Justice Respect, looked around for videos instructing how to use my new CJ1000DCP. All I found was guys opening boxes & pointing out the obvious. Your video answered all questions. Good on you JR! Thanks.
An important piece of info. You MUST plug this unit in to recharge the internal battery immediately after using it. It contains a Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) battery, and you cannot leave it it discharged, or below 12V. This will kill the internal SLA battery.
Bought one of these to have in the back of my car and everyone said it was a waste of money. Had a flat tyre a week later and 2 friends with dead batteries. Definitely a good investment 👍🏻
You need to connect the red positive cable first, then I think you're supposed to connect the negative cable (black) to a piece of non painted grounded metal block somewhere under your hood, not the actual negative post of the battery. You only connect a black cable to the negative battery post on a powered car (when you are using another car to charge with.) And you would still connect the negative cable to a grounded metal block on your dead car though. After this, then turn on the power charger. When done charging your dead battery, turn off the power charge and disconnect the black cable first, then the red one.
The jumper switch is a nice feature that makes that a non-issue, if it is properly used. However, for normal jumping, the standard is to connect the ground clamp to the chassis, somewhere away from the battery which could have produced some explosive (or at least flammable gas) during the discharge process, which could be ignited by a spark while connecting live clamps near the battery.
Yeah the guy in the video set this up incorrectly as per the user manual. The manual states that both plugs should be properly set before the jump start switch is turned on the unit. The reason why the unit is beeping when he’s talking is because he flipped the switch before he had the red positive clamp established. The unit beeps to tell the user “hey knucklehead, fix this before you do something unsafe!”
When CHARGING, lead acid batteries emit trace amounts of h2 gas, which is explosive. For this reason, "they" tell us to always connect negative last, and to a piece of car away from the battery cuz a small spark is very possible. But, the risk of boom-boom is so small it's basically zero. Dead batteries aren't producing hydrogen gas, but if they do, they produce trivial amounts, and when those trivial amounts escape the battery, they are lighter than air, and rapidly dissipate, and if there's a breeze, even faster. Rather than hunt for a clean, exposed, nearby ground, I just connect to the negative terminal and accept the nearly zero risk. But no company's lawyers would let them say that, cuz why should they take the risk of you suing them, so they give the legalese instructions. Choose for yourself
I'm a GM of a restaurant with 55 employees, used this more than 100 times for staff battery jump starts ND about 10 x for guests whom left their lights on. Low tire pressure and bike inflates. Bottom line: best money I ever spent, besides bitcoin at $1.36 on third year. Hey, battery started going weekend at second year, barely filled a bike tire on third. Got a replacement battery for $36 dollars. You need a small, long, skinny Phillips head screwdriver to open case and replace battery. Extra tip; if you take apart, make sure you have unplugged, and don't stick your tongue to it!
I had a battery jumper for 7 years and used it quite a bit in similar fridged Minnesota winters. I just got this cat brand a year ago and not as good as the previous brand I have. I might return it back to Costco and get small lithium type jumper
Thank you this video helped a lot! I found one of these units on the side of the road and picked it up and just used it to jumpstart my cars! One had been dead for a long while and it worked first attempt 8)
Just bought this after returning two 'small' jumpers... not powerful enough and funky circuitry ... So this CAT looks much more rugged and powerful... thanx, bro!
The 6A USB is for the total of all the ports at once, so if you are charging 4 devices, the average will be no more than 1.5A each. The lowest device might charge the fastest (depending on its own charging control limiter). re 2:50 "completely dead": Can the battery be unconnected/missing? re 4:30 Should have simply turned the switch to "0" instead of risking a short if the clamp fell against something (as indicated in the UM). re 4:40 Note the dash lights indicate it is not quite 'completely' dead. re 9:50 Note, while he was doing the starts, the jumper was also doing a quick charge on his battery, and although it might show some significant voltage under almost no load (just some dash lights & ODU, etc, if he looked while cranking, it would drop to less than a volt under load. re 11:40 The charging bars are probably not a good indicator of anything except a full charge. Depending on how old the charger battery is, it might not be able to crank well if it indicates only 2 bars. (Worth checking before you depend on it.) The UM says you should recharge the Jump Starter every time you use it. (as well as every month anyway.)
Quick question, just got it. Says it needs 40 hrs prior charge or 4 bars. Got all 4 bars in less than 6 hours (does come partially charged) but it didn’t run a 120V appliance. Read in manual (pg. 7 important notices) about possible internal battery having high impedance (missed that day in lecture, lol). Did you have similar issue? Indicator reading full but still needing 40 hrs.
I do road side assistance and use the JNC 770R. After four years of heavy use it’s still on the original battery. It has never failed on me. You should look into the jump packs made by Clore Automotive as they are built tough.
Wouldn’t the battery be at least 12V after the first jump meaning that you would need 30 “dead batteries that can’t start” to do a full test? Correct me if I’m wrong
NO, the power pack only provided the voltage to start the vehicle. Once started, it is the alternators job to charge the battery. As long as he started and immediately turned the ignition off, the batter was not charged, actually the opposite.. the more times he started it, the more it drained the host battery.
The device is providing almost 12VDC to the whole car, including the starter and the car battery, continuously during the start tests, but those few minutes is not enough "charging' time to improve (nor do much damage to) the battery, even though it is probably 'charging' too fast to be good for the battery (it is not intended to be a charger).
The newest one at Costco is 1200 amps now, maybe the battery is slightly bigger capacity now. My family got me one for my birthday last year. It really will crank over a completely dead battery very quickly. The cheap Harbor Freight ones I have around will only crank a not completely dead car, internal battery is probably smaller and they're pretty old but not near the capacity even when new.
Amazing!! I used one of this in my work to start a amazon step van , to start a van and did it without any problem, I need one of this right a way! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
If you only lost 1 bar then you'd be able to start your car 60 + more times. I'm pretty sure it was dead battery like the screen said before you plugged it into your wall 👍🏻
Great video. My CAT power station is exactly the same but my compressor isn’t working. I’ve contacted the seller and manufacturer and no one will help me. Any ideas would be really appreciated?
The moment you put the jump star clamps on the unit is constantly showing a warning sound that your negative clamp should attach to a ground chassis metal part in engine away from battery. Please read the manual before even post misleading videos online.
How do you turn the machine off. Sometimes it turns on by itself too. I think mine needs to be returned. And can you jump start with machine plugged into a socket?
Funny, I got mine a month ago. Walked into garage the other night and the LCD screen was lit up. No idea wtf that was. Didn't seem to lose any of its charge and hasn't done it since. - No, you shouldn't keep it plugged in while jump starting. I did read an article mentioning shouldn't keep plugged in while using any of the features.
@@monroe2245 Quick question, just got it. Says it needs 40 hrs prior charge or 4 bars. Got all 4 bars in less than 6 hours (does come partially charged) but it didn’t run a 120V appliance. Read in manual (pg. 7 important notices) about possible internal battery having high impedance (missed that day in lecture, lol). Did you have similar issue? Indicator reading full but still needing 40 hrs of charge?
@@gonzalezj.4859 Yes, mine was showing full/4bars after few hours but it's weak. If you use it, it'll degrade fast. I kept mine plugged in for the full 3 days and it's worked great and held its charge for the time weve had it. It's gotten a workout as well this past month as it's been well below -20C here. My garage is not heated and it does just fine down there. Because of the battery type better to plugg it in for few hours every 3wks/month to keep it healthy.
He said he was intending to use it as part of a road service business, so he wanted to make sure he could spend all day jump starting client cars without a chance to recharge the machine. It seems many of the visitors weren't listening.
Nowhere that i can find in the manual does it explain what a flashing "jump starter icon" means. I got that today when the fully charged unit failed to get my tractor to "turn over". It's for situations like this that i purchased this item so quite frustrating that it wasn't up to the task.
You might have an old JumpStarter battery, or your tractor might require more CCA than this device provides, or both. If properly maintained, the device should retain reasonable performance for several years, but all batteries (as in the device) decline under the 'poor maintenance' most owners probably perform, and so will fail sooner. Remember; only "1yr mfg warranty" should give you an idea what the maker expects.
I just took mine camping full charge, had my tablet plugged in watched 1 movie... Unplugged went to bed next morning the display was blank, if figures It was dead. .... Came home charged it back up put are in my tires ... Damn think smokin like crazy... Compressor Wouldn't shut off either... Kinda freaky
I have the same one from Costco for 100bux. One jump start use my battery indicator is empty as well and loose all the other functions untill its plugged in the wall. This was the same for a 50bux everstart jump start I got from walmart.
I would not be surprised if some of them come to the store after years on the warehouse shelf, with a significantly unmaintained battery when you buy it.
And you discontinued the battery the wrong way around 'you would be some guy doing break downs 'I think it would be the people that you go to help would end up helping you hoho
Why in God's name did he turn off and on his darn car so damn much??? It seriously annoying and he is gonna burn out his ignition and start. Not to mention wasting hella gas. For all we know he probably broke the damn thing by doing that crap.
The power button you see is just for the AC outlet. I plugged in my brother printer to see if it would work and sure enough it started right up. It says that it has 200 watts of power. If you press the power button again, it turns it off. I just jump started our 2018 Toyota Camry car with this device and it worked, but the battery on this jumpstarter showed zero bars flashing and needs to be charged. They say to charge it for about 40 hours before the first use, but i didn't do that. They say that the unit comes partially charged. When i opened this product straight after buying it, it showed full charge (four bars).
I have one of these cats and if you have a big v8 engine it doesn't really get the job done especially if you don't recharge the battery after 2 weeks of not using it😒
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You just don't know what you doing, 12 times restarting the car with this charger? Lucky it didn't got damaged, then you try to restart without leaving it to recharge the battery. You are sick.
I'm wondering why you'd turn it on, before connecting the cables...and why you'd hook the negative cable, to the negative terminal, when it's supposed to go to a solid piece of metal, like the chassis?
Some such devices have a 'trickle charge' mode, but most will do some damage to your battery if you try that. The device is designed to start your vehicle, so the engine, runs the alternator, which will recharge your battery as normally happens while driving.
No, he is not... It will damage absolutely nothing... Except possibly the jumper pack itself since they are ALL basically built to fail. But, one thing we all know for sure now, is that most of your abilty to think and reason HAS been destroyed, such that you can only function on the approximate level of a 10-year old child. How unfortunate it is that you are blind to this.
@@billfrete8487 plus what kind of jump pack is he buying for $1000.... ??? No USB ports either ! Made his own... ha ha ... A flash went across my mind and I pictured a roll of duct tape, a pair of jumper cables and a cheap walmart car battery.... a dude with a hyphenated last name is what's BS.
It is bulky, but I like the compressor auto-stop, and the inverter is handy for USB charging while the car is parked, so I figure they are worth the $60 difference, since I use them more often. ("thousand"?)
