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Old 07-06-2011, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
speaking about the "jump boxes" wall mart has a great one for 99.00 it's a 1200amp unit with air compressor (that sucks) and a 400 watt inverter, along with two 12v sockets and a USB socket.
it jumped two of my cars with no battery in the car!

since OP is done, how is it that these little jump chargers work? Ive seen them just plug into the cigerette lighter and jump the car, but how in world can they draw that many amps through the cigarette lighter and fuse?
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