Is there some reason you couldn't plug it into your truck's cigarette lighter circuit instead of needing a separate battery?
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12v is 12v but I would be concerned that the lighter is not fused/wired heavy enough to handle the amps required to run the thrower. I paid a little extra for the wheeled cart which also carries the battery and works great. Also, you don't need a new battery, I use weak a weak old truck battery.
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the unit calls for a marine deep cycle battery, car battery is designed for cranking amps and than your car runs off the alternator. Deep cycle designed for longer term use with out a charge.
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The circuit wiring is too thin. Not enough power. You could set up a wiring system as if you were going to put in an amp. Just need thicker cables to power it. Just an idea. It would be best to usea deep cycle battery though
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Don't understand the question. Think maybe you would have take the Jumpstarter out of the DC plug to charge the car battery. Hope that helps.
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I had the same problem, couldn't get it to work from my Jeep's cigarette lighter. Finally cut the connector off and soldered on some alligator clips, and clip it right to the battery. That works.
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The voltage is wrong you need a 12v panel directly to the car battery. Most cigarette lighters are off when the key is out. The purpose of those panels is to keep the power up and defray the loss of power from the car not being started each week.
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I don't know why in your case. But sometimes your current battery can be so dead that it needs more juice and charge than a mere jump can offer. I use my power station all the time.
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I have searched and cannot find a battery pack. I e-mailed the seller and they do not sell the batteries and do not know who does sell them. This will be a real problem if something happens to the one pack that comes with the truck.
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Sure is, several ways you can do this basically i'd grab one of these http://goo.gl/s3luSY with this u can use cigarette lighter plug .. or cut the cig lighter plug part off, shore the wires and use either alligator clips or an extended piece of wire if necessary and connect directly to your battery just dont get the + and - wrong. Hope this helps somewhat. - Steve
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This is not one of those that plug into the cigarette lighter. This should be wired directly to the battery. For best results, use heavy cables like on a good set of jumper cables, but shorter (up to 3 feet). Such cables are available separately. As for running the engine, I think that is best. Otherwise, your battery will be used up soon.
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No device works that way to my knowledge. The cigarette lighter/auxillary plug in your vehicle isn't wired in such a way that the battery can draw power from it.
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I did exactly that: Purchased a "cigarette lighter" 12V connector and spliced it on to the wires. It works fine.
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William,I have not experienced any issues what so ever so I will ask the obvious questions: Is your battery adequately charged? You may want to hook up to your truck battery just to test. Sorry for your troubles and hope you find the problem.
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I don't know about that. It runs on regular batteries, plus there's no place to attach to car battery. Why would you do that anyway?
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To Delores: That is an excellent point. I did not realize the cigarette lighter socket is not in the usual locations. One would need to check the width of the ReVIVE PowerUP 4P Multi-port USB and compare to their own vehicle's cigarette lighter socket.
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There is a small white cable that comes with the battery pack, about 12-14 inches long or so. This white cable connects to the pack in between the two USB ports. The pack charges from there. On the other end of that is a standard male USB connector. You can connect it to a cigarette lighter, but you will need a male cigarette lighter -&gt; female USB adapter to plug this cable into your truck. Hope that helps!
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It protects the electronics of the vehicle so it doesn't have to draw more current than the wiring might be capable of of. Many newer vehicles are using thinner gauge wiring that might not be able to handle the current draw for both the vehicle and the trailer lights.
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It doesn't come with one and I've not seen one. You could get an inverter and plug it into that. The inverters plug into your cigarette lighter and have a standard power plug
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You may need some extra wire if you're running it straight to the battery, if you're running it to the fuse box you may need to add a circuit, but either of those are inexpensive, it's worth the money.