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Car battery booster emits whine that changes when plugged in

Car battery booster emits whine that changes when plugged in


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Old 12-29-14, 06:09 AM
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Car battery booster emits whine that changes when plugged in

i have a Peak jumper pack that is a compressor too. stopped using it a year or so ago as one of the features didnt work, i presume the compressor but i forget. anyway, i wake up today to a steady high pitched noise coming from it. for the fun of it i plugged it in for a second and the pitch momentarily changed. i also tried turning each function on and off and nothing changed. the battery charged life shows nothing when i press the button. no easily determined way to pop it open and disconnect the battery either

i put it out in the breezeway in case it explodes or something but what the heck is this noise?
 
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Old 12-29-14, 07:01 AM
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Battery Booster

but what the heck is this noise?
Could be a cooling fan...................
 
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Old 12-29-14, 07:20 AM
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didnt know they had them. will have to look for 'fins' on the outside then
 
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Old 12-29-14, 08:00 AM
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nope none............weird
 
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Old 12-29-14, 08:35 AM
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Maybe some type of low battery warning. Is there a model number on that Peak booster ?


From their website....
Reverse polarity indicator/alarm – Alarm and light if you do not hookup correctly to your vehicle (if hooked up incorrectly your battery could explode)
That's probably what you are hearing with a low battery. Maybe charging it for a while will take care of it. If not the battery may be on it's last legs.
 
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Old 12-29-14, 09:30 AM
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so if i plug it in it wont blow up or anything? just weird sitting in closet over a year and all of a sudden does this and turning any switch on or off doesnt affect it. my bet is the compressor died as i did buy a new one last winter. wouldnt have done that unless i was broken

pkcobj is the model
 
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Old 12-30-14, 09:49 AM
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day 2 ...no signs of letting up. when i finally go back to work ill have to put it in the yard away from the house
 
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Probably the low battery alarm
I have a Peak jump starter and they have a little plug (Which always falls out and gets lost) to enable the low battery alarm. To disable the alarm you have to put that little plug back in which as I said probably got lost

Looking at you model the low battery disable plug is right below the charging jack
 
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Old 12-31-14, 05:00 AM
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oh it was in. but not firmly...stopped now..thanks...amazing. so the battery was good for over one year without any use, pretty wild
 
 

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