4 In 1 Jump Starter Halfords 594335. Is It any good? Has Mixed Reviews?

HalloweenJack

Hi, does anyone have the specs to the charger for the 4 in1 jump starter please? Managed to lose mine and the shop are useless for help where to get one

neilmcl

Did you consider looking on the Halfords website:

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/battery-maintenance/jump-starters/4-in-1-jump-starter-594335.html - "Input: 230V AC (Charging Adapter)"

I would guess something like this would work.

Also the jump starter is a rebadged Phaze 4 in 1 starter so you could look for adapters for that.

kfoto

As a follow on, I have had this Phase 4 in 1 for now 7 years and worth every penny. I first discovered the charger is inadequate giving at best half an amp output. So as I have a battery charger for sealed lead acid batteries, I opened the case to make a provision to create two holes by the terminals.  But the circuitry inside is far from basic as stated in another review. A complex circuit board with transformers to uprate the current from 17 amps to 350 amps, plus circuitry to give 5v USB charging. I use this regularily with my tyre inflator. It has started my 1.8 several times and my neighbours 2l diesel. Now 7 years later still holds the maximum charge. £40 best money ever spent.

forgotmyname

kfoto said:

As a follow on, I have had this Phase 4 in 1 for now 7 years and worth every penny. I first discovered the charger is inadequate giving at best half an amp output. So as I have a battery charger for sealed lead acid batteries, I opened the case to make a provision to create two holes by the terminals.  But the circuitry inside is far from basic as stated in another review. A complex circuit board with transformers to uprate the current from 17 amps to 350 amps, plus circuitry to give 5v USB charging. I use this regularily with my tyre inflator. It has started my 1.8 several times and my neighbours 2l diesel. Now 7 years later still holds the maximum charge. £40 best money ever spent.

Do you mean its a 17Ah battery with a short burst current of 350amps?

AdrianC

forgotmyname said:

kfoto said:

As a follow on, I have had this Phase 4 in 1 for now 7 years and worth every penny. I first discovered the charger is inadequate giving at best half an amp output. So as I have a battery charger for sealed lead acid batteries, I opened the case to make a provision to create two holes by the terminals.  But the circuitry inside is far from basic as stated in another review. A complex circuit board with transformers to uprate the current from 17 amps to 350 amps, plus circuitry to give 5v USB charging. I use this regularily with my tyre inflator. It has started my 1.8 several times and my neighbours 2l diesel. Now 7 years later still holds the maximum charge. £40 best money ever spent.

Do you mean its a 17Ah battery with a short burst current of 350amps?

Ye cannae change the laws of physics, Cap'n.

Robbo66

I've got one of these and have no issues jump starting my car or campervan, car is 1800 petrol and camper is a 2.5 diesel.
https://www.carparts4less.co.uk/p/streetwize-power-bank-with-jump-starter-400amp-550993770?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh_eFBhDZARIsALHjIKefYnFfzU1L4lp3T6O0wWoJtHqe8_U0N8QRe0kkIFN7nMMyPpBi-zkaAi_sEALw_wcB

You do only get 2 - 3 chances and then it needs recharging on the bigger engine but so far its done as advertised.

forgotmyname

AdrianC said:

Ye cannae change the laws of physics, Cap'n.

Dear Mr Scotty..

You need to spend more time on indigogo etc. Plenty of over unity devices just waiting for funds. 

Robbo66, Read the info closer 300Amp Start Current.  400 Peak is for a very short time, often
fractions of a second. The battery packs nominal voltage is often 11.1v (12.6v) fully charged. With a small
engine and a battery thats in good health then they can be OK but get a car that needs a high cranking
amperage and/or a faulty battery and they can die on their first use.

Built my own pack with 5x 4 cell packs not 3 giving me a higher voltage and a huge amperage.
5x 5Ah batteries 20C giving 100Amps each. Doesnt sound fantastic but thats the batteries constant
drain value, they can burst to 40C which is 1000amps and they can hold that for 20 seconds.

Cost a fair bit more to build than the cheap units out there.

Seen to many reviews of those jump packs where they split and fail on the first use or put out
far less power than quoted.