Capacitor Jump Starters

[Motorhate]

Has anybody got one or used one? They seem a great idea, without any need for a battery as such and no need to keep charging up a conventional heavy battery jump starter.

The principal is that a flat battery can be started by it's own remaining power by charging the capacitors and then that charge being reversed back to the battery to provide a surge of power to start the engine.

https://youtu.be/AMT9mJylvdE
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[doggone]

The one in the video is £180 on Amazon, not really worth buying when you can just do a normal jump start one way or another.

[Motorhate]

I've seen them for just over £100:

https://www.westfalia.net/shops/car_accessoires/equipment_and_accessories/in_an_emergency/car_starters/1520417-mobile-jump-start-box.htm?art_nr=873490&gclid=CjwKCAjw8_nXBRAiEiwAXWe2yRB37AiwIyMg1CcpFa_97WYkeVcl-3cs7C-ZZ3voATskN6iXgn-dJBoCFg4QAvD_BwE&utm_medium=1.+SEA&utm_source=Google%C2%A0Adwords+WWC%C2%A0Produktdaten+UK&utm_campaign=Google%C2%A0Adwords+WWC%C2%A0Produktdaten+UK
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[MCN]

They 'charge' too much for them.


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[The Artist]

Are they much lighter and smaller than these new lithium jump starters you can get?

[J4mes]

I have a lithium ion unit at work, it stays charged for months , is a a touch smaller than a vhs cassette and can jump start a transit.

was about £80 from a company called nightsearcher

[stinkwheel]

It's bigger than the lithium battery jumper packs and I've seen one of those start a transit van four times on one charge.
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