Must I carry a 12V car battery with me to creek with this unit? Thank you for your answer!
1414845
yes it will work the best.ive been trying a 12v lawn battery seems to work pretty good
1414846
i have this unit and yes you would . or you could add some wire to the wire coming off the pump the length of the wire is up to you. but you will more than likely will set this up in camp recirculating your water so no creek needed . i run mine into 5gal bucket then into a 25gal bin with the pump in it
1414847
Larry, I haven't used mine yet, but yes, you would need a 12v power source where you operate. I have no intention on finding a creek to operate mine. I am collecting some great dirt in plastic buckets, and then I transport them to wherever is easiest for me to run my Sluice. I carry a 100+ gallon water tank in my pickup, so I can pull my gold from wherever I like. Will work fine at home also. Buckets of good dirt is the key! The Sluice looks great. It has rotten instructions and I can't find any online. Normally all I need is a final picture of the item to help assemble, yet they don't even include that. Amazon has the only pic. I could find. Good luck! Larry, I haven't used mine yet, but yes, you would need a 12v power source where you operate. I have no intention on finding a creek to operate mine. I am collecting some great dirt in plastic buckets, and then I transport them to wherever is easiest for me to run my Sluice. I carry a 100+ gallon water tank in my pickup, so I can pull my gold from wherever I like. Will work fine at home also. Buckets of good dirt is the key! The Sluice looks great. It has rotten instructions and I can't find any online. Normally all I need is a final picture of the item to help assemble, yet they don't even... » Read More Larry, I haven't used mine yet, but yes, you would need a 12v power source where you operate. I have no intention on finding a creek to operate mine. I am collecting some great dirt in plastic buckets, and then I transport them to wherever is easiest for me to run my Sluice. I carry a 100+ gallon water tank in my pickup, so I can pull my gold from wherever I like. Will work fine at home also. Buckets of good dirt is the key! The Sluice looks great. It has rotten instructions and I can't find any online. Normally all I need is a final picture of the item to help assemble, yet they don't even include that. Amazon has the only pic. I could find. Good luck! « Show Less
1414848
If you want to use the pump you have to carry some kind of 12 volt battery I use a lawn mower battery they are cheaper and smaller
1414849
Yes. And note that it is a mini power sluice, very tiny. More for sampling! And mine had the metal grating ground flat! For some reason. And a lawn mower battery will work just fine!
2029879
This is a 12V battery about 1/3 the size of most car batteries in an easy-to-carry case. When you first connect it up via the jumper cables, a fair amount of power will be "shared" between batteries (which I think of like having 2 buckets of water where you connect them and the water level balances out depending on how much each had and the sizes). Although that can provide a fair "charge" pretty fast (which may be enough to get a car started), it is very limited and will never "recharge" the other battery 100%. If you have this connected to another battery and plug in its AC charger, power will go to both batteries, but the chargers in these only put out 0.5 amps where it can take 24 hours just to charge itself if heavily drained so it can take several days to charge itself and a drained car battery connected up together. So that's probably why most manuals say "disconnect everything while charging" discouraging doing that, but it can work (if you don't mind the time it takes). Otherwise if you want to be able to charge a car battery in less than a day, you'll want a 5-10 amp car charger.
418424
Assuming your car doesn't send power to the 12v outlet when it is off (and most don't) it won't drain your battery. I left mine plugged in until it died and never had any issues.
1947247
I'm not sure about the unit itself but your connections to a battery or another device wouldn't be. On the backside of the unit is a pocket with 2 USB connections. I only put it out when there is no rain in the forecast or it's with me. I have put it on the rear deck of my kayak in very calm water and a few drops of water haven't been an issue.
1372130
none. you have to connect the supplied plug to the 12 volts battery of your car.
855890
Oh, whoops. I used mine while the engine was running with no problems. My 12-volt ports aren't powered unless my car is at least in accessory mode.If you're really afraid of your battery dying, you're probably ok using it with your car on. Just wait until your car is started before plugging it in (to prevent a surge) and make sure your parking brake is engaged.
1760586
I wired mine into an always hot cigarette lighter jack. But you could run on a 12V battery but I am not sure how long it would run. Would depend on your battery.
2068427
hi there, a normal 12 volt battery or power supply will be just fine. that's the regular power for these units. thanks from Maple Leaf Gps
881721
No you cannot. This one will, Battery Tender 022-0157-1 Waterproof 12 Volt Power Tender Plus Battery Charger
330002
The unit has two spring jumper style clips to attach to a car battery. I think the instructions say not to use an adapter, however, 12 volts is 12 volts. I looked all over for a quality pump that could run off battery or 110 vac but to no avail so I settled for the best battery unit I could get which was this one from Viair.
2128365
No you need to buy a garden tracter/lawn equipment size battery (not a car size)
85613
what they said. Its good for picking up dirt but the cord doesnt go much out of the car. I think you can buy an extension cord for 12 volt. In that case you would be fine.
1619730
No. Just hook it up directly to the 12volt battery posts. I have owned mine for some time now and it works very well to keep my RV auxilliary battery charged.
1999768
I used my car charger with a 12-volt battery with a power socket attached to it to power the charger, and it worked just fine.
2055767
No, the car is wired for a 6V battery. A 12V battery could cause wiring problems.
51215
I would recommend getting a electrical charger. This one is more for something that you don't drive very often like a atv or a lawnmower. This only being 2.4 watts, isn't powerful enough to charge a car battery. It's really just for maintaining. I bet it would take a long time to fully charge a car battery.
232514
I powered it via a 12 volt car battery as a water pump. It ran well though.