Jump Start That Car, The Safe Way

You go out to your car, get in , and turn on thethe running vehicle with the hot battery. Locate
ignition just to find that your battery is dead.the battery in the running vehicle and determine
What are you going to do now, walk, Hitchhike,the hot and ground on it.
ride your bicycle, or simply jump your car off. ToNow is the moment of truth, carefully take the
jump off your car the first thing you need is ared side of the jumper cables and hook them to
hot battery in a running car, you may summonsthe respective hot (+) sides of both batteries
your neighbor or a friend for help in this. The nexttaking precaution not to cause a spark. Then take
thing you need is a set of good quality jumperthe black side of the jumper cables and hook
cables.them to the ground (-) sides of both batteries.
Raise your hood and locate the battery its usuallyLet the running vehicle sat there a few minutes
under there somewhere, its a black or white boxto charge your battery. enter your vehicle and
with two electrodes protruding from it, you cantry the ignition when your engine starts
refer to your owners manual for location. Onceimmediately disconnect the cables, thank your
the battery is located determine which side is hotfriend or neighbor, shut the hoods.
and which is ground this is usually indicated by a +Good motoring.
or - respectively. Now is time to raise the hood of