.... if it worked

I was browsing round my local cheapy shop (The Range in Colchester) and came across a Draper 600Amp jump start power pack for £19.99 (over £40 on eBay). They looked really well designed so I decided to invest and trotted off home to give it a try.



The damn thing had a fault which meant I couldn't charge it so I went back to exchange it (20 mile round trip but hey ho) and asked if the shop could test the replacement in case of any similar problems. It turns out that the whole batch was faulty so I am out of luck.

Ah well, it was a nice day for blatting anyway


[Edited on 3-2-08 by RazMan]

That'd be the chinese quality control then

ATB

Simon

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That'd be the chinese quality control then

ATB

Simon

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Probably lead in the plastic colourant too!

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The damn thing had a fault which meant I couldn't charge it so I went back to exchange it (20 mile round trip but hey ho) and asked if the shop could test the replacement in case of any similar problems. It turns out that the whole batch was faulty so I am out of luck.

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I got one of these things a while back, it's so pathetic. It provides so little power that I might aswell just charge the dead battery, never once has it had the grunt to turn an engine over.

I must have been lucky then with the dubious brand £20 one from ebay...
Mine had enough oomph to start 3 dead landies in a row

I suppose it depends on the cranking current these things are capable of - they vary quite a lot from 600 Amps (peak) upwards. They are probably better at assisting a partially dead battery than replacing one. Obviously size is important in this case anyway.
They often have a handy compressor and worklight incorporated in the design, which could be handy at times.