Lidl portable jump pack

People might not be willing to give a jump these days in case of damage to electronic controllers in newish cars (theirs, not yours).

Had that exact one for years for the motorbike. Very handy it was as it just sat under the seat.

I don't see a limit on that one, but the one I had said max 1.6 litre engine I think, not 100% on that figure .

Lithium ion batteries I'd say, so shouldn't lose much charge over time. You could check it periodically to verify this.

No, your post is pure shite.

Depends on how often you use it as well, I think. I bought a belt sander there once. Still works. But how often do I use it? My friend helped me with a job on my house once that involved that belt sander, and he was complaining that it starts slow (it does) and it was cheap shite and he always buys brand stuff. When I pointed out to him that he uses his tools daily, as a carpenter, and I don't, as an accountant, he understood.

My Targa laptop from 2006 still works too. Used it for a number of years, then bought a newer pc, still used it occasionally because sometimes you just need a laptop (a pc is not exactly portable) and now I keep it mostly because it has the software for the LPG-system of my car on it.

I have the version of this that came out last year and wouldn't be without it - it's pulled me out of many a battery issue with an older car I have. It holds the charge for quite a while, I pull mine out of the boot every 6 weeks or so just to keep on top of it. Probably the best thing I've ever bought for my car.

I have a Noco one, and the battery is actually tiny in terms of capacity, genuinely about the same size as a phone. It just has insane current output when shorted.

I have one of these Li-ion charging packs from Halfords, was decent enough but I left it in the shed for over a year and the battery is gone way down so that it won't charge at all - anyone know of a way to give a small bit of power to it to get over that minimum threashold for charging?

It shouldn't have a minimum if you're using it's own charger. You could try connecting it to a good battery for a few hours though. It might just back charge it if it hasn't a diode on the line. Other than that it's prob the bin.

The battery is so low the charger either can't detect it at all or thinks it's goosed and won't initiate charging. The only way to see if its salvageable is to open it up and get a 12V charger directly onto the battery back for a while. It should be fairly obvious where the + & - are once you disassemble it. Just be careful not to cross anything.

Connected it up to a drill battery and once it had a little juice, it charged away as normal. Cheers lads

the powerbank/jump starters are back in lidl today.

Is the ugga dugga thery do any good? https://www.lidl.ie/p/20v-cordless-vehicle-impact-wrench/p10021665?pageId=10041793&tabCode=Current_Sales_Week

Would only be used on our own cars here.

Cheers, ya I actually have loads of that series of tools, cordless grinder gets a ton of use, circular saws, jigsaws etc so have loads of batteries. Another cant hurt tho!! Wouldnt trust any ugga dugga on wheel nuts without checking them with a breaker bar, but good to have it said!