Interstate deep cycle sealed lead acid are pretty good option....but ONLY if you buy from a local interstate shop. By doing so you dont risk getting a battery that has been setting on a shelf for many years. Also, ask the shop for a discount cost and its pretty easy to get 15-20% off
That is a great build and the price is not bad. The Stanley or other such devices are hard to beat for the price. I realize this video is over three years old and the prices of LiFePo batteries have come down considerably which I think is a better option. The economics are actually cheaper with the LifePo batteries. A 100 Ah lead acid battery will power a 80 watt load for 8 hrs (60% SOC) taking it below that will damage lead acid batteries and shorten their life and capacity. A 50 Ah LifePo will run the same load for 9 hrs with no chance of damage. The economics are as follows, an 18 Ah Lifepo runs about $60 but is equivalent to a 35 Ah lead acid that will run you about $80. The LifePo weighs approx. 3.5 lbs, is mountable in most any orientation and no spills or venting issues. The 35 Ah La battery comes in at about 23 lbs. and has the mounting, spillage issues. All that being said, I understand your build and video is to show what can be done for very little money and effort. I hope you didn't mind me pointing out today's cost comparisons. Edit: Oh, there is the issue with needing a charger that will charge a LiFePo battery, which means you could have the additional cost of a charger. They can be had for around $50 and up. Personally, I would go with one of the more pricey units such as a NOCO which run about $70.
Great information and you have a very good point. I have upgraded to a Lithium battery and charger since I made this video. Here is the video and the battery upgrade starts around 3:50. Thank you for the great comment. czcams.com/video/X148V0Fi0n0/video.html
Really love this video this is exactly what I need. It would be really awesome if u made a more in depth video for the first and second battery packs. And maybe some links of where u bought ur stuff. Also the max and min of what they could do. Cuz I need to figure out whether it can support the electric cooler I have.
I purchased most everything from Amazon. You can shop around for what you like best since there are many different versions to choose from. I recommend a 100 amp hour AGM battery unless you can splurge for Lithium. You may have to recharge the battery depending on how long you want to run the cooler. I use a 100 watt solar panel to help keep a charge. Solar battery charger video: czcams.com/video/4x1GlMssCjQ/video.html Outlet panel: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYPSLNQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Can you recharge your small ammo box via your vehicles 12volt cig output while driving. Do you need an Inverter? DC to DC? And how do you recharge your small ammo box at home? What device do you use? Can I use something like a Black & Decker BC to charge any battery even LiFePo4?
I can charge all my battery boxes driving down the road from my cigarette lighter outlet for a short period of time. When I am home I use a cheap trickle battery charger that will back off charging as the battery charges up.
The two 7ah batteries you have in box, do you charge them while parallel, or separate them to charge? Would be convenient to charge them with small charger without disconnecting. Thanks for this good info!!!
I leave them hooked up in parallel Inside the box and use a trickle charger. The trickle charger has a 12 volt cigarette lighter plug on the end to make it easy. Thank you!
@Keith on the ammo can battery box, are you using the Car Jack power out port to also charge the battery? It seems like this is the case from your initial video footage. A reply would be appreciated.
Yes I do. I have to turn on the ammo can power switch and use a 12v cigarette lighter type male plug wired to a battery charger or I also have a male to male cable I plug into my cigarette lighter outlet on my truck while driving. I can also use my solar charger if camping off grid. czcams.com/video/4x1GlMssCjQ/video.html
You need a battery charger to plug into the wall then to the battery box. The battery charger changes the AC wall voltage to DC voltage and a good charger will not overcharge the battery. I modified the end of my charger cable with a cigarette lighter plug so I can just plug it in the battery box outlet. You can always just clamp the battery charger ends directly on the battery posts.
You can buy a battery box that will take a full size car battery including Anderson plugs for approx 40USD here in Australia fully fused for those of us no good at dyi.
Check your charger most are 12 volt thus your battery is starting at below dead killing your battery fast everstart from Walmart at least takes it to 13.1 which is better but black and decker does not and in tearing it down it is printed on the battery full charge is over 14 volts and a float charge is 13.4 I've since found out that 10.2 is lowest it should go
That's good information. I need to check it so I can get all the battery has to offer. I try not to run it down too low. Thanks for the suggestion and tip!
As I found out on utube full time RVERS sealed lead acid batteries should be charged to 14.8 after charging stops they settle down to about 14.4 but they need the 14.8 to get them toped up when lead acid batteries first came out they were 2 volts and by putting them in series you got your 12 24 and 32 Volt systems the best for home use had a wind charger and a Delco generator one other brand was Lister both had a shunt wound generator so that you could use the generator as a starter to start it towards the end Delco brought out a new feature automatic start when your batteries dropped to a preset voltage it automatically started then came a new feature on the automobile an electric start and the 6 volt automobile battery was made soon after for the bigger engine a 12 Volt came out then they started improving them making them more compact and lightweight and with better batteries came a creap in volts per cell but the battery started to devide uses now you had the automobile battery which didn't last long when taken to a lower charge but they were lighter with thinner and more plates but batteries were still needed to power farm and towns that didn't have the ability to have a electric system so they also made batteries with thicker plates designed for to provide a steady discharge we call them deep cycle there has been a lot of different battery types brought out over the years one problem with lead acid batteries is they lose some water to evaporation and they weren't very portable if tiped over the acid rain out causing damage then along came the sealed lead acid battery and the uses for them grew in the beginning they were expensive and used in industrial applications then came cheaper one not of the same lasting power of the industrial ones and more uses things like booster packs that you could keep in your vehicle so when you left your lights on and came out to a dead battery just hook it up and you were back on the road then they started adding to the booster packs air compressor that was a great feature when you came out to a flat tire and other features inverters so that you could run power tools and with new technology came the cordless tool and with a booster pack with an inverter you could plug the charger into it and recharge their batteries with cell phones becoming so popular they added USB now you didn't need a cigarette lighter adapter to charge them I've bought one every year or two for the last about 40 years they were cheap I'd wait and buy one when they came on sale I just figured that was the way it was until I found full time RVERS on utube and the big 4 reviewers will proze David poz Jehu and the professor hobo tech while what the big four reviewers did reveiws on were out of my budget what I learned from the RV was that if you wanted your lead acid batteries to last between 5& 10 years you should charge them properly and not discharge below 50 percent you could take them lower but that shortened their life as I learned that you should not discharge below 12 Volts keeping them between 13.4 and 14.4 having a charge voltage of 14..8 I thought they had to be wrong after all the manufacturer of these units should know what the charging parameters should be one was talking about the different battery chemistry out there and said that we should check with the battery manufacturer website to find out what they recommend you set your charge perameter to so I grabbed my old Black and Decker booster pack and a screwdriver to take the back off to find the battery manufacturer but once I got to the battery I didn't have to find the website written right on the battery was do not discharge below 12.2 and the float charge is 13.4 and full charge is 14.8
and on the charger was 12 Volt so I it was no wonder that it died it was dead to start with and taken way to low since sealed lead acid batteries are all the same charging parameters I checked my new Everstarts from Walmart and the charger was also 12 Volt but it's charging circuitry boosted that to 13.1 better but I noticed that it wouldn't boost my PT cruiser as many times between charging it had in around 6 months lost 2 boosts so I checked my battery Chargers to see if one had the ability to charge sealed lead acid batteries to by full one was an automatic so I hooked the clamps to the booster packs clamps and turned to the booster pack on and pluged in the charger it took it to eighty percent but couldn't get it any higher after a few cycles it eventually got it up to 100 percent if I'd found utube sooner I would have rebuilt and upgrade two of my old booster packs for less than the 139$ I paid for one of my booster packs I could have bought new a battery for both added 12 Volt regulated circuitry and USB quick charge and type C ports I will still do two units my Nautilus has a 600 watt modified sine Wave inverter and my other one has a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter and I have 3of them so if the unit dies before the battery I can just put the battery in another theyed be be great for camping or working where power unavailable I did a job one time back when I first started arranged with the customer to have an extension cord out to power my concrete vibrator as I had concrete being delivered the next morning picked up my help and got got there half hour before the truck was supposed to be there and found that he'd forgot to put out the cord could not pour concrete without a vibrator so I got the ladder went up on the power mast to the house and tied directly into the main line coming into the house wrapped the neutral onto the neutral and put a nail into one of the hot but and wrapped the hot to it dangerous but we had power for the vibrator and we got the concrete run and I unhooked it the customer apologize for forgetting to leave power out and as I had already bought my first cordless drill I bought my first booster pack with a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter now I know the proper charging parameters it's saved me a lot of headaches I'm tired of paying 145$ just for the privaledge of being able to turn on a light so I'm looking for a solar generator around a1000 $ or less found two Duracell 1440 watt modified sine wave inverter is not a bad price 500 $ or under and nature's generator with a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter around the thousand dollar mark great utube reviews for both then after many emails and some phone calls I found out their charging parameters are the same as the other ones that use sealed lead acid batteries they charge to just over 13 volts have PWM solar controller and the smaller unit only takes 100 amp's so for every day you use it it'll take two or more to recharge both say that the battery is easy to change but if you have to replace the battery yearly it could get expensive also if you are only charging it half way you lose 1/2 your watt hour capacity so even being as they both have the ability to add batteries for extra run time you'd have to get a bigger solar charge controller so it'll charge up during the day defeates the reason to buy a solar generator
It is a 12volt output but I can use it to as a 12 volt input to charge with using a small charger or a special cable connected from my truck cigarette lighter (male plug on both ends). I have added large terminals on the outside of the large battery box since I made this video.
I purchased a cheap trickle charger from Harbor Freight and made it so I can switch ends from the battery clamps to a cigarette lighter type plug. It will charge any of the battery boxes I have.
USB panel www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYTCRKW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1, USB Panel www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYPSLNQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Battery www.ebay.com/itm/12V-7AH-SLA-Sealed-Lead-Acid-Rechargeable-Battery-for-Verizon-Fios-More/121459962657?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
After the diesel heater goes through the start up cycle it only pulls a small amount of amperage until you turn it off and it goes through the shut down cycle. I tested my diesel heater with the Stanley and it ran it good but I didn't run it long. The heaters are suppose to shut down automatically when the voltage gets low but I have never tested that. Thanks. These videos may be helpful. czcams.com/video/BRLgBq8njuY/video.html czcams.com/video/sbJbV8BuAOs/video.html
@@msk4893 since the jackery is a solar generator you can get a folding solar panel to add power each day the Sun is shining or go to utube and find how to build one it's cheaper to buy to solar panels and add your own hinges and stand some panels come with a cheap charge controller
I usually charge them up when I get back home after short camping trips using a battery charger. I also have a Honda generator if I'm on an extended stay that has a 12v output to charge with. Recently I have purchased a solar panel and charge controller as another option. Thanks for asking.
I was reading some comments and questions re: charging the battery. Can you use the 12v outlet as input too? Also, how would you get an inverter to create AC, as I was thinking of souping up a really nice and powerful battery to be the SLA version of a 1000 Jackery type thing. I want a thermo-electric mini fridge over the long haul, and lots of other gadgets too. I am intrigued with your boondocking camping.
Your power bank probably has 3.7V Li-ion batteries. What really tells you how much energy you can store in a bank isn't Ah, it's Wh (Watts per hour). A 12V 14Ah pack gives you 12 * 14 = 168 Wh. 3.7V nets you about a third (3.7 * 14 = 51.8 Wh).
Unfortunately those Stanley Battery Jump Starters are junk. Mine died within a month. If you look at the reviews on Amazon, every other unit dies within a year. You're much better off making your own rig which won't fail during an emergency. Thanks for the video.
I have been lucky with the Black n Decker 500w jump starts. Since the pandemic I rarely go out, I have jumped my vehicle and other peoples too. I have two for use during hurricane season,.
Thank-You For Your Great Info!! Really Opened My Eyes To Some Very Interesting Size Uses For Ítems I Already Have Laying Around!! Loved Your Video!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
Was very nice of you to make this video. Thank you.
My pleasure. Thank you!
Interstate deep cycle sealed lead acid are pretty good option....but ONLY if you buy from a local interstate shop. By doing so you dont risk getting a battery that has been setting on a shelf for many years. Also, ask the shop for a discount cost and its pretty easy to get 15-20% off
Good to know...Thanks for the tip!
That is a great build and the price is not bad. The Stanley or other such devices are hard to beat for the price. I realize this video is over three years old and the prices of LiFePo batteries have come down considerably which I think is a better option. The economics are actually cheaper with the LifePo batteries. A 100 Ah lead acid battery will power a 80 watt load for 8 hrs (60% SOC) taking it below that will damage lead acid batteries and shorten their life and capacity. A 50 Ah LifePo will run the same load for 9 hrs with no chance of damage. The economics are as follows, an 18 Ah Lifepo runs about $60 but is equivalent to a 35 Ah lead acid that will run you about $80. The LifePo weighs approx. 3.5 lbs, is mountable in most any orientation and no spills or venting issues. The 35 Ah La battery comes in at about 23 lbs. and has the mounting, spillage issues. All that being said, I understand your build and video is to show what can be done for very little money and effort. I hope you didn't mind me pointing out today's cost comparisons. Edit: Oh, there is the issue with needing a charger that will charge a LiFePo battery, which means you could have the additional cost of a charger. They can be had for around $50 and up. Personally, I would go with one of the more pricey units such as a NOCO which run about $70.
Great information and you have a very good point. I have upgraded to a Lithium battery and charger since I made this video. Here is the video and the battery upgrade starts around 3:50. Thank you for the great comment. czcams.com/video/X148V0Fi0n0/video.html
Great video ! Good one to watch !
Many thanks neighbor!
Really love this video this is exactly what I need. It would be really awesome if u made a more in depth video for the first and second battery packs. And maybe some links of where u bought ur stuff. Also the max and min of what they could do. Cuz I need to figure out whether it can support the electric cooler I have.
I purchased most everything from Amazon. You can shop around for what you like best since there are many different versions to choose from. I recommend a 100 amp hour AGM battery unless you can splurge for Lithium. You may have to recharge the battery depending on how long you want to run the cooler. I use a 100 watt solar panel to help keep a charge.
Solar battery charger video: czcams.com/video/4x1GlMssCjQ/video.html
Outlet panel: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYPSLNQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I know I am kinda off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream new tv shows online?
@Andy Quincy Flixportal
@Keagan Hassan Thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it !!
@Andy Quincy no problem :D
My question is, how do you charge the batteries ? What ports do I need to buy so I don't have to take out the battery to charge it ?
I use a battery charger with a 12v cigarette lighter type plug that I wired up on the end. I just plug it in the 12v outlet and let it charge.
I have the same stanley jump box and have replaced the battery in it twice !
My battery is still hanging in there!
1:21 to skip to seeing 3 simple battery box options.
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"Primitive type camping" *brings microwave*
LOL! Shoot yea! If cave men could have had access to one they would have used it too!
Lithium is the better choice. More expensive but much lighter and can be depleted 100% without damage
I agree. I upgraded to lithium and posted a video.
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Great vid, thanks! Umm, is there any way to charge that Stanley power station from a solar panel?
Sure. The same way you would charge the Stanley from your car.
Solar power station video czcams.com/video/4x1GlMssCjQ/video.html
Can you recharge your small ammo box via your vehicles 12volt cig output while driving. Do you need an Inverter? DC to DC? And how do you recharge your small ammo box at home? What device do you use? Can I use something like a Black & Decker BC to charge any battery even LiFePo4?
I can charge all my battery boxes driving down the road from my cigarette lighter outlet for a short period of time. When I am home I use a cheap trickle battery charger that will back off charging as the battery charges up.
The two 7ah batteries you have in box, do you charge them while parallel, or separate them to charge? Would be convenient to charge them with small charger without disconnecting. Thanks for this good info!!!
I leave them hooked up in parallel Inside the box and use a trickle charger. The trickle charger has a 12 volt cigarette lighter plug on the end to make it easy. Thank you!
Does it regulate 12V to 5V USB? How, does the Voltage regulator components fit into that round connector?
I'm guessing it is as good or no better than the cheap little usb adapters readily available. So far I have not had any problems with it.
Wow the Stanley has sure gone up in price, it is $132 from Walmart now!
Wow! Definitely shop other brands and better options at that price. Thanks for the update!
@Keith on the ammo can battery box, are you using the Car Jack power out port to also charge the battery? It seems like this is the case from your initial video footage. A reply would be appreciated.
Yes I do. I have to turn on the ammo can power switch and use a 12v cigarette lighter type male plug wired to a battery charger or I also have a male to male cable I plug into my cigarette lighter outlet on my truck while driving. I can also use my solar charger if camping off grid. czcams.com/video/4x1GlMssCjQ/video.html
@@geenote Thanks!
Can a person use a regular wall outlet plug in with either of these battery options?
You need a battery charger to plug into the wall then to the battery box. The battery charger changes the AC wall voltage to DC voltage and a good charger will not overcharge the battery. I modified the end of my charger cable with a cigarette lighter plug so I can just plug it in the battery box outlet. You can always just clamp the battery charger ends directly on the battery posts.
Thanks for all info is really good information I am just wondering can we charge this jumper through the solar
Yes you can.
Why would somebody put Bells and Whistles on a ammo battery box?
Anyone know? To scare animals away maybe?
Yes...plus they look cool.😎
You can buy a battery box that will take a full size car battery including Anderson plugs for approx 40USD here in Australia fully fused for those of us no good at dyi.
Sometimes DIY costs more than paying someone else. Thanks!
Check your charger most are 12 volt thus your battery is starting at below dead killing your battery fast everstart from Walmart at least takes it to 13.1 which is better but black and decker does not and in tearing it down it is printed on the battery full charge is over 14 volts and a float charge is 13.4 I've since found out that 10.2 is lowest it should go
That's good information. I need to check it so I can get all the battery has to offer. I try not to run it down too low. Thanks for the suggestion and tip!
Could you explain this to me? You cannot discharge deep cycle batteries? What is the point of the power if you can't use it?
As I found out on utube full time RVERS sealed lead acid batteries should be charged to 14.8 after charging stops they settle down to about 14.4 but they need the 14.8 to get them toped up when lead acid batteries first came out they were 2 volts and by putting them in series you got your 12 24 and 32 Volt systems the best for home use had a wind charger and a Delco generator one other brand was Lister both had a shunt wound generator so that you could use the generator as a starter to start it towards the end Delco brought out a new feature automatic start when your batteries dropped to a preset voltage it automatically started then came a new feature on the automobile an electric start and the 6 volt automobile battery was made soon after for the bigger engine a 12 Volt came out then they started improving them making them more compact and lightweight and with better batteries came a creap in volts per cell but the battery started to devide uses now you had the automobile battery which didn't last long when taken to a lower charge but they were lighter with thinner and more plates but batteries were still needed to power farm and towns that didn't have the ability to have a electric system so they also made batteries with thicker plates designed for to provide a steady discharge we call them deep cycle there has been a lot of different battery types brought out over the years one problem with lead acid batteries is they lose some water to evaporation and they weren't very portable if tiped over the acid rain out causing damage then along came the sealed lead acid battery and the uses for them grew in the beginning they were expensive and used in industrial applications then came cheaper one not of the same lasting power of the industrial ones and more uses things like booster packs that you could keep in your vehicle so when you left your lights on and came out to a dead battery just hook it up and you were back on the road then they started adding to the booster packs air compressor that was a great feature when you came out to a flat tire and other features inverters so that you could run power tools and with new technology came the cordless tool and with a booster pack with an inverter you could plug the charger into it and recharge their batteries with cell phones becoming so popular they added USB now you didn't need a cigarette lighter adapter to charge them I've bought one every year or two for the last about 40 years they were cheap I'd wait and buy one when they came on sale I just figured that was the way it was until I found full time RVERS on utube and the big 4 reviewers will proze David poz Jehu and the professor hobo tech while what the big four reviewers did reveiws on were out of my budget what I learned from the RV was that if you wanted your lead acid batteries to last between 5& 10 years you should charge them properly and not discharge below 50 percent you could take them lower but that shortened their life as I learned that you should not discharge below 12 Volts keeping them between 13.4 and 14.4 having a charge voltage of 14..8 I thought they had to be wrong after all the manufacturer of these units should know what the charging parameters should be one was talking about the different battery chemistry out there and said that we should check with the battery manufacturer website to find out what they recommend you set your charge perameter to so I grabbed my old Black and Decker booster pack and a screwdriver to take the back off to find the battery manufacturer but once I got to the battery I didn't have to find the website written right on the battery was do not discharge below 12.2 and the float charge is 13.4 and full charge is 14.8
and on the charger was 12 Volt so I it was no wonder that it died it was dead to start with and taken way to low since sealed lead acid batteries are all the same charging parameters I checked my new Everstarts from Walmart and the charger was also 12 Volt but it's charging circuitry boosted that to 13.1 better but I noticed that it wouldn't boost my PT cruiser as many times between charging it had in around 6 months lost 2 boosts so I checked my battery Chargers to see if one had the ability to charge sealed lead acid batteries to by full one was an automatic so I hooked the clamps to the booster packs clamps and turned to the booster pack on and pluged in the charger it took it to eighty percent but couldn't get it any higher after a few cycles it eventually got it up to 100 percent if I'd found utube sooner I would have rebuilt and upgrade two of my old booster packs for less than the 139$ I paid for one of my booster packs I could have bought new a battery for both added 12 Volt regulated circuitry and USB quick charge and type C ports I will still do two units my Nautilus has a 600 watt modified sine Wave inverter and my other one has a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter and I have 3of them so if the unit dies before the battery I can just put the battery in another theyed be be great for camping or working where power unavailable I did a job one time back when I first started arranged with the customer to have an extension cord out to power my concrete vibrator as I had concrete being delivered the next morning picked up my help and got got there half hour before the truck was supposed to be there and found that he'd forgot to put out the cord could not pour concrete without a vibrator so I got the ladder went up on the power mast to the house and tied directly into the main line coming into the house wrapped the neutral onto the neutral and put a nail into one of the hot but and wrapped the hot to it dangerous but we had power for the vibrator and we got the concrete run and I unhooked it the customer apologize for forgetting to leave power out and as I had already bought my first cordless drill I bought my first booster pack with a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter now I know the proper charging parameters it's saved me a lot of headaches I'm tired of paying 145$ just for the privaledge of being able to turn on a light so I'm looking for a solar generator around a1000 $ or less found two Duracell 1440 watt modified sine wave inverter is not a bad price 500 $ or under and nature's generator with a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter around the thousand dollar mark great utube reviews for both then after many emails and some phone calls I found out their charging parameters are the same as the other ones that use sealed lead acid batteries they charge to just over 13 volts have PWM solar controller and the smaller unit only takes 100 amp's so for every day you use it it'll take two or more to recharge both say that the battery is easy to change but if you have to replace the battery yearly it could get expensive also if you are only charging it half way you lose 1/2 your watt hour capacity so even being as they both have the ability to add batteries for extra run time you'd have to get a bigger solar charge controller so it'll charge up during the day defeates the reason to buy a solar generator
How do you connect both batteries to the one usb interface ?
Batteries are connected together in parallel configuration.
Thanks Sir for information
You're welcome! Thank you!
Where is the website to buy the supply?
What supply?
Great video.thanks much...How many volts and watts is it and how many phone charges will it offer?
The smallest battery box is 14 amp hours and easily keeps my cell phone charged on a 3 day trip.
@@geenote thanks
A microwave while camping? Haha
You princess.
I also use a lighter rather than rubbing sticks together.
Is the 12V port. Input and output ??? I'll also look at Amazon, u mentioned
And how did u make the charger for the first box???
It is a 12volt output but I can use it to as a 12 volt input to charge with using a small charger or a special cable connected from my truck cigarette lighter (male plug on both ends). I have added large terminals on the outside of the large battery box since I made this video.
I purchased a cheap trickle charger from Harbor Freight and made it so I can switch ends from the battery clamps to a cigarette lighter type plug. It will charge any of the battery boxes I have.
Awesome video! What did you use for dividers in the ammo box?
Rectangular "Magic Eraser" type sponges. 😆
Could you add the links of the amazon purchases and eBay
USB panel www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYTCRKW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1,
USB Panel www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYPSLNQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Battery
www.ebay.com/itm/12V-7AH-SLA-Sealed-Lead-Acid-Rechargeable-Battery-for-Verizon-Fios-More/121459962657?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
14 ah ? how much do you discharge those battery ?
Not much - I don't want to damage them and don't need much power for a short trip.
Great and very informative Vid. I am wondering how long 5kw diesel heater run by Stanley jump pit?
After the diesel heater goes through the start up cycle it only pulls a small amount of amperage until you turn it off and it goes through the shut down cycle. I tested my diesel heater with the Stanley and it ran it good but I didn't run it long. The heaters are suppose to shut down automatically when the voltage gets low but I have never tested that. Thanks. These videos may be helpful. czcams.com/video/BRLgBq8njuY/video.html czcams.com/video/sbJbV8BuAOs/video.html
@@geenote Thanks! I am kinda torn between Stanley vs Jackery 240. I am usually camping about 2-3 days most so I guess Jackery would do the job.
@@msk4893 I would go with the Jackery 240. The Jackery 500 is $400 - $450 sale price which would be worth the extra cost if possible.
@@geenote Yes. I think 240 serves my purpose at this time. Thank you the response!!!
@@msk4893 since the jackery is a solar generator you can get a folding solar panel to add power each day the Sun is shining or go to utube and find how to build one it's cheaper to buy to solar panels and add your own hinges and stand some panels come with a cheap charge controller
How do you charge your battery boxes?
I usually charge them up when I get back home after short camping trips using a battery charger. I also have a Honda generator if I'm on an extended stay that has a 12v output to charge with. Recently I have purchased a solar panel and charge controller as another option. Thanks for asking.
@@geenote you can charge it on the car
@@ivankirola2707 Yes using cable connected to 12 volt cigarette lighter type outlet
I was reading some comments and questions re: charging the battery. Can you use the 12v outlet as input too? Also, how would you get an inverter to create AC, as I was thinking of souping up a really nice and powerful battery to be the SLA version of a 1000 Jackery type thing.
I want a thermo-electric mini fridge over the long haul, and lots of other gadgets too. I am intrigued with your boondocking camping.
14Ah? I have a powerbank with more but only 2 USB outputs.
The two 7AH batteries are good but I'm thinking about building a middle size version just like I want.
Your power bank probably has 3.7V Li-ion batteries. What really tells you how much energy you can store in a bank isn't Ah, it's Wh (Watts per hour).
A 12V 14Ah pack gives you 12 * 14 = 168 Wh. 3.7V nets you about a third (3.7 * 14 = 51.8 Wh).
@@coccoborg Good to know. Thanks!
@@wOhst happy to help :) I remember this being a major headache a few years back when I was learning it ;)
You can replace last battery
Yes I believe so.
How much sir
I talk about the cost throughout the video....
If it cal your confused.
I connected solar.....
I finally did the same. I have a video to post this weekend on a portable solar charger that I built..
Unfortunately those Stanley Battery Jump Starters are junk. Mine died within a month. If you look at the reviews on Amazon, every other unit dies within a year. You're much better off making your own rig which won't fail during an emergency. Thanks for the video.
I agree making your own is better. I've used the Stanley for 2 years with no issues. Maybe lucky?
Thanks!
I have been lucky with the Black n Decker 500w jump starts. Since the pandemic I rarely go out, I have jumped my vehicle and other peoples too. I have two for use during hurricane season,.
Just replace battery. 20 bucks
14Ah heheh
tons of videos but half of them are useless, just self centered people..