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05-12-2012, 10:07 AM
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You should re post for a battery pack
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05-12-2012, 11:09 AM
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How many batteries do you have in your boat.
If you have more than one battery, it is a lot simpler and less expensive to just carry a pair of jumper cables that will reach from any battery to any other battery. I made a custom pair of jumper cables that are always ready to go. REW
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05-12-2012, 02:13 PM
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How about having a tool kit in the boat ??? Takes up less room than a hot pack or jumper cables.
For the rare occasions that happens, move the trolling motor battery to the back and hook up, and head home to get a new battery.
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05-12-2012, 02:19 PM
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I would much rather clip on some jumper cables or hook up a jump box. Especially if its in 5 ft waves with a storm coming. It never happens in good conditions.
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05-12-2012, 04:35 PM
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Purchased 2 different ones for my girls vehicles. One is call Jump Start. Slim but tall. The other is a Sears brand. Short and squat. Both have worked as advertised and both about the same price. The thing that I like about the Sears one is that it has a light on it. Comes in handy while hooking up at night under a car hood. As with any device these, you have to periodically plug them in to keep a full charge.
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05-13-2012, 08:42 AM
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Can't help you with brands - I went through the same thing a while back. The number of amps is what I was told to look at - I purchased a 900 amp model. A friend of mine runs a wrecker business - he sticks with 1500 amp units.
The application is where the difference comes in. For me, I carry in my boat, and one in my car. The one in my boat goes with me on my quad when I'm ice fishing. It has saved me with my quad, a couple times with my truck, and in my boat I've only used it to loan to others that are having issues. At 900 amps it works fine for my purpose. Most of my usage is anticipated for warm wether, and passenger vehicles. The wreckers with 1500 amps - it can be the dead of winter, well below zero, up to semi trucks... It's a big time saver for the wreckers, they get used a lot. 1500 amps works for pretty much whatever situation they are facing. Most of my usage is in warmer wether, and the 900 is fine for me. If you were going to rely on it during tough winter conditions, I'll suggest maybe a bit larger - 1200 or so. If you need to get your 4 WD tractors and diesel pickups running - maybe the 1500 amp category is better for ya.
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05-14-2012, 05:59 PM
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Burr, I assume you're talking Peak Amps, not Cranking Amps?
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