Howdy, Brand new truck, three weeks old, went out to go to church, truck will not start??? Trying not to panic that I have stepped into a Black Hole! What is y'alls recommendation for hand held battery jump starter? Thanks!!!

I can't remember the brand I bought off the top of my head, but I can give you one piece of advice and that is to check how long the leads are. Some of those have ridiculously short leads.

I have these in both our cars and have been happy with them. They are on a lightning deal at Amazon right now for $99.

Hulkman Alpha 85

Noco also gets good reviews for theirs.

First one I got was a no name from Amazon. Used it once and it worked great. Next time I tried to use it, it didn't work and wouldn't charge. Ended up buying a noco gb40. Used it twice on other people's vehicles and it still takes a charge.

Yep. I keep one in cars, boats, and sxs.

I have been happy with my NOCO. I hope you like it

Check and see if a critter chewed a wire somewhere…

Another vote for Noco. They are great.

OneFYI tip, they don't come w a charging brick to go into your outlet. Make sure you get one that will carry enough voltage to charge the pack quickly. And a good USB C charging cable. It will change your charge time for the back up power bank from multi hours to an hour or so.

Drundel said:

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He does a bunch of reviews on them.

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I've enjoyed his videos. One of his early tests with jump starters is why I bought this one off Amazon. Had one about 3yr and bought the same one again last year to replace an older one in wife's truck that won't hold charge.

https://a.co/d/0e6aXsYl

I keep a Powrun P-ONE in my truck. It's a 2500 diesel and it'll start it. My dad says he's seen it start a D8 Cat. Holds a charge for a long time.

I got the #2 one from his very first video on them. The thing has stood the test of time. It's started tractors and cars and had a 6 month time where I used it daily due to an electrical issue. I always check his reviews now.

FSGuide said:

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I have a Halo that I bought off of Amazon. I generally use it to run my laptop and charge my phone during surveillance. But it does have jumper cables. They're short like someone mentioned above but they're long enough to get the job done. I used it on my suburban a couple times. I even let a guy I was surveilling use it once to start his car. Covertly of course.

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Story time?

I have one from Amazon. Works good on a gas pickup.

I've heard they don't work well or at all on diesel engines. Makes sense.

They come in various capacities. My NOCO (not sure on size) works great on my 7.3L and 6.0L PSDs.

GentrysMillTX10 said:

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I have one from Amazon. Works good on a gas pickup.

I've heard they don't work well or at all on diesel engines. Makes sense.

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Cactus is right. When you purchase it will give you a size range for the engine it will work on. The one that works on my 3.5L ecoboost isn't going to be the same model that works on a 7.3L diesel. They do make them though.

I have had great luck with Gooloo and good review.

AgTech88 said:

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I have had great luck with Gooloo and good review.

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Second Gooloo

So what was wrong with your brand new truck?

Following

Peter Piper: Howdy, 'What is wrong with your brand new truck?' Still dunno if anything is wrong. Jumped it off with the new NOCO (Wow, that this is great, wish it had longer cables, but don't we all). Fired up, drove it about 20 miles and watched the voltage on battery, got up to 14.1. Next day, no problem, voltages between 14.2 and 14.5, yesterday, no problem, voltages the same.

Did a lot of research on line and not finding a problem with this vehicle. However, there are many posts on all vehicles that have batteries drain due to Key Fob being too close to vehicle. The Fob causes the vehicle to continuously be alive and ready to start.

Purchased a Key Fob RFID sleeve to keep fob in at night, we will see, hope it works, I can find nothing else unless it is a bad battery with intermittent problems. My experience with intermittent electrical problems is that they can linger forever, hard to diagnose.

In answer to one other post about Dodge, never had one before, but really like this one, to be determined.

See my current solution to this problem in new post: Unexpected Solution to Auto Battery Drain