12 volt engine starter to power a lipo charger

[notatoy]

Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

like EVERYONE at the local track uses them to charge stuff.

but here's a tip..
go to the local tip (called the dump over there?) and find the used battery pile.
pick out all the blue batts, the marine ones because they are changed out anualy.
now take out your multimeter and look for anything above 12.6v
if you find one showing that or above that value, either "liberate" it or give the tip guys a few $$ to take it off their hands.
and wu-la, new field battery.

we did this and now have 2 marine grade starting batteries to power field equiptment, they also come in handy to start ye' ol' tractor from time to time. (cant beat 500 CCA)

thanks for your help but think i would rather buy new , the recycling laws are different here in the u,k and dought i could purchase those from the local tip . your help is appreciated if could just purchase this thing and get a couple of hours out of it that would be great ??

[shaunjohnson]

well i happen to know that them starter packs only have a couple of SLA batteries.
the cables comming out of it are simply for show only as the internal batteries are NEVER going to have enough juice to make use of the cables.
go to a battery shop, get yourself either a 20AH gell cell/SLA, car battery or 2-3 of the common 7AH 12v gell cells and wire in parallel.

[notatoy]

Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

well i happen to know that them starter packs only have a couple of SLA batteries.
the cables comming out of it are simply for show only as the internal batteries are NEVER going to have enough juice to make use of the cables.
go to a battery shop, get yourself either a 20AH gell cell/SLA, car battery or 2-3 of the common 7AH 12v gell cells and wire in parallel.

i understand great idea . never thought of that .lol.. thank you .

[zeropointbug]

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Get one of those and you will be set for 15+ years