Charging your car battery sounds like a simple task, but it's far more complex than it looks. That's why most of us opt to get our car batteries changed by a professional, but preppers know that there are times when we don't always have the luxury of hiring a mechanic.
What should we do if we're stranded with our car and we need to change the battery? Take the do-it-yourself route and re-charge your battery!
There is the standard way to charge or restart a car battery. The first step is to determine what kind of car battery you have. Is it a Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) battery or a wet cell battery?
You need to determine which battery charger you will need and purchase it. Ideally, you will keep the charger in the back of your vehicle so it will be ready when you need it.
But what happens if you don't have a car charger? One guy is about to show you an unconventional method to charging your battery and we think it's a great idea.
Check out the video on next page to see what he does and it will blow your mind!
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Albert Howard check this$#%&!@*out!
Its s chainsaw
Yea but hardly anybody has chainsaws in their trunks, but will work
You can wrap para cord around it and pull it several times to get a car started.
He’s got a homesteading channel & FB page. I’m certain that you’d like some of his other stuff too.
https://www.facebook.com/wranglerstar1/
I’ve always thought that this was a good option (for a mechanical diesel).
https://youtu.be/ZaduCzOg9h0
Daniel Alexander Cañas Kinsey
Brian Kerchenko Rick Beck Warren Naumann
Really? Everyone should already know this.
Watch this guys.
I’ll bet he was ecstatic with the way he dealt with that situation and probably ended up getting a charge out of it !!!
I don’t think this would work unless the alternator was self exciting some actually need power from the battery to charge
As awesome as this is, I don’t see a situation where I have a chainsaw but not jumper cables and another car. I guess you never know though haha
Just weld a bit to the wheel.. keep a charged drill on you.
Nick Blackburn
The problem is an alternate must have power to is fields to work 9v or more constant on one and duty cycled on the other. No power no charging will happen. However if you have a generator this will work.
Matthias Zach
Mike Knutsen super dope lol
Silly
Dumbest post ever. Who has a chainsaw in their trunk???
Me. Most carpenters do
Yes, who knew that the alternators purpose was to charge the cars battery
I cut fire wood off and on all year long. I don’t always carry a saw, but it would be handy to know when I do.
I thought it was a must have, just in case of a zombie attack.
I carry one in my truck at least all winter long. Never know when a tree might end up uprooted on my way home, id rather spend 20 minutes sawing on a log over backtracking an hour and then driving an hour down another highway to get home.
Alan Meyer
Amazing….. an alternator that is literally used to charge a battery in a car. Mind blown!!!
Ok, but MOST people don’t carry one. More likely would have a booster pack anyway.
Very cool
And I always have a chainsaw with me!
Thats smart
Very creative!
Really? This is a survivalist page but the opening line is “most of us opt to have our batteries changed by a professional.” If you cant change a battery you probably wont survive SHTF.
why back to me…I don’t cut firewood anymore…..
Well it’s an idea folks if nothing else creativity is what keeps you alive
This man is a genius
Brock Lazerbeam
Wranglerstar you’re even famouser now.
Haley Vinyard
Genius… until you don’t have enough tension on the belt and it flies off in your face. Do we have the follow-up video on how to perform reconstructive surgery using parts from the chainsaw, various crap from the center console and glove box, and other ridiculous items that most people won’t have readily available in their vehicles?
Mike Merry
Ingenious !