{"id":20860,"date":"2020-12-10T00:39:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T08:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/?p=20860"},"modified":"2020-12-10T08:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:52:25","slug":"dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Covid plus shelter in place means less driving. Less driving means your alternator is not charging your car. Now the weather is getting colder too. All these factors add up to a dead battery.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few chargers out there. The NOCO Boost Plus is one of Amazon&#8217;s best sellers and like my kitchen tools, I like the multi-function capabilities. This jumpstarter also has USB ports for you to charge your USB devices.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=edealo09-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B015TKUPIC&amp;asins=B015TKUPIC&amp;linkId=ef625967c823e702a8ceefc05d9fe2e8&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For days when I head to the track, I need the ability to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jumpstart<\/li>\n<li>Add air to tires<\/li>\n<li>Charge USB devices<\/li>\n<li>Plug in a laptop<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For that, I recommend the CAT Professional Power Station and Compressor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Professional-Power-Station-Starter-Compressor\/dp\/B016QR95GK\/ref=as_li_ss_il?dchild=1&amp;keywords=battery+jump+starter+cat&amp;qid=1607618929&amp;sr=8-3&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=edealo09-20&amp;linkId=64323025b18c7d4f983c2f57906bc759&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B016QR95GK&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=edealo09-20&amp;language=en_US\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=edealo09-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B016QR95GK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To avoid needing a jumpstart this winter, start your cars and let them run for a few minutes to charge the battery.<\/p>\n<p>Happy winter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid plus shelter in place means less driving. Less driving means your alternator is not charging your car. Now the weather is getting colder too. All these factors add up to a dead battery. There are a few chargers out there. The NOCO Boost Plus is one of Amazon&#8217;s best sellers and like my kitchen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[3911],"class_list":["post-20860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-auto","tag-battery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart &#8226; Edel Alon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, we have well thought out reading topics on technology, leadership, project management, food, weddings, and tools to help your daily life. Need some Excel tips or wedding planning advice? Read now and don&#039;t forget to comment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart &#8226; Edel Alon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello, we have well thought out reading topics on technology, leadership, project management, food, weddings, and tools to help your daily life. Need some Excel tips or wedding planning advice? Read now and don&#039;t forget to comment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Edel Alon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-10T08:39:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-10T16:52:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/battery.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1126\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edel Alon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Edel Alon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Edel Alon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42\"},\"headline\":\"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-10T08:39:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-10T16:52:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/battery.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"battery\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Auto\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart &#8226; Edel Alon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/battery.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-10T08:39:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-10T16:52:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hello, we have well thought out reading topics on technology, leadership, project management, food, weddings, and tools to help your daily life. Need some Excel tips or wedding planning advice? Read now and don't forget to comment.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/battery.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/battery.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1126},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Edel Alon\",\"description\":\"Projects, Tools, Craft, Food, Music, and Other Stuff\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42\",\"name\":\"Edel Alon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/edel-alon-logobl.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/edel-alon-logobl.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/edel-alon-logobl.png\",\"width\":136,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"Edel Alon\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/edel-alon-logobl.png\"},\"description\":\"Edel-Ryan Alon is a starving musician, failed artist, connoisseur of fine foods, aspiring entrepreneur, husband, father of two, geek by day, cook by night, and an all around great guy.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/edelalon.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edelalon.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/edelalon\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart &#8226; Edel Alon","description":"Hello, we have well thought out reading topics on technology, leadership, project management, food, weddings, and tools to help your daily life. Need some Excel tips or wedding planning advice? Read now and don't forget to comment.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart &#8226; Edel Alon","og_description":"Hello, we have well thought out reading topics on technology, leadership, project management, food, weddings, and tools to help your daily life. Need some Excel tips or wedding planning advice? Read now and don't forget to comment.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/","og_site_name":"Edel Alon","article_published_time":"2020-12-10T08:39:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-10T16:52:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1126,"url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/battery.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Edel Alon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Edel Alon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/"},"author":{"name":"Edel Alon","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42"},"headline":"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart","datePublished":"2020-12-10T08:39:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-10T16:52:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/"},"wordCount":142,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/battery.jpg","keywords":["battery"],"articleSection":["Auto"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/","url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/","name":"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart &#8226; Edel Alon","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/battery.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-10T08:39:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-10T16:52:25+00:00","description":"Hello, we have well thought out reading topics on technology, leadership, project management, food, weddings, and tools to help your daily life. Need some Excel tips or wedding planning advice? Read now and don't forget to comment.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/battery.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/battery.jpg","width":2000,"height":1126},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/dead-car-you-might-need-a-jumpstart\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dead Car? You Might Need a Jumpstart"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/","name":"Edel Alon","description":"Projects, Tools, Craft, Food, Music, and Other Stuff","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaf86bfa75efb59a5f0855c63e330e42","name":"Edel Alon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edel-alon-logobl.png","url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edel-alon-logobl.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edel-alon-logobl.png","width":136,"height":80,"caption":"Edel Alon"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/edel-alon-logobl.png"},"description":"Edel-Ryan Alon is a starving musician, failed artist, connoisseur of fine foods, aspiring entrepreneur, husband, father of two, geek by day, cook by night, and an all around great guy.","sameAs":["https:\/\/edelalon.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/author\/edelalon\/"}]}},"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}