp.

You got me with a Clore battery ????? AGM = Absorbed Glass Mat. This type of battery can be mounted in almost any position. AGM's discharge very slowy, can not freeze and as stated can take the punishment that jump packs are subjected to. Sears Platinum , Deka Intimadator, Odyessy are some big brands. Optima is also a type of AGM.

VRLA battery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[robertwhite]

Sears Platinum , Deka Intimadator, Odyessy are some big brands. Optima is also a type of AGM.

VRLA battery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ahhh, never knew what was inside an Optima battery.

Clore makes the battery packs inside of many different brands of jump packs.

 

[scoutcub]

Which jump pack do you have?

Truckpak ES6000......and love it!!

 

[Gary Fowler]

Man, $400 for the heavy duty jump pack and only (3600 amps =275 cranking amps). I think a 850 CCA battery for $70 with a $60 automatic battery tender on a cheap cart would be more power and just as easy to move around for the shop and farm. Those jump packs are OK for putting in the back of your SUV just in case your battery dies, but come on guys if you need that much power for portability, buy an inverter type generator

 

[Gary Fowler]

I bought a cheap $30 jump pack that works fine for my purpose which is to run my 12 volt 15 GPM fuel pump on the bulk diesel tank. I leave it plugged in and charging all the time and so far it works fine for the 2 years I have had it. IF it quits charging, I will just put another $30 out for a new one. IF I only get 2 years of service out of each one, that equates to 20+ years on the $400 one and I am very sure no battery will last that long.

 

[Trails2004]

I bought a cheap $30 jump pack that works fine for my purpose which is to run my 12 volt 15 GPM fuel pump on the bulk diesel tank. I leave it plugged in and charging all the time and so far it works fine for the 2 years I have had it..........

It is the "freeze-thaw" cycles that seem to get ours at work- they are kept in the service trucks without a constant temperature. We try to keep them charged at all times- that is very hard when you live on the road during the week.

You may have given me an idea- use a small plug in type inverter with a battery maintainer to charge the jump packs during the drive time.

Thanks

 

[some zilch]

even though some of these models claim big amp numbers, they still dont have much in the way of cca or ca. also, using the above northern tools unit as an example, how much current can you pass through 4ga cables?--not much. to me, heavy duty jumper should be nothing less than at least 0ga cable. i heat up 1/0 jumper cables pretty good trying to start some of my stuff, 4ga wouldnt last 1 jump. i have since made some 20ft long 2/0ga jumper cables, and they will start anything.

i think if i HAD to have some kind of jumper with an air compressor, electrical outlets, lights, and all this other garbage, i would get something ready made and hope it lasts. best bet for the OP, since it seems he wants to use it more to run lights, is to get a small generator, like a suitcase honda, and use it to power a bettery charger when needed, and then lights or an air compressor when needed. i'd rather be able to plug a machine in to warm the coolant for a while, and then jump it, rather than just keep wearing out a jumper pack on something that probably isnt going to start anyways