Black & Decker BBC2CB Vehicle to Vehicle Battery Booster

by Black & Decker

Product Features

• Simple Start vehicle to vehicle battery booster
• LED light to indicate charging process
• Compact design stores neatly in most glove compartments
• No buttons or switches
• Works with most 12v vehicles adapters

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UKMVXY
• Item model number: BBC2CB
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,552 in Automotive (See Top 100 in Automotive)
  • #61 in Automotive > Tools & Equipment > Jump Starters, Battery Chargers & Portable Power > Jump Starters
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Meet the Black & Decker Simple Start Vehicle to Vehicle Battery Booster. This item is small enough to fit in most glove compartments and has 3 easy steps to operate the unit. Plug, Charge and Start! Just plug it into the car cigarette lighter of the working vehicle then connect the orange plug into the non-working vehicle, give it a few minutes and hey presto, ‘vroom, vroom’. No jumper cables required. It even sports an LED light to indicate charging process.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why these things are no substitute for real jumper cables, March 24, 2010

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HMMWV "God, Country, Corps" (santa clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker BBC2CB Vehicle to Vehicle Battery Booster (Misc.)

I've seen dozens of late night infomercials showing the stranded lady and 2 kids in their nice warm car with tons of snow outside just plugging a jump start device into the cigarette lighter outlet and turning over the dead vehicle which now starts like magic. It's all ficticious, and bad acting to boot.

First off, the starter motor on my honda pilot draws 240 amps. On my humvee it draws 680 amps. The fuse on ALL vehicle's cigarette lighter outlets is 10 amps and not a penny more - so there is no way you will ever run the starter through the cigarette lighter without adding a blown fuse to your list of electrical problems.

But what about letting a running car use the 10A to put enough charge into the dead car to start it. BZZT - that ain't gonna work either because the running vehicle has probably a 14VDC voltage at the lighter socket, while the dead car has lets say 8VDC for a difference of 6V! That tiny wire that they use has such a high resistance that the whole 6V difference is lost in the connecting wire leaving nothing to charge the dead car.

There are 2 ways to jump start a car..

If you do it occasionally, buy a good set of 4GA cables and keep them where you can get to them. Amazon has some good ones like Coleman Cable 08666 16-Foot Heavy-Duty Truck and Auto Battery Booster Cables with Polar Glow Clamps, 4-Gauge which are not too long and use heavy duty 4GA cable capable of actually running your starter from the other vehicle's battery+alternator together.

If you do it professionally (eg fleet vehicles or tow trucks) install an "anderson" power connector in the front bumper and hardwire it to your truck's battery - then on your set of cables remove the two clips and install the mating anderson connector so you don't even have to pop the hood to jump yourself or give someone else a boost. You can also put anderson connectors on your battery chargers/testers so you can check your battery without having to climb into the engine compartment. Nicely done this is a very convenient high current 12VDC outlet on your vehicle with alot of uses.

Basically the lighter socket should be used for running cell phone chargers (0.25A) or portable worklights (1.0A) - but anything that claims to get more than 140 watts from a lighter is stretching it and possibly going to blow your lighter fuse.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think About It, August 30, 2010

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Inspector Nash Bridges (Baghdad by the Bay) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black & Decker BBC2CB Vehicle to Vehicle Battery Booster (Misc.)

The cigarette lighter port, or power port, connects to the battery. Electrity should go straight to the battery from the donor, right?


WRONG!


American cars are wired to the battery. Plug the black end into the donor vehicle, with the engine running, and the orange end into the dead vehicle, and it's just as good of a connection as lifting your hood and using booster cables.


Foreign vehicles have an ignition bypass. None of the accessories work without the key being on. Connect two Japanese cars via the cigarette lighter ports, walk away thinking that power will magically transfer from one vehicle to the other, and nothing will happen. Leave the donor vehicle running, then turn the dead vehicle's key to the on position & turn off the A/C, heat, and radio, it should work as intended.


The real problem with this device is the end user not understanding the electronics of their vehicle.


Get a jumpstarter instead. Most car batteries come with 600 to 800 Cold Cranking Amps. Get a jumpstarter with at least 500 amps. Don't be the idiot with a jumpstarter that isn't strong enough to actually start your car. I like Jump-N-Carry - 1700 Peak Amp 12 Volt Jump Starter (660) & Solar (KK JNC660) Jump-N-Carry 12 Volt Jump Starter - 1700 Peak Amps.

19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars does not work for me, January 1, 2010

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This review is from: Black & Decker BBC2CB Vehicle to Vehicle Battery Booster (Misc.)

i tried this thing during a really cold day. i have two car, one of them is parked in side of the driveway so my jumper was not long enough. At first i was happy that this device was long enough and was easy to use; just plug the black outlet to the working vehicle and orange outlet to the nonworking vehicle. after i waited about 30 min in side my house. i went outside and tried starting my other car, it did nothing. the battery was still weak and could not start the car. do not buy this junk. pay a little more and something else that works.