Optimate jumpwire

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Presently, i have a boost jump kit for my bike. It would be nice if i could plug something in here, and not need those big red and black battery clamps.
Seems a smaller bike has less room!
Mark, who sold me the bike called these “tricklers”?
If it connects to the battery, cant i jump start the bike too?
I could give the big boost to my kid and get something smaller?
 

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NOCO makes a pigtail that plugs into the jump box. It's proprietary and only works with the NOCO. I put one on my bike.
 
That connector is sized to carry the current the Optimate engineers calculate the device will supply without overheating and damaging the hardware. If you dig a bit on the various websites, you can find the amp rating of various connectors. You could buy a few connectors, some wire, and a crimp tool and make exactly what NOCO supplies, but I'd hazard a guess that it would be cheaper to give the device to your kid and buy a NOCO.
 
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how many amps is the fuse in the line to the battery. you can jump that much to the battery. It may be 15 amp which probably will not jump the dead battery without blowing. Any more and the fuse will blow. A bigger fuse will likely melt the wires.
 
st11ray said:
NOCO makes a pigtail that plugs into the jump box. It's proprietary and only works with the NOCO. I put one on my bike.
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Yea, mine is the boost 40, which they say can jump
A 5 liter, which is more
Than i need. Around here, u can freeze to death at night, so id happily give my
Kid a jumper. Ill b calling them as soon as i return home.
Smaller bike = smaller panniers!
 
Pop-Pop said:
Yea, mine is the boost 40, which they say can jump
A 5 liter, which is more
Than i need. Around here, u can freeze to death at night, so id happily give my
Kid a jumper. Ill b calling them as soon as i return home.
Smaller bike = smaller panniers!
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NOCO - Boost Eyelet Cable w/X-Connect Adapter - GBC007

Boost eyelet cable w/X-Connect adapter is designed for automotive and powersport applications. Quickly switch between charging and jump starting.
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Yep, I have a SAE connector for a battery tender going through my auxiliary fuse box. I have the NOCO pigtail connected straight to the battery.
 
Pop-Pop said:
and not need those big red and black battery clamps.
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Exactly. I'd like to see some smaller but studly clamps. I've pondered various on bike connector strategies including remote battery terminals under the seat wired to the battery. There's a heavy duty DIN connector I saw one kit using. There's a matching connector that can be mounted on the bike.

A few jump starters use an EC3 connector and a heavy duty lead could be fashioned. Then there's a few that use what looks like an EC3 connector but is proprietary with no vehicle mounted half available.

I have no doubt that some gauges of wire can handle more current on short term than their rating on a chart particularly for the short duration of a jump starter. The trick of course is knowing how small in gauge you can go given the duration of cranking. I've used one on my car's battery three times now and the car has started slightly quicker than with a good car battery.

You can get SAE connectors attached to different gauge cables but every report I've seen says the connectors themselves are good up to 15A.

I think Supe uses a 50A Anderson connector wired to the battery. That's one of the most sanitary and convenient connector installations I've seen that would be very trustworthy for jump starting as opposed to using a jump pack.

A 5mm T-handle and a jump starter is my go to for the moment. But smaller clamps and remote terminal/terminals would be what I'd do if I got serious.
 
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