Jump Starter and Memory Saver

Use as a Jump Starter

I recently discharged my battery while doing some load testing and was unable to
restart. I was at my public storage unit and had my jumper cables so went looking
for someone to jump start the car. The office manager produced a small lithium-ion
battery jump starter and suggested we try it. I was skeptical. Would something so
small really start my car? But it had no problem spinning it over and I was hooked.

I purchased this product at Sears called Bully that is a lithium-ion battery jump starter.







It comes with several attachments and a small canvas storage bag.





Side view of ports





View of built-in lamp





View of high current ports for jump starting





View recharging





View of storage bag organization





Relative size and dimensions to car key





Fits in glove box but hard to get a decent shot

In action jump starting old battery





Use as a Memory Saver

As you know, if power is disconnected from the Motronic, the computer is reset
and the OBD settings are lost. This can become an issue when changing batteries,
testing for parasitic draw, and other instances.

There is a very simple way to prevent this by connecting a 12v supply to the cigar
lighter. The cigar lighter is wired to Terminal 30 in the Central Electric (see diagram).
Since the Motronic is also wired to Terminal 30 there is then a direct path between
the two.





The Bully can be used to power the Motronic with the proper attachment.

I purchased this adapter from Schumacher.











I recently replaced my old battery and I used the Bully to prevent losing the computer settings.






Charge Maintenance

Periodically you need to recharge the Bully so it will have a full charge when you
need it. Since I have a Garmin GPS that usually I have to update every 3 months
with new map information, I will also top up the charge of the Bully at that time.

 

Thanks for the excellent write-up, Bruce! I think I will add one of these to my "trunk"!

 

Great write-up - and timely now that winter has arrived. These can also power mobile phones, flash lights, and lap tops in a pinch. While the Bully didn't make this list, I thought this link to Auto Deet's Top Ten Lithium Jump Starters (posted July 2015) might be of interest. http://www.autodeets.com/top-10-what...on-the-market/

 

I'm not sure there are enough pictures. Hard to understand what you're talking about.

 

Interesting list. They also left out the Schumacher SL1 which would have
been my second choice (http://www.batterychargers.com/sl1/). They list
at $161 but could be bought on Black Friday for $79 on Amazon. I bought
the Bully at Sears locally on Black Friday for $69 which lists for $100. I didn't
think I needed the additional features of the SL1.

 

Maybe I should keep the pictures bigger at their original resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels.

 

Thanks for sharing!


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