Can I charge my car battery with my jump kit?

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answer:What is in this jump kit? Just jumper cables? Or is it the kind that has a small transformer with one end that fits into your cigatette lighter and the other plugs into a wall socket 120VAC? You have to get power from somewhere. Jumper cables won’t help you unless you have a kind neighbor. The transformer will work – but slowly.

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