How to Jump a Lawn Mower Battery
When your lawn mower doesn't start, it could be that the battery is dead. You can jump start your mower with a car. Before you attempt to jump your lawn mower, make sure both the battery of your mower and the car battery are the same amperage.
Items Needed
- vehicle with battery
- jumper cables
- Park your lawn mower on a flat level surface. Make sure the engine is off and the ignition switch is set to off.
- Lift either the hood or seat of your lawn mower to expose your battery. Depending on your mower, the battery can be in one of these two places.
- Drive the vehicle you will jumping the mower from up to your lawn mower. Park it within a couple feet of your mower. Turn the engine off.
- Open the hood of the car. If there are terminal covers, remove them.
- Connect one end of the red (positive) jumper cable to the positive battery connector in the car. Connect the other end of the red jumper cable to the positive battery connector of the lawn mower.
- Place one end of the black (negative) jumper cable to the negative battery connector in the car. Place the other end of the black jumper cable on the negative battery connector of the lawn mower.
- Check all jumper cable connections to make sure they are secure.
- Turn the engine on in the car. Let the engine run for around 60 seconds.
- Turn the ignition switch on the lawn mower to the on position. If the mower doesn't start, turn it off, and let it charge for a few minutes more then try again.
- Remove all the jumper cables in reverse order of how you connected them. Do not let the cable clamps on the jumper cable touch each other.
- Allow the mower to run for 30 minutes to charge the battery.