Jon White Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'm in the market for a set of jump leads, as with an auto rangie I think carrying a set is probably not a bad idea as a bump start is not possible! So recommendations please! Needs to be capable for starting a 300tdi rangie, but the hope will be that they'll never come out of the packet! I could make a really bomb proof set up out of 35mm welding cable and earth clamps, but it'd probably cost me about £40. Really looking for a cheaper solution! I see VWP do a set for £30 - anyone ever tried these ones?? Dont want anything hard wired in etc. Cheers Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'm in the market for a set of jump leads, as with an auto rangie I think carrying a set is probably not a bad idea as a bump start is not possible!So recommendations please! Needs to be capable for starting a 300tdi rangie, but the hope will be that they'll never come out of the packet! I could make a really bomb proof set up out of 35mm welding cable and earth clamps, but it'd probably cost me about £40. Really looking for a cheaper solution! I see VWP do a set for £30 - anyone ever tried these ones?? Dont want anything hard wired in etc. Cheers Jon Halfords do a set of 35mm cable jump leads for about £35 when I got mine a few months back. It says on the box it will start a 7 ltr deisel. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's worth paying a few quid extra for a decent set of jump leads. The tpe you buy in petrol stations are real danger, they are so thin that they get hot really quickly and i saw a set that had been used previously and the plastic had melted. I made my own set up out of welders clamps and really thick cable. Probably cost me about £30, but they will jump start anything. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas90 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'm in the market for a set of jump leads, as with an auto rangie I think carrying a set is probably not a bad idea as a bump start is not possible!So recommendations please! Needs to be capable for starting a 300tdi rangie, but the hope will be that they'll never come out of the packet! I could make a really bomb proof set up out of 35mm welding cable and earth clamps, but it'd probably cost me about £40. Really looking for a cheaper solution! I see VWP do a set for £30 - anyone ever tried these ones?? Dont want anything hard wired in etc. Cheers Jon Simon R from X-Eng does a set I believe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 A few people have commented how good my Snap-on ones are, they are quite long, 35mm2 cable with really good quality clamps on the ends, about £30 IIRC Ive started a fair few land rover engines with them, including 4.2 supercharged Range Rover Sport Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I made my own set from decent gauge welding cable and a few sets of battery clamps and it'd didn't cost anything like 40 quid! The welding cable is nice and flexible, plus it's multistrand copper which is capable of handling lots of power from one car to the next. Try to get 6 meters and make your own...you won't be dissapointed. Regards. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS26 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Halfords do a set of 35mm cable jump leads for about £35 when I got mine a few months back.It says on the box it will start a 7 ltr deisel. Martin Another vote for these - nice and flexible, and spun the v8 with ease for several 10 second runs before it picked up (it's been inactive for a while...) and they didn't even get warm. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Not sure what cable size mine are, but the will happily cope with 350amps. IIRC got them from Furneaux Riddall, www.furneauxriddall.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage Les. it can now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkk2 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 A set of clamps and some bendy 50 square welding cable is what we use. ours would be 3 to 4 m long great for starting defenders with the battery under the seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 35mm2 or better still 50mm2 anything smaller than 35 is a waste of time IMHO, I burnt out one end of a set of Halfords cheapie ones just test running a Husky winch on a bench with no load on - got hot enough to melt the insulation on one end! also make sure you get the type with the fully insulated crocodile clips as otherwise if you get the sort with exposed metal on the outside of the clips, it can lead to some sparks inside a Defender seatbox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I got some huge ones at Sodbury for £2, nice and long (3m is not enough when access is poor) and very HD cable. Avoid the cheap ones, either make your own or splash on a decent set (X-eng springs to mind). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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