Emergency Jump Starter / Charging System

[RickUK]

5 hours ago, 1515Art said:

Rick, about two years ago I drove my old Mercedes ml into a snow drift up a dirt road in the Sierra on purpose and got stuck. First I tried just a straight pull with the 4K winch, but the car didn't hardly budge (flat ground)  I have a recovery snatch block that doubled the pull to 8k and that pulled me from the snow no issue although I have no real way to measure how much pull I'm getting from the little jump starter. The 9k winch on the front of the jeep is a whole different league compaired to the atv winch. A set of jumper cables will power the winch off the car battery also I've done that too. But the ability to take the little winch with the portable power on a hike is useful. One day I pulled two big rotten trees and a big boulder out of a giant hole the old timers left behind and still had power to use it farther up the hill to expose new ground under a couple of down trees, however your charger may be different capacity, good luck with however it works. 

I hear exactly what you are saying,of course a dedicated front winch mounted on a purpose built winch bumper is the proper tool for the job and of course its wired direct into the main harness,thats the way forward especially if you do alot of off roading or miles away from any form of help,so thats is your insurance that it will get you out of almost all difficult situations.

But for the most part on my permissions or my detecting sites on farmland in general here in the UK as yet i have never got stuck that requires a real heavy hitter winch setup,in my mind it would be a massive amount of money sitting on the front end of the truck that would maybe used once or if at all,so this is the reason that i went down the route of a temp recovery winch with the snatch block,i do have a plug in lead plug like what the use on forklift truck chargers so i can use the winch direct from the vehicles power source.But if the truck battery goes flat and i am unable too start the engine,i could/can still if need be use the temporary power supply and temp winch with the snatch block.

So if the occasion ever did occur,which as yet its never happened then at least i could have a 'very good chance' of getting out of a stuck situation.With the snatch block method that i use it doubles the pulling power of a winch but reduces the speed of the line retrieval,but line retrieval speed is not a issue as such its the pulling power,also the added beauty is that if/when i was too sell my 4x4 then i could transfer it over to another truck.So although its not the ideal 100% setup it does work and as long as one is aware of the limits of the setup then use it accordingly.

[egixe4]

I have one of those Noco units, purchased from Supercheap Auto here in Australia.

They are a great thing Steve, and do the job very well, highly recommended bit of kit.

Cheers,

Mal

 

[Northeast]

5 hours ago, Jim_Alaska said:

I had a small chain saw for firewood in camp. I also has a spare fan belt. I took the chain and bar off of the saw put the fan belt where the chain went over the pulley on the saw. The fan belt then went over the alternator pulley. I wired the chain saw securely and started it. This effectively charged the battery and we were on our way in about a half hour.

First name Jim.  Last name MacGyver!!   ?  ?

[Hobo]

The pulling power of  electric winches is measured when there is only one wrap on the spool, as the wraps multiply the pulling power diminishes a bunch.

[Steve Kiesel]

Steve H, what are your  thoughts on the NOCO GB150 now that you've had it for awhile?  Did you use it to charge any detectors and/or cell phones?  Thanks.

[Mike Hillis]

.....all the winch talk is making my come-along seem so out dated.   I guess I could tape a 9 volt to it somewheres.......

 

I think Jim_Alaska qualifies for a guest appearance on the Red Green show!   That was very well done!

HH
Mike

 

[Steve Herschbach]

1 hour ago, Steve Kiesel said:

Steve H, what are your  thoughts on the NOCO GB150 now that you've had it for awhile?  Did you use it to charge any detectors and/or cell phones?  Thanks.

It is is my truck right now but no, I never did get around to using it as a charger or anything. Quite happy with the purchase however - I detect alone in some places where the peace of mind is worth every penny.

[1515Art]

My Walmart jump starter bounced around in the back of the Jeep and accidentally turned on the led light and eventually killed the battery down to where it wouldn’t take a charge anymore, so after researching the different options settled on the JNC950 as a replacement. It’s kind of pricy and a tad on the heavy side, but packs enough juice to fire up a commercial diesel truck in freezing conditions and I can use it for the winch, domestic fridge (when I get one) and as a jump starter of course.

[Dig It]

I have charged my 800 just a couple times with my NOCO GB40 was damn glad I had it, but no number on how many charges  one could get out of it, with it having a full charge. They sure are a piece of mind if you have one in your arsenal, and you don't leave it HOME !!!!!   I wouldn't mind a bigger bad ass type with many tricks but most times I'm on wheeler or hiking in with backpack somewhere and have to think of weight and size. But it sure is nice to take backup power with you these days......