Top 3 transportable Car Jump Starters

Whether you're looking for a car jump start that you can put in your garage, or you're looking for one that you can take on the go, I wanted to showcase some of the best jump starters that are on the shop today. Listed below are my favorite three, as well as ones that receive rather good ratings online:

• Energizer 84020 All-In-One 12V 18Ah Battery Jump Starter with Air Compressor and Power Inverter can offer you competent, trustworthy and accessible car jump starter. Its excellent features comprise 12 volt, 18Ah lead-acid battery that gives off 400 Ca which serves as battery jump-starting power, air compression for tire inflation and unbind Ac and Dc current suitable for most devices. Also it is made up of 250 Psi internal air compressor than can inflate a car in just 10 minutes, two 12 volt Dc power sockets, resilient 400A insulated metal battery clamps, a 12 volt 1 amp internal battery charger that goes with two-stage charger making it very safe to be left linked until it is fully charged. Its dimensions are 8 x 13 x 13 inches and weighs 11 pounds.
• Stanley J5C09 500 Amp Jump Starter with Compressor can easily jump start a car, a truck, an Rv, or even a boat. It is packed with 500 amps of continuous power and can emit up to 1000 amps of peak power. Other feature of it is a 120 Psi air compression and a high powered Led light that goes colse to up to 270 degrees, a polarity alarm for protection, and a strong metal handle. This expedient has a built-in 120 volt Ac charger which allows you to recharge it using a household extension connection. However, it weighs about 18 pounds.
• Schumacher Ip-95C Jump Starter & Air Compressor comes in very handy and ideal for those who are traveling on the road all the time for it is contract and light in weight with a tough polypropylene case. Its features comprise a built-in high pressure air compressor and Dc power source for 12 volt accessories and 5 volt Usb devices. It also has an On and Off jump start switch and an overload and short-circuit safety on the 12 volt accessory outlet. You can just simply attach an extension cord to recharge the device, and note the its 18" cables stay resilient in cold weather.

"stanley J5c09 500-amp Jump Starter"

When picking one out, you're going to want to make sure that you're picking out one that not only works for you, but you will want to make sure that it is within your price range.

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Xbox 360 Kinect Usb extension

Out of the Box

Recently I was able to get my hands on one of the new Xbox Kinects. For those who don't know the Xbox Kinect is Microsoft's rejoinder to the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Move. It is essentially a camera that you mount above or below your Tv and it senses your movements then translates them into movements in your video game. For instance, in a driving game you take put your arms in front of you and pretend to drive a car. It works alright for the most part but it does take a while to get use to. However one question that I have run into with the Kinect is the way you associate the Kinect to your Tv (No pun intended).

USB Cable Extension

Cable Troubles

The Xbox Kinect comes out of the box with a 9 foot cable. This is a microscopic question with the way my Home Theater is set up. See my home has the Tv Mounted on the Wall and I have my Xbox elsewhere in a near by closet. This is much further then 9 feet.

After looking colse to for a way to increase the cable, most of what I was looking was the Microsoft branded extension cable that will run you about 50 dollars and it is only 10ft extension. Still not good enough for my needs. So I started looking at Usb extension cables. The Xbox Kinect, when you buy it on its own, will come with a Usb converter cable that turns the special Kinect cable into a Usb connection. So I started trying out a few different extension cables that I had ready to me.

Active and Passive Usb Extensions

I first tried out a proper 6 foot Passive Usb extension. This did not work what so ever. The Kinect would not recognize that it was even plugged into the Xbox. I then tried out an active extension cable. I used a Sewell 16ft Active Extension cable (you can get them at various places but I find this one to be the best deal)

After testing the Active extension cable it worked great. After plugging it in, the Kinect fired right up and the Xbox recognized the Kinect instantly. The guys at Sewell say they have tested it with these 16ft cables while daisy chaining them all together and have said it works. They even have a YouTube showing how it works.

Bigger Does Not all the time Mean Better...

I also was able to try a 33 foot active extension cable and it did not work. For some infer you can daisy chain the 16 foot extensions together but the 33 foot extensions do not work. Most likely it needs the active repeaters to be at those 16 foot intervals or it cant keep the signal constant. So if you need to increase your Xbox Kinect grab yourself a merge Usb Active Extension cables and you should be fine.

Note: Make sure that you have the Usb connection on your Kinect and not the special Xbox Kinect connection, if you have one of those and not a Usb, then you will have to buy the converter or just go for the costly Microsoft cable

Also if you have a PlayStation Move, these also associate via Usb so you can use the same cables for those as well. Sewell Direct has a video of testing them with the Move and it seems to have the same limitations, you have to use the 16ft extension cables and not the 33 ft extension cables

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Audio Extender - Enjoy Audio output Without Disturbance

An Audio Extender allows prolongation of analog stereo audio over reasonable Cat5 / Cat5e / Cat6 Utp cable up to a distance which cannot be achieved over acceptable bulky audio cable. Easy to install, it works on plug and play functionality. Enclosed in a durable metal case this expedient consists of a transmitter that connects to the local audio source and a receiver that connects to the remote speakers. A power provide is linked to the transmitting unit. The transmitter and receiver units are in turn linked via Cat5 cables. With the use of Cat5 cables for connections, a distance of up to 300 meters can be achieved.

The audio video extender unit with a built in amplifier has a frequency range of 10Hz-25Hz and gain adjustment control. Light weight and covenant this audio out highlight of this expedient supports multi media speakers, earphones as well as headphones whereas the mic in supports condenser and dynamic microphones. Both the audio in/out as well as the mic in/out connectors are 1x3.5mm stereo jack. Operating at a voltage of 9V, this goods has a 1 jack Rj45 connector.

"microphone Cat5"

Also available in audio video formats, these extenders have the quality of extending Vga video and audio locally and remotely over Cat5 cables. These devices are capable of delivering multi media article over long distances. The Vga Extender with audio is qualified with Leds to indicate the power and data transmission status. Fcc and Ce certified, these devices are compatible with Dos, Ms Windows, Linux, Unix and Netware. They support high Vga resolution up to 1024 x 768 with a video bandwidth of 150 Mhz. While the horizontal frequency ranges from 30-100 Khz, the vertical frequency lies in the middle of 40 - 120 Hz. available in 2, 4, 8 and 16 ports, these devices have attained the regulatory approvals from Fcc and Ce.

The best thing about the audio prolongation expedient is that it does not convert the audio signal. Additionally, this expedient is compatible with any 3.5mm stereo audio system. In places such as recording studios and Soho environments where uninterrupted sound reproduction is vital, the Audio Extender is an ideal device.

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