Energizer 84020 12V All-In-One Jump-Start System

With wintertime and dead batteries that will not turn over a car or truck's starter motor now is as good a time as any to learn how to jump start your auto with electrical booster cables. True you can wait for your local auto league if you have a membership on order with the auto club or you can await roadside assistance that came with your new car from the dealership but no doubt in the coldest of winter you can wait, wait and wait and wait for the tow trucker or auto boost vehicle. It might just be a good skill to have - to be able to start your car quickly and safely with no damage to your automobile's electrical system. Now is as good a time as any to get it right.

Fist things first. Ensure that the two vehicles are not touching in any way at their bumpers. While it is true that most autos now have plastic and plastic covered bumpers you can never be too sure or careful. Next make it a solid point to always have the two ends - the red and black ends of the jumper cables firmly apart and not touching. Otherwise sparking and short circuits will result.

Now that you are sure that the vehicles are not touching in any way and the two ends of each jumper cable are not touching as well and are safely apart, raise the car hood. Locate the battery. It is usually in the front of the engine compartment, ahead of the engine, either on the left or right front side.

Jump Starting Your Car or Truck With Battery Booster Start Cables

Locate the terminals on battery - usually on the top or at the worst on the top of the battery either side, or on the side of the battery - typically on the backwards side edge of the battery on the left and right.

The larger terminal of the two is almost always the positive battery terminal (marked with a plus that is "positive" (+) signs). That is what you will place the red colored jumper cable jaw. The other is the negative current cable. It is usually marked black in color either at the terminal or the plastic insulated lead coverings. The positive terminal may have a piece of plastic as an electrical insulating cover over it. You may have to pry this off in the cold. Cold plastic in 40 below winter weather can be quite rigid even if flexible in summer heat. Be most careful. If you use a metal screwdriver to pry off the positive terminal cover and complete an electric circuit with the screwdriver to the grounded metal of the car you might get quite a spark and a good jolt to boot.

When it comes to discussions on boosting cars there is no end to the debate if the cars should be running or not. It is personal preference. What is most important is that the final connection of the black clamp (the ground) should be to the dead battery car, not the one with the charged battery. This connection can be made to a metal part of the car firmly, or to the negative (-) battery terminal. If you connect to the live battery, especially at the battery terminal a spark can result which can light the hydrogen sulfide gasses which linger around charged and charging batteries. A serious explosion of the battery with its sulfuric acid into your face can result risking injury to yourself and even blindness.

Hence the major steps to step when boosting a dead battery with battery booster jumper cables are first to make sure the cars or their bumpers are not touching 2) Make sure that the cars are in park 3) affix the cables to the proper terminals. Finally to stress the final connection goes to the dead car's battery terminals or frame never to the vehicle with the good charged battery. Have a safe and enjoyable winter time driving season this year.

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