Tool Gear Bandits. BRILLIANT. I'm for ever helping people . But sometimes i get caught out and its not easy to find someone with assistance tools & skills. I'm o'l schools. I'm liking this thing has No extra weight -No battery Has a long life . And i can change vehicles from Diesel to petrol or LPG and not have to replace jump start kit. Thanks I'm watching and learning
I recently purchased the DSR108 and find that the charge time using the max. allowed 5V 2A USB powerbank is exactly 31 minutes 45 seconds when there are no lights showing on the charge meter. This video is a little deceptive in showing a 15 minute charge time from USB because the charge meter indicates that the unit is partially charged with 11 volts flashing when the powerbank is first connected. The owners manual states that charging by USB should be between 20-40 minutes, however, I'm not sure how you could get close to 20 minutes because the unit will not accept a charge from a powerbank that exceeds 2A exactly. I initially tried charging with a 5V 3A and 5V 2.1A powerbank, but the unit would trigger the overload circuit that created a constant clicking sound while causing the powerbank to turn off. I verified operation with a 5V 1A cell phone wall charger and a 5V 1.5A usb port on a laptop without issue before obtaining a 5V 2A powerbank that worked at the longer charge time I mentioned. So far I am mostly satisfied, but I hope the manufacturer will improve it in the future by installing a 3A USB C port which could bring the USB charge time down to 10-15 minutes.
But with a Lithium Ion jumpstarter, you could have started the car right away because most the pack power is used by the starter directly. This product apparently only charges up the battery, which doesn't help a bad dead battery. With a Lithium Ion jumpstarter you could at least still get the car started.
Driving with a battery that is so "dead" such that it can not provide any charge to a capacitor style jumper is not safe. We need to distinguish between what is a DEAD battery vs a DAMAGED battery; Battery voltage less than 11.5 volts is considered a "DEAD" battery, but it still has some residual energy left in it to charge a capacitor jump starter. If a 12 volt battery voltage dropped all the way down to 6 volts or less, you must stop and consider if the battery is DAMAGED. It's not safe to drive with a potentially damaged battery, maybe one of the plates broke off and touching to another plate that can create a short circuit and catch on fire. Also, after a car is started, the battery smooths out ripple currents generated from the alternator protecting on board electronics. In either case driving a car in the absence of a battery or driving with a DAMAGED battery is dangerous. If your car battery frequently goes dead, it will get damaged. You must find out what is the cause. Jump starters are not solution to the problem of frequently dying battery.
No? By definition this is just as much of a jump starter as a lithium or lead acid one in which the supercap power is used directly by the starter. Instead of having a lithium pack you need to keep charged, the supercaps take the weak power of the car battery to charge itself slowly, then when you hit the button, it dumps all the energy back into the car battery in a 10 second burst. Yes, you're right that this won't work a completely bad 0V battery ON ITS OWN. You could always charge the Schumacher from a good battery first and then carry it over to your dead battery if you really needed to. But if you had a battery so low you couldn't charge the supercap then it's not a car that was recently driven anyway. The most common scenario is going out to your car in the morning or after work and finding out that your car won't start. This product solves exactly that and is designed to be a safer, longer lasting alternative to carrying a lithium pack.
I seem to collect ultracap jump starters like Lays potato chips, cause I like them. The 69 dollars for the DSR108 prompted me to get yet another one just for lawn tractor use, though I already have one in each of 4 cars - 3 Autowits and one Schumacher.
Just purchased one too.
Very expensive gadget to maybe use once a year if that.
Very handy to have as part of my emergency civil defence pack
Yes. But the fact that you don't have to remember to keep it charge up is worth it.
Used it a few times for myself and helping others. Works great
Tool Gear Bandits. BRILLIANT.
I'm for ever helping people .
But sometimes i get caught out and its not easy to find someone with assistance tools & skills.
I'm o'l schools.
I'm liking this thing has No extra weight -No battery
Has a long life .
And i can change vehicles from Diesel to petrol or LPG and not have to replace jump start kit.
Thanks I'm watching and learning
I recently purchased the DSR108 and find that the charge time using the max. allowed 5V 2A USB powerbank is exactly 31 minutes 45 seconds when there are no lights showing on the charge meter. This video is a little deceptive in showing a 15 minute charge time from USB because the charge meter indicates that the unit is partially charged with 11 volts flashing when the powerbank is first connected. The owners manual states that charging by USB should be between 20-40 minutes, however, I'm not sure how you could get close to 20 minutes because the unit will not accept a charge from a powerbank that exceeds 2A exactly. I initially tried charging with a 5V 3A and 5V 2.1A powerbank, but the unit would trigger the overload circuit that created a constant clicking sound while causing the powerbank to turn off. I verified operation with a 5V 1A cell phone wall charger and a 5V 1.5A usb port on a laptop without issue before obtaining a 5V 2A powerbank that worked at the longer charge time I mentioned. So far I am mostly satisfied, but I hope the manufacturer will improve it in the future by installing a 3A USB C port which could bring the USB charge time down to 10-15 minutes.
But with a Lithium Ion jumpstarter, you could have started the car right away because most the pack power is used by the starter directly. This product apparently only charges up the battery, which doesn't help a bad dead battery. With a Lithium Ion jumpstarter you could at least still get the car started.
Driving with a battery that is so "dead" such that it can not provide any charge to a capacitor style jumper is not safe. We need to distinguish between what is a DEAD battery vs a DAMAGED battery; Battery voltage less than 11.5 volts is considered a "DEAD" battery, but it still has some residual energy left in it to charge a capacitor jump starter. If a 12 volt battery voltage dropped all the way down to 6 volts or less, you must stop and consider if the battery is DAMAGED. It's not safe to drive with a potentially damaged battery, maybe one of the plates broke off and touching to another plate that can create a short circuit and catch on fire. Also, after a car is started, the battery smooths out ripple currents generated from the alternator protecting on board electronics. In either case driving a car in the absence of a battery or driving with a DAMAGED battery is dangerous. If your car battery frequently goes dead, it will get damaged. You must find out what is the cause. Jump starters are not solution to the problem of frequently dying battery.
No? By definition this is just as much of a jump starter as a lithium or lead acid one in which the supercap power is used directly by the starter. Instead of having a lithium pack you need to keep charged, the supercaps take the weak power of the car battery to charge itself slowly, then when you hit the button, it dumps all the energy back into the car battery in a 10 second burst.
Yes, you're right that this won't work a completely bad 0V battery ON ITS OWN. You could always charge the Schumacher from a good battery first and then carry it over to your dead battery if you really needed to. But if you had a battery so low you couldn't charge the supercap then it's not a car that was recently driven anyway. The most common scenario is going out to your car in the morning or after work and finding out that your car won't start. This product solves exactly that and is designed to be a safer, longer lasting alternative to carrying a lithium pack.
I just purchased one
Nice. Hope you like it as I like mine
@@toolgearbandits7223 I will get mine today from mail hope I like mine too.
I seem to collect ultracap jump starters like Lays potato chips, cause I like them.
The 69 dollars for the DSR108 prompted me to get yet another one just for lawn tractor use, though I already have one in each of 4 cars - 3 Autowits and one Schumacher.
Noypi ka ano?
Just bought one for 20 dollars