My recent hassle with a dead
battery made me realize that jumper cables aren't very useful without someone else around to give me a jump. I could have salvaged at least some of my day if I had a portable jump starter. This item certainly deserves further research.
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The battery charger that I have also has a function of jump starting the car, but it has to be plugged into an outlet.
The problem with carrying around a portable charger is that if you're driving around where you may be at risk of using it, you should probably be buying a new battery anyway.
Did you notice any symptoms from the old battery before it died?
I didn't notice any symptoms. Pepboys told me it had a dead fuel cell. The battery wouldn't hold a charge. A jump could start the car, but even after leaving the engine running before turning it off again I still needed a jump to restart.
I've seen portable jump cables that run on a battery. I wasn't thinking of carrying it in the back all the time, but just for situations like this--so I wouldn't have to waste time waiting for someone able to give me a jump. One annoying thing, though, would be having to make sure the portable jump cables were always charged.
Another thought: with a portable jump cable, I wonder if it would have been okay for me to go to work? I could have jumped myself after work to go home, and dealt with finding a new battery the next day or on the weekend.
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