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by unics 3883 days ago
This is good to know. I just bought my first Anker charger a month ago to be able to start my car if needed and to charge my phone. It came with really nice cables which really pleased me and I've been able to test the charger on a strangers truck that happened to be parked next to me in a parking lot. It did great btw. I just happened to stumble onto it on Amazon and thought I'd give them a shot.
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Wait, you can use a mobile battery pack to start a fucking vehicle? Was that one of the ones with 12V DC out? How did it have enough current?
Presumably you leave it connected for a while to charge the car battery, and then start.
They are powerful enough to crank the engine.

Random youtube demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZeFiJA5LM

Wow, I stand corrected. That's impressive.