Is 500 amps strong enough to jump my mazda3 completely dead?
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If it's fully charged, it should be. Jumped my dead Subaru Legacy Turbo with this thing.
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If you could tell the capacity of your battery then we may compare. I personally found this starter useful even for completely dead battery. In that case, I simply leave starter connected to battery for whole night to transfer some charge to car's battery. Then charge starter again and it always works... Also I noticed that if car has computer on board then you need to pay attention that after successful start there are no errors displayed. Those errors may mean that car will NOT charge battery and even after 100km drive, you will end up with the same dead battery. Wish you safe driving!
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I would recommend having at least 500w-800 for a good pound, if u want a comp system it'll hold up to 3500 watt amp. But that's professional hook ups for that, I run these 2 12s with a SSL 1500 watt amp only pishing 700 and it rattle my car!
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it has been used on motorbikes for sure. It just needs to be in amp mode. If you're doing parasitic load, then you're focused on DC Amps. The 117 has up to 6, while the 88 has up to 10. I don't see a big issue as you're just doing parasitic, not actual use. If anything actually pulls more than 6, you'll blow the internal fuse and have to replace it, but that's about it. Shouldn't be a problem(I've just tested mine on my car and it works).
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obviously you know the controller doesn't work. Why do you wnt to replace it with one which only delivers 350 w, if you want to only use 3/4 of the power your motor has, that is fine, if you want full power (you don't have to use it all the time) buy the 500 w controller... Gunter
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Amp rating is 100A continuous and 500A in a 10 second burst. Im unsure of the voltage limit but id guess your golf cart wont be pulling more than 100A. I use this switch for my dedicated race car.
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This can provide some power for "jump-starting" any car, but realize that the battery in this is the size of what you'd see on a riding lawn mower or generator. Since it's really not that big, I find the "Gives you 500 amps" labels a pretty big lie. I hooked up another brands unit like this to my car and disconnected the regular battery to try it out. It started the car (ford festiva 4cyl), but the starter was slow barely going. I believe this has a 18 amp hour battery just like mine. If I had a fully drained car battery (like from a light left on all night) and I left it connected while hooking this up, I'm afraid the drained battery would "steal" most of the charge from this battery and probably make both too weak to start the car in as little as 30 seconds. So I'm not keeping my hopes too high on these, especially if talking about a fully drained car battery (whereas if you left lights on while in a movie for 2 hours it has a good chance of starting it). Feel free to look at reviews (both some low and high ones) and see if others suggest about the same thing. Also FYI if you want a way to compare these to your car/truck battery, here's one OEMs definitions of rating batteries: CCA (Cold cranking amps) = The discharge load measured in amps that a new fully charged battery can deliver at 0 degrees F for 30 seconds and maintain a terminal voltage greater than 7.2 VDC. CAA (Crank assist amps) = The discharge load measured in amps that a new fully charged battery can deliver at 70 degrees F for 5 seconds and maintain a terminal voltage greater than 7.2 VDC. These battery packs are labeled using the CAA system, so to convert to CCA dividing the "500 amps" by 6 will give you a closer number (and I get that 6 factor from the 30 sec test of one versus 5 sec, not to mention temp factors).
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There is no ground. Run a common power to the lug on top and fused power comes out the sides. If using on an auto one option would be to use a self tapping screw to chassis ground the circuit.
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Hello Peggy, If you Plan to use a load that surges to the 3,000 watt rating then you must use a 250 amp fuse or resettable circuit breaker for the Input side. This unit works well up to 1,000 watts It does not perform well on large start up motors like a Vacuum cleaner. I use this unit for small loads that require a pure sine wave. Mike
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In my car I'm running a shunt between the alternator and the negative terminal to read the amps, the power was tapped from a cigarette lighter wire. I believe running the tiny power wires to the shunt would fry them when cranking.
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There are small doors on each side which open to expose positive and negative terminals that can be used to jump-start most 12v vehicles (of 3 liters or less, per the manual). You will need your own set of jumper cables, though. The manual recommends heavy duty cables as there are 600 peak/400 cranking/240 cold cranking amps available.
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I don't think anything that would have a plug on it would be heavy enough wire to jump a dead battery. If you meant to charge the battery so it will start (not have to hook it up and jump immediately without allowing other dead battery to charge) you might find one with two male ends or you could easily make one by cutting two inexpensive ones wires and making sure you align the positive wire (the one going to the middle pin on the male plug) to be positive. Keep in mind if you accidentally brush anything grounded in the care with that protruding point it could spart or short the fuse that often is in the male end or your fuse panel that is connected to your access point in either vehicle. Plugging it in like that would also require both power points in both vehicles to be on-so if it is not live when the key is not switched on it won't charge. The wires in these alligator clips is unusually heavy and would support higher voltage draw you might get with a totally dead battery on the other end. But if your wires in the vehicle are not sized that heavy you could risk fire or blow the fuse. A dead battery will draw heavily when first attached, especially if you activate the starter to try to start it, it could melt your wires or blow the fuse then. Good luck-
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I would say yes , just remember to keep the car engine on , as your master flow will drain your car batt, very quickly, just a fyi
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I used a 5 amp in mine. I would think that the original fuse would be fine for whatever circuit you are putting this in, then see what the requirements are for your dash cam and choose an appropriate fuse.
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I believe I ran it back to the neg side of the battery since the system does not use the chassis for a ground.Just touch it and see if whatever you are hooking up works .
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Tripplite's website shows that at full load it consumes 200 amps. If you plan on using it fully loaded, you may want a slightly larger fuse than 200, or use a circuit breaker. Fuse size also depends on the size and length of wiring you use to connect it to
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Hello Wendy sorry for the late Response but according to my research online the voltage regulator above is not one suitable for the alternator on the Mazda tribute. Any further assistance required u can email me at rc3g@hotmail.com
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I cannot-but a call to Fantastic Vent Customer Service wil have the answer...It is very low though..I hook mine up to a portable car start battery w/accessory jack, and plug that into a DC jack when driving..I have never had an issue..