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Does a jump starter have to be fully charged to work?

By Frank Diaz Leave a Comment

Jump-starter is a portable power pack that you can use to give a jump start or boost to a car with a bad battery to start its engine.  Some people might think that a jump starter has to be fully charged to jump a car, but that is not the case. A good-brand jump starter … [Read more...]

By Frank Diaz. Filed Under: Gadgets, Tips Tagged With: charging, jump starter, maintenance

Can a Jump Starter charge a Car Battery?

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Jump starter is a portable power pack that gives a boost of energy to your car to "jump-start" or "boost start" a car with a dead battery. Jump starter put any energy into your car battery directly, but gives that power to the starter motor of your car and spins it to crank the … [Read more...]

By Frank Diaz. Filed Under: Gadgets, Tips Tagged With: 12v charger, battery charger, car battery, car charger, jump starter

Can you use a portable jump-starter on a Motorcycle?

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It may look that portable car battery jump starters are only for cars, but that's not true. Combustion engines used in cars and motorcycles are very similar in many ways. They both take regular gas and use a 12v battery (like many modern cars) to spin the starter motor. So can … [Read more...]

By Frank Diaz. Filed Under: Gadgets, Tips Tagged With: battery, jump starter, motorcycle, portable

Can you take a Jump Starter on a plane?

By Frank Diaz 2 Comments

I am planning a trip across the states to my friend, and he asked me to bring him a jump starter. So I did some research on whether you can take a jump starter on a plane or not and found some very interesting regulations regarding carrying lithium-ion batteries on a … [Read more...]

By Frank Diaz. Filed Under: Gadgets, Tips Tagged With: carry on, jump starter, plane

I tested 19 Best Jump Starters: These 3 are my FAV

By Frank Diaz 8 Comments

When you are looking for a jump starter or booster pack, every manufacturer “claims” they got the best deal. They want to show you the numbers and charts to prove that their jump starter is the best. This is what they have to do to sell more. I found out that some of this can be … [Read more...]

By Frank Diaz. Filed Under: Gadgets Tagged With: jump starter, reviews

About Me

Hi everyone, my name is Frank Diaz and I am the face behind GaragestPicks.

Let’s be honest: I have a special kind of obsession with cars and I have owned a lot them.

And Fixed them myself too.

To save some money and buy tools and then fix more cars, buy more tools. You get the point.

Frank Diaz

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