Nice deal on a jump starter battery

[alrock]

Nice deal on Amazon today. I carry this one http://smile.amazon.com/Jump-N-Carr..._1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1453155138&sr=1-1

This is the California rated one, it's actually a bit better than the non-CA one. Normally it's about $150, $99 today.

 

[08H3]

What's the difference between the CA and non-CA version? I couldn't tell on Amazon, but admittedly, I did not look too hard.

 

[scoreh3]

The Ca one probably needs a smog ck every other yr to make the battery acid isn't leaking in to our ground water causing more people to drink bottled water that causes cancer . Or they just charge more because it's Ca. you know like our gas .

 

[Scarsman]

It probably doesn't have a spark suppressor or pistol grip and is limited to 10 amps at a time.

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[JPaul]

The charger is designed to not use as much electricity when charging and maintaining the battery. Rather than actually fix their power grids (because it sounds like they've managed to spend all their money on useless stuff AND ran out of water!) it sounds like they are legislating away the problem by worrying about that quarter amp difference of jump start battery chargers. Totally sounds like a West Coast solution. "Oh, it'll cost us several hundred million to update our power grid that we've ignored the last 50 years? Hmm, well, I'm broke so how about we make everyone be more efficient instead so that we can ignore the power grids until I'm retired."

Mind you, I'm all for being more efficient, but sometimes you can do too much to fix something that is really a symptom of a problem instead of trying to fix the problem itself.

 

[f5moab]

That's just like the one I have. It kept Matt's H1 cranking over and over a few years ago in UT when he had a fuel problem (?). (I think it was Matt's, but it was an H1.) Just charge it up via AC and a standard extension cord, or it also comes with a DC to DC plug for charging in the vehicle while driving. (Not automatic charging via DC though.)

And when camping, you can also plug in a small power inverter and charge cell phones, tablets, etc. I use it more inside my trailer from time-to-time.

 

[alrock]

The CA one has the smarter re-charging technology and won't overcharge the battery when plugged into AC