How to Jump Start a Car With Cables
Your car won’t start and your battery is dead. It is never convenient to have to jump start a vehicle. If you carry cables in your vehicle then you can have your car jumped and running in a matter of minutes. Here is how you can jump start your car with cables.
Find a person with a vehicle who will allow you to use the battery in the car to help jump start your car. Most people are usually very friendly about helping someone jump start a vehicle.
Have the person drive the vehicle to the front of your vehicle. Your battery should be in close proximately to the other car’s battery.
Make sure the vehicle with the good battery is turned off. All accessories should be unplugged from both vehicles.
Open the hood of both vehicles and locate the battery.
Take the positive (usually red) clamp of the cable and attach it to the positive side of the dead battery.
Connect the other positive end of the cable and connect it to the positive side of the good battery.
Take the negative (usually black) clamp of the cable and attach it to the negative side of the dead battery.
Carefully connect the negative clamp to the negative side of the good battery making a complete circuit between the batteries.
Start the engine of the good battery vehicle. Let it run for about a minute.
Try starting your engine. It should start immediately. If not, let it charge for about 10 – 15 minutes and then try to start it again.
Once your car has started, remove the cables in reverse order. Remove the negative clamp from your car, the negative clamp from the other car, the positive clamp from your car and finally, the positive clamp from the other car.
Thank the person who allowed you to use the battery in the car. Put the cables in your trunk of your car in case you need them again.