Having a dead battery is a situation you want to avoid, especially when you are about to drive to work or need to reach somewhere urgently. For this reason, learning how to use jumper cables becomes necessary.
Steps to Use Jumper Cables
You must follow these simple steps to restart your car’s dead battery using jumper cables:
- Open the hoods of your car and the one with the good battery and expose the battery posts.
- The (+) or (-) signs indicate positive and negative posts. Eliminate any dirt from the posts before you go to the next step. You may need to seek help from someone at this point if you are still asking yourself: how do you use jumper cables?
- Connect one of the red clamps of the jumper cables to the positive post of your dead battery before clamping the matching end of the same cable to the positive post of the working battery.
- Now, connect one of the black clamps to the negative post of the good battery. Don’t connect the other end to the dead battery's negative post; instead, clamp it to the bare metal surface area of the engine on the dead battery car. This will serve as an earthing.
- Start the car's engine, which has a working battery; let it remain idle for a few minutes. Now, follow the same procedure for your car.
- If your car’s battery restarts without any hassle, disconnect the black clamp from the dead battery, then remove the red clamp from the good battery and, finally, from your car’s battery.
- Keep your vehicle running for some time and get its voltage checked.
Conclusion
Knowing how to restart a vehicle’s dead battery is essential as it won’t leave you stranded in the middle of a highway or other places. Similarly, purchasing a comprehensive car insurance policy ensures peace of mind every time you take to the road.
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