Grab a $50 car jump starter and throw it in your trunk for when an emergency comes up. You'll be glad you did.

While many holiday sales are centered around fun-to-have items, Walmart’s early Black Friday deals are largely aimed at supremely useful products—storage shelves, gym equipment, portable inverters, ...

Vehicle alternators are interesting beasts. Produced on a massive scale, these electric machines are available for a minimum of cost and contain all kinds of great parts: some power electronics and a ...

Nothing can ruin your day quite like a dead car battery. One minute, you’re thinking about all the things you need to knock off your to-do list, and the next, you’re sitting behind the wheel of your ...

“On a vehicle with a completely dead battery, it cranked quickly and easily.” The Buture 5000A Car Jump Starter is normally $330, so this represents an astounding 82% discount. And even without ...

Yes, starter motors seem like a natural for the job, delivering high torque in a compact package. But starting a car engine is the very definition of a low-duty-cycle application, since it should only ...

A jump start uses a working battery to supply enough current for the starter motor, then lets the alternator recharge the flat battery once the engine runs. The risks come from sparks, incorrect ...

Back in the day, you had to hand-crank your engine to start it. Thankfully, Charles Kettering and Cadillac gave us the electric starter motor in 1912, and we’ve started our engines from the comfort of ...

Portable jump starters have become an essential part of modern car care and support kits, offering a reliable solution for ...

Car Craft recently built a new Chevy 383 stroker that produces nearly 460 hp. While most everything on the engine was new, the original 1969-spec starter was reused. When the engine is cold, our old ...