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Originally Posted by dkoldman
How do you that? I have one of the Schumacher Chargers but you have to set it for 2, 10 or 50 amps. That Jet Flo need 16 amps so 50amps may burn it up?
I admit the portable 3500 Sinemate generator will be a pain to pull it out, but on the other hand any time I can use it is good for it
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Originally Posted by Rooster210
I got one of the schumacher charger jumper boxes from walmart. The tall ones with wheels on it. Honestly IF I had one with a 10 amp setting Id try it. As long as the pump doesnt bog down and lock up it shouldn't hurt it. Its just going to use EVERY amp the charger has to offer. The 50 amp setting is possibly going to burn up the pump although it would shred the hell out of stuff for a minute or two before it lets the smoke out.
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Chargers are not going to shove amps down a battery's or any other load's throat. Think about it: when you set the battery charger to 50 amps (and assuming it has an ammeter with it) you will only see 50 amps on a dead battery at the beginning of the charge. As the battery voltage increases, the current decreases.
Power supplies apply VOLTAGE. CURRENT is drawn by the load. You may set the current to 50 amps, but that is the MAX current it will supply. If the load only needs 16 amps, that's all the power supply will provide.
Electric theory 101.
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