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Originally Posted by Alfisti
LOL no but I hope it's clear now why I asked the question, as dumb as it first seemed.
So the booster idea is interesting, in theory i could get the car going and all is good but the wife's commute is short so I think a boost runs the risk of of the car then dying on her at work. Worse case she takes my car and i charge the car as I WFH. I will sniff about for a 10AMP charger, 5 seems too slow and anything more than 10 seems brave.
We just bought the car today, the residual is about $7K below market price but she absolutely loves the car and mechanically it has been fine, we just cannot get on top of this power draw issue, it has died overnight 3 times in 4 years.
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Haha yeah don't worry I also spent an afternoon to learn about them and search and see what I needed to buy when I first looked at them.
Yeah a booster is more so you can get the car going if it's fully dead and then it has to charge on it's own as it runs. If instead you want to make sure the battery is full juice the day you want to take the car, or charge low/dead battery, a smart battery charger is what you want. I don't think 2 in 1 jump pack and chargers exists. (EDIT: Actually looks like you can buy battery chargers that also have a jump start feature, but no the other way around (you need to plug it in an outlet))
Although that's not to say you shouldn't have a jump pack either, I have my jump pack in my trunk and my charger at home. I use the charger almost daily and like to charge my car up in the evening because I also have some kind of power draw issue, although I think it's just my dashcam set up, I never had my battery go full flat since I almost use it daily but I have gotten the low battery warning some times but if it happens while I'm not at home, well I can at least start the car.