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Old 07-27-2020, 07:45 AM   #13
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I am going to get a Portable power station jump starter. I want a good one. What I've looked at they have different amp, like 500, 700, 1000, etc.. How many amps would I need to turn over a diesel? Mine is a Ford 6.7. What suggestions do you have? Thanks
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Years ago when the batteries in our 2001 Ram started to fail I came home from a 5 day trip to dead batteries at the airport parking lot, they sent a little Ford Ranger took about 20 minutes before it gave enough of a charge to start the engine. Keep in mind this was with mechanical injectors and a an electrolyte/mechanical pump engine only needed to make one rev to start.
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