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| Thanks for the reminder. I thought of it last August but never followed up. Mines charging as I write this. |
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| I did mine last week and it was down and needed to be charged up. |
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| I’ve set a recurring reminder on my phone to charge my jump starter every three months. |
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| Got it out from the back today while doing my Winter prep. I think everyone should at least have jumper cables and a good Winter kit , just in case. |
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| Checked my NOCO a few days ago, and was around 75-80%. Was at 100% the last time I charged it early this year. I also keep an extra long set of cables as a backup. |
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| quote: Originally posted by M'headSig:
I’ve set a recurring reminder on my phone to charge my jump starter every three months.
This is what I do. I have it set to ping me every six months.
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| Max, I was planning on doing that but I figured I’d just call you instead if I need a jump.
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| quote: Originally posted by beltfed21:
Max, I was planning on doing that but I figured I’d just call you instead if I need a jump.
Fine with me. |
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| Check the pressure on your spare tires also. |
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| quote: Originally posted by maxwayne:
With Winter coming, or already here, you should check the charge in your Jump Starter. I checked mine today and it was down to 80%.
We used it last Winter to charge our phones and lap top while our power was out for a couple of days. I also used it once this past Summer to start a friend's car. They seem to loose their charge gradually.
Let's hope we don't need them, but work if we we do.
I moved from central California where it's a novelty if we get frost on the ground during some winters and just moved to where I think the average snowfall is 12 inches for the year. That doesn't sound much, right? But, in any case, should I expect the car battery to die just because it's cold? You have a lead on a decent jump starter?
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| I have jumper cables, but the battery is in another car. |
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| These Lithium battery jump starters are awesome. I have six kids, and I've bought one for the oldest five (the youngest will be 20 in January, but she's never bothered with getting her license even though her grandmother offered her a 2018 CRV with about 25K miles on it...  ). Everyone was home for Thanksgiving, & I charged up 3 of these. I keep telling my kids I won't be around forever to do these things for them. 
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| I’m still a quality jumper cable guy, haven’t made the switch to an actual jump starter. I see the benefit, maybe secondary uses too.
I will second the getting ready for Winter & the cold. The 1st place is tires & psi. |
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| quote: Originally posted by M'headSig:
I’ve set a recurring reminder on my phone to charge my jump starter every three months.
I do mine every two months, along with a couple of spare UPS batteries. Repeating calendar reminder also.
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| I don't have a jump start pack but do have jumper cables.
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