Quickjack 12v Power Source

[Tommie38]

I’ve got a 5000 rated Quickjack. Fantastic piece of kit but the batteries that I have don’t particularly like working with it.

What are people using? Garage is enclosed so keeping the engine running isn’t really an option.

I am looking at the Clarke JS4000 jump start pack, which is basically a lead acid battery and some heavy duty leads. Fine but not falling over myself to spend another £200.

Any experience?

[T697JVS]

Use a 12 volt car battery with mine. Works fine.

[Tommie38]

A dedicated battery or the one in the car?

Car has a lightweight battery so can’t really use that. I have an old 12v that I’ve tried to recover with my Noco battery conditioner but no joy.

So options appear to be to buy a stand alone 12v battery for £100 or so, or use a Clarke type jump box. Converting to 240v looks expensive.

[Belle427]

You can buy a half decent battery for less than £100, why is it a nightmare to run it off 240 v mains?
Not familiar with the setup sorry.

[Tommie38]

Belle427 said:

You can buy a half decent battery for less than £100, why is it a nightmare to run it off 240 v mains?
Not familiar with the setup sorry.

Quickjacks come in 12v or 240v options. Looks like they only sell the 12v version in the UK. 12v is what I have.

Yep spare battery is probably the way to go, and can get for less than £100. Was just wondering if there is a neater solution. The portable li-ion jump packs for example but they aren’t suited to sustained high current.

Awesome piece of kit for a home mechanic for the record!

[Dave.]

I use an old car battery, mounted next to the pump on a cheap moving dolly, hardwired together, with a ctek connector to top it up every now and again.

[swanny71]

I use the old original battery from my dearly departed 130i.
Bog standard BMW 12v AGM from 2007 - give it a charge a couple of times a year, never struggled.
I’ve got the pump/battery hard wired (with battery isolator) on a shelf in the corner.

Edited by swanny71 on Thursday 9th July 18:53

[Tommie38]

All sorted.

I was using jump leads that were too thin. Start to lift, the resistance goes up as the cables heat and then before you know it you can’t use the QuickJack.

Had assumed it was a battery issue but new leads have sorted it. Looks like it will work with any half decent battery.

Result!

Thanks all.

[Joe M]

Glad you got it sorted, but purely for future info for people looking at the thread, 240v is available in the UK, I got mine from Costco.

[Tommie38]

Joe M said:

Glad you got it sorted, but purely for future info for people looking at the thread, 240v is available in the UK, I got mine from Costco.

Thanks for correcting. I’d definitely buy the 240v one if I were looking now.