Car battery jumper boxes

Originally Posted by simonkenton7

I do have one pointer about battery maintenance. Don't check fluid level with a cigarette lighter.
When I was a paramedic I worked 3 cases where guys wanted to check the fluid level. The removed the little caps and they got their face right down next to the battery, so they could see it well. They lit up the Bic and the battery exploded.

When I got there, the guy is jumping around and screaming, his face is covered with battery acid.
You would think it would cause blindness but not necessarily so. You have to "irrigate" the eyes. These three calls were all at houses, I would grab the guy and pull/drag him into the bathroom, turn on the shower, and, fully dressed I got into the shower with him and sprayed shower water into his eyes. I held his head and held his eyes open.

Did that for about 15 minutes, then hauled ass to the hospital, all three of those guys had their vision saved.

The battery cases have a designed weak spot in the corner around the post to aid pressure release during an explosion. The idea is to have the post area blow off while retained to the cable.

Last edited by MM879; 11/26/20.

Re: Car battery jumper boxes Hubert #15462563 11/28/20
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,228 Likes: 1 Marshall NC S simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter
simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,228 Likes: 1 Marshall NC	I got the GB40 off of Amazon for a hundred bucks. Arrived in two days. This thing is tiny! I have been watching the reviews on youtube, very impressive. A guy was up in the snow up north, left the headlights on all night on purpose to drain the battery, plus he left the GB40 out in the car all night so it was also cold. It was 19 degrees outside. He cranked that vehicle right up, switched it off and cranked it again. Must have cranked it 20 times. Impressive. It is so small it will be easy to carry it around in the cab of my pickup. Very easy to charge and very easy to use. You don't worry about finding an engine part that is unpainted you hook it right to the battery posts. Very strong clamps with the GB40. If you should hook it up backwards, it won't blow anything up it will just refuse to work and a warning light will come on. In other words, moron proof. One aspect is funny. I figured it had a cord that you plug into a wall outlet. No. You charge it on your cell phone charger. I charged mine at home off the cell phone charger but you can also charge it from the cigarette lighter in your vehicle. It took me 8 hours to get a full charge.

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