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Watch Where You Jump – Dead Car Batteries

Consumer, General Interest, How To Auto Repair, jump-n-carry 5 Comments

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The way the ground cable is attached in the picture above is incorrect and can cause the small ground wire to overheat from too much current passing through it.

Recently my brother had a dead battery, so I took my jump box to his house to jump start his car. It’s funny how some things are second nature when you’ve done it a thousand times. He had already tried using his new bargain booster box that he had just bought at a local parts store. The less expensive jump boxes usually only have continuity on one jaw of the cable clamp.

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