Did you connect it to a battery terminal or did you ground it on the frame? (Anyone ever blow up a battery?) I am guessing that the majority of people do this in the less advised manner.
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A question for people who have jump started a car – Where did you connect the last jumper contact?
December 12, 2011
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Can I jump start my car with a 150cc scooter battery?
December 8, 2011
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My car is dead and I have a 150cc scooter. Will it work if I start up the scooter and put jumper cables on the 2? it is a 12 volt battery
what is the different between 700 jump start amp and 700 peak amp? Thanks?
December 7, 2011
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Just bought a new battery jumper stater, I am confused about “700 jump start amp & 700 peak Amp”. Is is good enough to jump start any heavy duty vehicle? Please advise, thanks!
Jumper cable sparks when I try to jump my car car battery?
December 6, 2011
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I did exactly like the instructions say: positive-positive on dead battery, positive-positive on good battery, negative-negative on good, but when I tried to ground the negative on the engine block of the dead car, it sparked and triggered my alarm to go off. it does this every time I try to ground the negative. Clearly [...]
I need a jump and I have a battery charger I must connect to a engine block what is that?
December 5, 2011
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I drive a 1999 dodge caravan
when jump starting a car and you accidentally cross the wires, does it fry only the jumper cables?
December 1, 2011
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we accidentally hooked the positive jumper cable to the negative on the battery, and vise-versa with the other cable, and then the jumper cables caught fire. did the cable wires in the car also get fried as well? and if the cable wires got fried, could it have fried some the electrical system in the [...]
I’m going to do a jump start on a car where the battery is not rechargeable.
Can a battery become too dead to start with a jump?
November 29, 2011
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My car isn’t starting and I hooked it up to jumper cables for a short time…only had about 5 minutes due to the other person’s time constraints but my car still wouldn’t start even with the cables connected. It starts to make a bit of a whir but then decides not to. The reason I [...]
How do you jump the battery to a 1992 Buick Regal?
November 28, 2011
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The battery died but I can’ seem to find the battery in this car! Probably didn’t look hard enough but just wondering where to hook it up to the jumper cables….
Is the procedure for jump starting a car the same with a battery thats terminals are on the side?
November 26, 2011
9 comments
So I went to jump start my Mom’s car for her today, and discovered her batteries terminals are mounted on the side. I’ve jump started my own cars for years now, and have even helped out a stranded motorist or two, so I know the usual drill, but this is the first time I’ve encountered [...]
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