Jump starters

I have the same unit also, seems be pretty good, house batteries an option but the TOPDON, just connect the leads and start.

Only way to go!! dont go near the 2000 they are being flogged off and discontinued 3000 easy to use starts a TD 100 series effortlessly as well as charge phones/laptops etc

But if you buy a cheapie, you will need it and it will let you down . Michael

Says suitable for starting most diesels up to 4.5L, does specify under what conditions. It also doesn't specify how many Ah it is, these units are usually around 10Ah so they won't recharge your battery. The biggest Topdon unit is 3000A peak, 24 Ah and will start a 7Ltr diesel, it still wouldn't be able to charge a standard cranker which is usually around 100Ah on a large motor.

They also made a claim in their catalogue that it is the most reliable unit on the market, as soon as companies start making those sorts of claims I turn off.

Interestingly most of the top end units look pretty similar so are probably made in the same factory.

It offers more information than most. And yes, it will recharge your battery - having had this for a couple of years and needing it to do exactly that on my farm for a 5.6L petrol. I had mine nicked around a year ago and decided to buy the same as I have used it to start my Y62 Patrol, a LC200 diesel, my tractor and everything in between. MY jumps were only the Y62 and the tractor... but the others were friends or work-colleagues' vehicles.

Personally, I go by what someone would/ has re-bought than commentary. And I re-bought this one which hasn't let me down yet.

Are there better ones - I have absolutely no doubt. But this is a known for me. Not sure on the Topdon unit, but having access to 240V power to recharge the unit, we managed to charge the Patrol's battery back up to where it started the vehicle.

Same factory? possibly. Same design copied by others? Very likely. As I say though - it's one of the few that makes this claim and hence why I bought it. I am with you on the 'most reliable' garbage, however. I'd like to see how these things fail, in reality, if they're in any way made correctly.

Agree to disagree, a 10Ah jump starter can not recharge a 100Ah lead acid, it can put 10Ah in it buts that is all.

"Same design copied by others?"

Far as I'm aware Projecta don't make anything, from their website:

"Many Projecta products are designed and engineered by highly qualified personnel within the Projecta team and are manufactured to precise specifications by world class suppliers."

Most likley made / sourced from China who seem to make most of the jump starters anyway.

Yeah, sorry - didn't mean Projecta started the design, little doubt they didn't.

As for the 10Ah thing - well it worked.... and as I didn't make clear at all (reference the 240V), we had to charge it once more (so two charges) from a mains power outlet to transfer enough for it to work. Maybe that was all the battery needed, who knows.

But certainly not disagreeing with you regarding the 10Ah comment. I'd have to fight physics on that one, and the best that's ever gotten me is a stuck hand in the engine bay or under a seat with cuts to get it out.

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Hey SoftRoader (or anyone else), what the hell is "Clamp Power" ?

Marketing speak, Allan.

From the Projecta website:

Makes you wonder where the 1200 Peak amps comes from, perhaps if you pull it apart and short the battery terminals:)

What did the instructions say regarding charging, you shouldn't need to charge it every 3 months but even then it shouldn't swell up unless severely overcharged.

If you owned a PX1 Ranger or equivalent BT50 you would know!! The dopiest electrical system known to man.

Howdy Frank

Yes - I do have a ten year old PX1 Ranger, 2.5 years out of the original battery - 2.5 years out of the following replacement SSB battery and now the current Bosch battery I put in is still going strong after 5 years !

Depending on use you'd think you should get at least 4 years out of a modern battery.
I personally think a lot of the Ranger battery problems stem from the car being locked all the time.
I went overseas for three months and left my Ranger in the carport unlocked and when I got home it started perfectly.

I will probably need to start shopping for a new battery this week after posting this and jinxing myself lol


Cheers
Gazz

Funny you say that Gazz.

My Troopies battery won't flatten while the immobiliser is 'on', but leave it off and a flat battery is the result.

Only reason we started to get a flat battery was that (a) it was the original and amazingly 8 years old and (b) I was too lazy to go and get it replaced ( until it was giving me the @#$%s jump starting the car more often !!

G'day Gazz,

I got a year and a half or so out of the OEM battery, same with an SSB replacement, now 3 plus out of a Supercharge Allrounder. Strange things happen to the BT when a battery has declined so that it needs a jump-start. Car starts ok, but goes into limp mode, or if not that some mode where transmission shift patterns are all stuffed up. A fresh battery instantly fixes it, so I guess it has something to do with extra low voltage when the battery dies under cranking.

The BT50 doesn't have the so-called "smart charge" system that the PX1 has, but it still has weird logic where parking lights are automatically on if a door is not fully closed - easy to miss in broad daylight - and some other electrical quirks. And contrary to what you posted, I was told by my dealer that the car is not fully dead until all the doors are closed and it is locked with the fob. So that's what I do. Maybe it's the cause of my poor battery life, LOL - though 3 plus years out of the Allrounder is not too bad. However I know it's on the way out, it doesn't like being parked for a week.