Portable Battery Jump Starter

Black & Decker VEC026BD Electromate 400 Jump-Starter with Built-In Air Compressor Price

Feature

• 450 amps instantly jump-starts without the need of another vehicle
• Built-in ultra-bright LED work light for emergency roadside assistance
• Exclusive built-in 120 volt AC charger for use with ordinary household extension cord for recharging
• Reverse hook-up warning alarm to prevent damage to vehicle or electronics
• One year warranty

Overview

The Black & Decker Electromate 400 Portable Power Station/Jump-Starter/Compressor has 450 instant amps to start your car in the unlikely event that your battery goes dead. You can never count on finding someone to jump-start your car, even if you have a set of jumper cables. The Power Station/Jump-Starter/Compressor will alleviate this problem by giving you the power you need to do it yourself.

Black & Decker’s Electromate 400 is a powerful and compact tool to restart your vehicle. View larger.

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Black & Decker VEC026BD Electromate 400 Jump-Starter with Built-In Air Compressor Price

Bought this unit to quickly set up and run an A/C powered camera and ethernet hub in the field for about 5hrs. Works great. The battery inside is an SEL CB17-12 if you care to Google for the specs (12v 17 amphrs). I tested my load on a car bat w/another inverter and it all drew ~250ma @12vcdc. On the Electromate I get 5hrs which is shorter than anticipated, for one thing it shuts down the inverter when the internal DC drops below 10.9v. Also, there inverter has a fan that is always on that draws ~250ma @12vdc. B&D tech support says I can use the jumper-cables to a car battery and continue to use the AC inverter to extend the time. They warn to not to run the inverter while charging it thru the 12vdc as it will burn up the charge circuit, just use the jumper-cables and turn the main power switch on – I’ll have to try that. Note that the advice elsewhere about keeping it charged and stored cool.. The spec sheet for the battery tells the story- expect a short life (1.5-3yrs?) if you keep it hot and dont keep it charged. Looks like a replacement bat is ~US.  Read more...