Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "Best Car Jump Starter 2022? Jump Start a 5.9L Diesel \u0026 7.4L Big Block? NOCO, Autogen, Yesper, Gooloo" video.

  1. G'day, mate. I bet you spend a lot of time reading comments! At the start of this video, watching the capabilities of these jump starters, I began to think that I should upgrade from my current jump starter. I have one of those oldish-school bulky starters with the lead acid battery hidden inside the plastic casing. It weighs about 12kg (26lb?), has a USB output, 2 12 volt cigarette-type outputs, 1900A cranking power, and can start anything from a 5 litre petrol to a 3.5 litre diesel. However, I've started higher-capacity diesels with it before. It will happily crank my 4.0l petrol motor multiple times before needing a recharge, which is usually overnight. I rely on this jump starter at the moment because my vehicle has a dead alternator and I can't afford to replace it just now. So, serendipitously, I have three 12-volt batteries of the same type and rating that I can swap out of my ute when they start to dip in voltage. If I get caught down the road I can use the jump starter to get me home. At the moment I also carry one of the spare batteries in the car because I don't want to kill the ones I have before I can get the cash to get new alternator. Anyway, after watching your tests, I reckon I'll just wait it out. My old jump starter works fine and the 300 bucks I could spend on a new, smaller, perhaps less robust starter could be better spent towards a new alternator...After all, my old faithful cost me over 200 Aussie Dollars.
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